Japanese Sweets Kyushu Okinawa Okinawa Zenzai (沖縄ぜんざい) Date 2 months ago Reading Time < 1 Min 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 3 months ago Reading Time < 1 Min 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 3 months 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 3 months 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…
