16.Aug.2012 Jiro Ono – The World’s Best Sushi Chef
Would you believe me if I said that the world’s greatest sushi chef works out of a little 10-seat restaurant located deep underground next to a Tokyo subway station? Would you believe that this tiny little sushi spot, completely off the radar, is one of the hardest reservations in the world to attain? Would you [...]
02.Nov.2011 A World of Green Tea
Japanese tea Green tea is not only perfectly suited to Japanese food such as sushi and sashimi but it is at the heart of Japanese culture. The traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony is based on the Japanese way of thinking, influenced by Zen Buddhism and reflects the harmony of nature and self-cultivation. Green tea is by [...]
25.Oct.2011 How to eat Japanese food
A question of etiquette Almost all Japanese food is eaten with chopsticks with the exception being ‘finger foods’ (such as sweets or beer snacks) and the use of spoons for soup. As I mentioned in my How to cook rice post, our chopsticks differ from Chinese chopsticks – being pointed at the end. They are [...]
23.Sep.2011 Japanese dishes – tableware and presentation matters!
All about Japanese dishes In addition to the sheer variety, harmony of flavours and texture of Japanese dishes such as sushi, sashimi and teppanyaki, another important contributing factor that makes eating these foods such a pleasure are their aesthetic value. Japanese dishes are known for their careful, elegant presentation and this does not stop after [...]
21.Sep.2011 Miso Soup Magic
How to make miso soup There are certain Japanese dishes that go perfectly with sushi, sashimi and teppanakyi. I will be discussing a range of side dishes and accompaniments in future posts and today I would like to sing the praises of miso soup. This traditional Japanese broth is simple to make – consisting of [...]
16.Aug.2011 The world of Sashimi
Today’s post is dedicated to perhaps my favourite Japanese food, sashimi! First Sashimi Fact for the day – sashimi actually means pierced body, bet you didn’t know that! Types of Sashimi As established in earlier posts, sashimi is the raw fish bit of sushi. Sashimi is an art form of different combinations of fishes, colours and [...]
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