This isn't the type of fishcake I was looking for, but thank you for posting the recipe. This seems more like kamabuko. My mom and I no longer purchase kamabuko as it no longer has any flavor. And who knows how long its been in the freezer. We found that fake crab(sumuri) tastes like kamabuko use to. So, we now use that for making sushi.
We are lucky than most as we can get the type of japanese fishcake I am looking for at the commissary at the nearby air base. But, they only carry so much of it and again we have no idea how long its been around. There is nothing like fresh fishcake. Hopefully, when my mom goes back to visit Okinawa I will be able to make the trip back with her and be able to get some great recipes to bring back. Unfortunately, no one in my mom's family really cooks. They grew up in a house full of servants. Only one aunt cooks and thats because she doesn't trust anyone to clean the vegetables. She has a weird bug phobia...she won't eat broccoli because she can't get it clean enough. So, asking the relatives for recipes is out of the question.
Oh well...the search continues.