Editing Smelt (fish) (section)

=== East Asia ===
[[File:Nors (Osmerus eperlanus L.).jpg|thumb|Dried smelt]]
Smelt is popular in Japan, as the species ''Sprinchus lanceolatus'', and is generally served grilled, called ''[[shishamo]]'', especially when full of eggs.

Smelt [[roe]], specifically from [[capelin]], called masago in Japanese, is yellow to orange in color and is often used in [[sushi]].

Smelt is also served in Chinese ''[[dim sum]]'' restaurants where it is deep fried with the heads and tails attached, identified as ''duō chūn yú'' ({{lang|zh|多春魚}}) or ''duō luǎn yú'' ({{lang|zh|多卵魚}}), "many egg fish" or which loosely translates as "fish with many eggs".<ref name="Japan">{{cite web|title=[Japan Smelt fishing Popularity Ranking] Ice / Dome Boat Tour! Lake Leisure A thorough introduction to winter tradition of smelt fishing! {{!}} Activity Japan|url=https://en.activityjapan.com/feature/smelt_fishing_nationwide/|access-date=21 December 2020|website=Activity Japan |archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031105203/https://en.activityjapan.com/feature/smelt_fishing_nationwide/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Smelt is one of the prime fish species eaten in [[Tamil Nadu]] as Nethili fry, Nethili karuvadu (dried fish), coastal [[Karnataka]], especially in [[Mangalore]] and [[Udupi]] regions, usually fried with heads and tailed removed or in curries. They are called 'Bolingei' (ಬೊಳಂಜೆ) in [[Kannada language|Kannada]] and [[Tulu language|Tulu]] and 'MotiyaLe' in [[Konkani language|Konkani]].{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}