A fabulous summer noodle dish is hiyashi chūka or chilled ramen. Here topped with thin slices of omelet, ham, cucumbers, menma fermented bamboo shoots, and crab kani kamaboko imitation crab. At the supermarket look in the refrigerator section for fresh ramen packs. The sauces can be goma sesame or soy sauce based. The noodles cook…
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Sudachi and Kabosu
This time of year there are two citrus, kankitsu 柑橘, that are in season. sudachi 酢橘 – fragrant smaller citrus that is quite tart. Lovely sliced thin over a bowl of soba or squeezed over grilled foods such as sanma Pacific saury or matsutaké mushrooms. *I use a Benriner mandoline for slicing the citrus. Push…
Tuna Pasta
Japanese-style pastas are a great fusion food of Japan and Italy. This simple one is made with spaghetti, a can of tuna, yuzu koshō a paste made from green chili peppers, salt, and yuzu peel, that comes together with Sakura Kaneyo dashi jōyu. The soy sauce bottle contains a dried and smoked filet of skipjack…
Yakisoba
Easy to cook Japanese food using supermarket products series. Yakisoba, stir-fried noodles, are a simple dish to make at home. We love the Maru-chan @maruchan_inc noodles that are sold in packs of three and include a powdered seasoning sauce. The noodles are delicious on its own, but most of the time we add pork and…
Ochazuké
I am enjoying my #FoodSakeTokyo market tours so much. I love demystifying Japanese cuisine. Just last week I did a local supermarket tour with a client who has moved to Tokyo. We walked through her local supermarket introducing ingredients and products she can use in her daily life. She lived in Japan before so is…
Gobo Burdock Root
Our cooking school has opened up. While we continue our food tours in Tokyo, we are starting to put more energy into teaching Japanese cuisine. Our blog will include more recipes going forward. We will also continue to share restaurants and food shops in Japan as well as the occasional travelogue. In season now is…
Renkon Chips
Lotus root (renkon, 蓮根) are a vegetable that is hard to forget. The first time one comes across one it is fascinating to see the natural holes in the vegetable. It seems like a work of art at first. Lotus root start to come into the market in the fall, in September and October, and continue…
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