I found dashi!

I've been looking for this everywhere! Supermarkets, hypermarkets and even went all the way to Dragonmart - a Chinese trading centre shaped like a dragon spanning 1.2 km long.

In the end I found it in Daiso. Daiso is basically a $2 shop only stocked with Japanese imported goods. I've searched in Daiso three times before with no luck, so was very pleased to see it this time.

Dashi is stock that can be used to make that delicious Japanese clear soup base for udon or other noodle types and chawanmushi. Yum!