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Funazushi Finale
Funazushi at Kitashina In a series of recent posts, I summarized the very special food that is funazushi: where we had good funazushi and the history and traditions behind this special dish from Shiga. I’ll finally finish off this Shiga cuisine series for now. That is until our next trip to uncover more yummy places [...]
Attention to all oyster lovers in Tokyo!
Photo: Tokyo Oyster Bar in Gotanda July seems like the time for great bargains, well, for oyster lovers. If you feel like raw oysters and cool wine, there are several specials in July in Tokyo. 1. Tokyo Oyster Bar in Gotanda Tokyo Oyster Bar in Gotanda is having a special campaign until July 31, 2009. [...]
Making Funazushi
No, this is not how to make your own stinky-fish treats at home. Although, you could probably make a decent start after watching this video. Previously at Tokyofoodcast, Et-chan described the amazing dishes we had at Kitashina and briefly how Okami-san gave a demonstration of her fish preparation technique. So, I’d like to introduce my [...]
Dishes from Japan’s biggest lake
At Kitashina Omi Takashima station lies on the west coast of Lake Biwa in Shiga only one hour away from Kyoto by local JR train. With that kind of proximity to the ancient capital, I was expecting another commuter suburb with an AEON or equivalent generic shopping center and a Tsutaya. When we arrived at [...]
Tokyofoodcast on the Trail of Funazushi
Funazushi at Kitashina, Takashima, Shiga Last year, I was in Nagahama, Shiga for Funazushi for the first time in my life! This year, we had a special opportunity to sample two very good, but quite different forms of the original sushi. Funazushi has been made of fresh water fish from Lake Biwa since at least [...]
Jibuni at Jugatsuya in Kanazawa
If asked for a typical dish from Kanazawa, what would you say? Aside from crab, if someone says pickled fish or various parts of marine creatures, you know what that person likes to drink! Normally, I believe many people would name jibuni as signature Kaga dish. Jibuni at Jugatsuya, Kanazawa Wait, wait, what is jibuni? [...]
Sake of the week #007: Super Kudoki Jozu
Super Kudoki Jozu Kudoki Jozu from Yamagata must be one of the most talked about nihonshu for two things: its consistently superb sake–and for its name, The Pick Up Artist. Beau from True Sake shared his experience at Kamenoi Shuzo in depth in his November 2007 Newsletter and discussed the name: “I have purposely waited [...]
Tokyo Government Now Supporting Non Fluent Foodies?
Have you had problems reading menus at restaurants when traveling in Japan? The Tokyo Metropolitan Government just rolled out a website menu-tokyo.jp to help restaurants create multilingual menus in English, Korean, and Chinese. The coverage of menu items is quite extensive. Just to test out how it works, I selected sashimi as a keyword and [...]
Sake of the week #002: Okunokami
Okunokami Junmai Kassei-Niigori Nama Genshu is a bomb! I don’t mean bad, but so lively, and so nice. And, Toshimaya Shuzo, the brewer of Okunokami, is right here in Tokyo! I am so happy that I can finally say I truly like sake from Tokyo and have a bit of local pride! I have followed [...]
How much seafood is too much?
We love food; we tend to eat a lot; and it’s not very often we leave food on the table when we go out. Even when that means ending the meal with a regretful “Oh, I ate too much”, we manage to stuff ourselves with everything served on the table. However, on this rarest of [...]
Sake Tourism
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