From ORIGAMI Magazine Interesting and slightly exotic spice mixes sit on your grocery store shelves (especially your Asian grocery store shelves) waiting for you to discover them. These spice blends, called furikake, are staples of Japanese cooking but still relatively unknown to most of us, even those of us who love to go out for Japanese food. In most cases, you have to cook...
A yakitori restaurant Toriko has released a premium skewered chicken set, the “Veranding Yakitori,” on their e-commerce site. Toriko is a high-end Yakitori restaurant brand with multiple locations throughout Tokyo and New York. Families can enjoy the supreme skewered chicken on their patio and balcony with the Veranding Yakitori. The set comes with an original yakitori grill, 5 different parts from high-quality chickens (2...
When you visit an izakaya next time, make sure to order “Motsunikomi.” Montsunikomi, Japanese tripe stew, is a popular izakaya dish. The recipe calls for innards, a variety of vegetables, konnyaku jelly made from a konjac. The ingredients are cooked in dashi soup stock and seasoned with soy sauce, Japanese sake, etc. Motsunikomi is an irresistible dish for meat-lovers. The tripe is firm and...
“Karaage-kun” may travel into outer space in the near future. On June 10, 2020, a Japanese convenience store LAWSON’s deep fried chicken, Karaage-kun, was certified as a Japanese space food by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). This is the first time a convenience store’s original food was certified by JAXA. “Space Karaahttps://qazjapan.com/business/ramen-or-curry/ ge-kun” will accompany Japanese astronauts on future missions. LAWSON embarked on the...
Khachapuri is a traditional pastry in Georgia, a country located in the Caucasus region of Eurasia by the Black Sea. Bread is often shaped like a boat and filled with cheese, raw egg and butter. On April 22, 2020, Mr. Teimuraz Lezhava, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the Embassy of Georgia in Japan, came across a tweet about this Georgian staple food. According to...
Natto is a popular Japanese breakfast food. You’ll find it in many family refrigerators. The nation consumes about 7.7 billion 40-gram packets a year. That’s a lot of natto! Natto is fermented, like cheese, but it’s made from soybeans. Natto is very nutritious. One origin story for natto goes something like this: Back in the 10th century, a samurai on an expedition told local...
Suntory Holdings Limited, a Japanese brewing and distilling company, announced the release of “The Yamazaki 55” for 3 million yen (about $27,700). The Yamazaki 55 only uses rarely available aged and unblended whiskies distilled before Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympic. It is a blend of selected whiskies that were aged in white oak from 1964, in Mizunara oak from 1960, etc., which have reached the...
What is sake? In English, “sake” refers to the alcoholic fermented rice beverage from Japan. You can classify sake by several different factors including liquor quality, brewing process, the type of rice used, and more. If you are a beginner who just want to enjoy sake tasting, this guide is for you. Follow along as we share more about Japanese sake and discover the...
Throw a Temaki Sushi Party at Home Now that you’ve mastered the art of cooking rice Japanese style, it’s time to step up your game and host a temaki (handroll) sushi house party. The following paragraphs have everything you need to know to make delicious handrolled sushi. First, you need to make sushi rice. Here’s how. How to Make Sushi Rice Ingredients ...
Your Guide to Cooking Japanese Food – The Trick to Making White Rice Just Right Have you ever been to a Japanese restaurant and found the white rice flavorless? Gohan, or cooked white rice, is the basis of Japanese cuisine, and it can be tricky getting it to cook just right. We’ll tell you how. But first a little background. In Japanese cuisine, the...
