‘2- Food’ Archives
Japanese Food Overseas
Today I had Ramen at a Japanese restaurant in Christchurch, New Zealand. That restaurant was very small in spite of the location in the city, but the taste was good. Today I went there after a long time travel, so I expected the same. But what I saw was totally different exterior of the restaurant, it became a large size restaurant. Maybe [...]
KOBE BEEF of JAPAN
Kobe Beef is a name of food stuff. The meat taken from cows of Kobe city is called KOBE BEEF. It's not a name of a dish. If we say Yakitori or beef stew, they mean the dish cooked by chef. Yakitori is a grilled Kebab Chicken and beef stew needs no explanation. Why do I have to comment about the meat ? Not for the dish ? It's because I [...]
World No.1 Gourmet City, TOKYO by Michelin Tokyo 2010
Michelin Japan today held a press conference in Tokyo about the Michelin Guide of Tokyo 2010. according the the news, Tokyo again stayed on the NO.1 status of the world Gourmet Cities judging from the 3 star restaurant number ( 11 restaurants ) and the total star numbers of restaurants shown in the guidebook. It's not fair to decide the NO.1 [...]
Will Tuna Sushi disappear ??
When we were very young, we didn't want to eat Tuna Sushi not because we didn't like it but because we had it so many times. Now Tuna Sushi or Tuna is too expensive and we don't eat it so often. More than 30 years ago, my mother often bought Tuna sashimi for our dinner. I would think " no more tuna, please ! Next time, sashimi or Sushi [...]
GYOZA – Japanese type fried dumpling
Chinese dumpling is world famous food. In Japan, there is a Japanese type dumpling. It must be imported from China at some stage of the history, and the Chinese dumpling was arranged into Japanese style as many of the imported food in Japan. Japanese style dumpling is a fried food, although Chinese original is steamed or boiled. Also the [...]
TORO TUNA of Sushi & Sashimi
For Sushi lovers, probably tuna is the most favourite stuff among sushi variation. Here, I will try to explain about the Tuna's tastes in variation. Some who is a frequent Sushi eater should know that tuna has some names by its parts. For Sushi lovers, it might be a must to remember them in Japanese names because you will have to order by [...]
Skipjack Tuna Sashimi/ Katsuo Sashimi
Skipjack Tuna is called Katsuo in Japan. If you know Sashimi or Sushi food of Japan, you may first recall Tuna as the stuff for the Sushi or Sashimi. It's correct. Tuna is the most popular Sushi or Sashimi's stuff. But some people like Skipjack Tuna (Katsuo in Japanese) better than Tuna especially as Sashimi. Skipjack Tuna or Katsuo is [...]
Oysters of Sendai, Japan
Oysters are one of the gourmet seafood in winter time of Japan. Oysters are farmed in some places in Japan. But probably the best known places in Japan are Sendai and Hiroshima. I've never tried Hiroshima Oysters, but tried Sendai Oysters many times. Sendai is located about 500 kilometers from Tokyo. Winter time there is colder than Tokyo. [...]
JAPANESE CURRY
I've seen people who don't like Ramen or Sushi, but I've never encountered someone in Japan who don't eat Curry dish of Japan. Japanese Curry is such a lovely food for us. We don't eat everyday, maybe once to twice a week is the average frequency at most for standard Japanese people to have Curry dish. But I can say there scarcely is person [...]
UDON – Thick Noodle of Japan
UDON or Japanese UDON Noodle is a really traditional food of Japan just like SOBA Noodle. Udon and Soba, in a sense, represent Japanese food like Sushi. In Japan, we often ask each other "which do you like better, Udon or Soba ?". Like this, people are often sorted either Soba lovers or Udon lovers in Japan. Of course, many like [...]
