UNESCO recognized Japanese cuisine for its contribution to cultural heritage. NHK has had quite a few specials about it over the past few days. Obviously, the goal here is to promote Japanese culinary exports. “Farm ministry’s efforts key in ‘washoku’ being added to UNESCO list” This blog is really dedicated to expanding peoples’ understanding of…
Congratulations Tokyo! I hope the event can help broaden people’s understanding of Japan – and its food in particular. Since many people will probably travel to Japan for the first time, I thought I’d mention that yakitori is probably the best food to introduce to Japanese newbies. You really can’t get more simple than grilled…
An amusing incident at our local Japanese restaurant has given me plenty of ideas for blog posts and new features. For this post, though, I’m going to focus on customer conduct. Unless you have been to Japan, I’d encourage you to: 1) Research the restaurant and menu beforehand 2) Ask the waitstaff for help and…
Last night on Fox they showed the Top 7 of Master Chef. I missed it last week but I think it speaks to why I created this blog. 1) Whenever people think about Japanese food, they think of sushi — but that’s such a small part of Japanese cuisine. 2) It was hilarious to hear…
This blog is an outlet for my pet peeve: when people think Japanese Food is just sushi. In my mind, that’s like saying Americans only eat Gumbo. Many people have formed very strong opinions (for and against) sushi. While I obviously think it’s great when people love sushi, it seems that if people dislike sushi…
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