One of my favourite things to order in a Japanese restaurant is unagi. Whether on nigiri sushi, or a whole layer of it on a bed of sticky sushi rice, I just can’t get enough of it. The flesh is meaty and fatty, yet the sauce is a sweet and sticky in a trashy-but-good kind … Continue reading
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A look at Japanese Food Art
What’s more exciting than delicious food? Plastic replicas of delicious food! Almost outside every restaurant in Japan, there are helpful replicas of the grub on offer. This proved absolutely critical to the happiness of my tummy given the lack of English menus. Many an occasion I would smile politely and beckon the waiter to the … Continue reading
Green Tea themed Cafe: Nana’s Green Tea, Tokyo
On a rather hung over-morning, after far too much Shochu, my friend K and I drowned out last night’s karaoke flashbacks by heading to Nana’s Green Tea. Nana’s Green Tea is a relatively new chain of cafes that sell donburi (rice bowls) and noodles in an elegant simple environment, perfect for ladies that lunch. My … Continue reading
What the Centenarians eat: The Food of Okinawa
I have been told by friends living in Japan that I simply had to try the food from Okinawa . It is meant to be really rather different to the food of mainland Japan due to differences in culture and their historical contact between other regions, climate and vegetables. Okinawa is the most Southern prefecture in Japan comprising … Continue reading
Yuki Gomi: ‘Sushi at Home’
Friend and very talented chef Yuki Gomi has just launched her first book, Sushi at Home with the lovely people at Penguin. I was delighted to be invited to the launch. Yuki was one of my chefs at my Supper Club, Full House, where we ran sushi classes called ‘Just Roll’.So having watched her career … Continue reading