Japanese Sweets Kyushu Okinawa Okinawa Zenzai (沖縄ぜんざい) Date 4 hours ago Reading Time 9 Mins Read Okinawa zenzai breaks every rule you thought you knew about Japanese sweets. On the mainland, after all, zenzai means a…
Chubu Japanese Sushi Niigata Okesa Maki (おけさ巻) Date 22 hours ago Reading Time 7 Mins Read Sado Island sits in the Sea of Japan. It is famous for fresh seafood and folk culture. One local sushi…
Brewing Japan Sake Pasteurization (火入れ / Hiire): Stabilizing Sake with Gentle Heat Date 1 day ago Reading Time 21 Mins Read Pasteurization in sake brewing is the quiet, decisive step near the very end. It is a gentle heating called hiire….
Japan Japanese Street Food Crab Cream Croquette (カニクリームコロッケ) Date 2 days ago Reading Time < 1 Min Read Crab cream croquette is a Japanese yoshoku dish made from crab meat bound in béchamel sauce, coated in panko, then…
Brewing Japan Sake Filtration (濾過 / Roka) : Refining Sake After Pressing Date 3 days ago Reading Time 19 Mins Read Freshly pressed sake is not quite finished. It looks a little cloudy and pale. A faint yellow or green tint…
Japan Japanese Food Japanese Hot Pot Japanese Cream Stew (クリームシチュー) Date 3 days ago Reading Time < 1 Min Read Few dishes say “home cooking” in Japan like cream stew. It is warm, creamy, and gently sweet. A pot of…
Japan Pressing (上槽 / Joso): How Moromi Becomes Sake Date 4 days ago Reading Time 16 Mins Read Imagine weeks of careful fermentation finally complete. The tank holds a thick, milky mash called moromi. Yet this cloudy mixture…
Japanese Fruit Kansai Nara Black Jack Watermelon (ブラックジャック) Date 5 days ago Reading Time 8 Mins Read Picture a watermelon with a jet-black rind. It has no stripes at all. Slice it open, and deep pink-red flesh…
Brewing Japan Sake Sokujo (速醸): The Modern Yeast Starter Date 6 days ago Reading Time 17 Mins Read Nearly every bottle of sake you drink starts the same way. It begins with a yeast starter called moto. So…
Japan Japanese Food Japanese Hot Pot Yamakujira Nabe (山くじら鍋) Date 6 days ago Reading Time 5 Mins Read Picture a cold mountain village in old Japan. A heavy iron pot bubbles over the coals. Inside simmers dark, marbled…
