I've bought the Wel-Pac fueru wakame from Amazon before (and also from local Asian groceries) and personally found it to be great for either putting in miso soup (or ramen) as well as using it for a salad. I don't chop it up, though. Just rehydrate it. I find the size of the seaweed as is works great for a salad. I do like to get more variety as a salad, though, so my preference is always to pick up several different types of dried seaweeds and have a nice mixture. But in a pinch, I think only having a single type available still works.