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