Miscellaneous/Okazu
Because a typical Japanese meal consists of a bowl of rice served with a variety of small dishes, called okazu, choosing a single wine can be tricky.
Beef Tataki with Chambolle Musigny!
A great match between this 2011 Chambolle-Musigny Burgundy by Michel Gros and the nearly raw beef tataki -gyu no tataki-.
Hinamatsuri – Girl’s Day
March 3rd is hinamatsuri in Japan, a day for celebrating girls, coming just two days before children’s day, which is reserved for the boys. On girl’s day, households exhibit traditional dolls and prepare specific dishes. We went with chirashizushi (a large sushi rice platter with various toppings mixed in), hamaguri no osuimono (clam in broth) and threw […]
Osechi – japanese new year’s dishes
Osechi is a traditional Japanese set of dishes which is prepared for the new year festivities. Usually presented in bento-type boxes which are stacked on top of each other, typical osechi are foods which are pre-cooked and eaten cold over the first three days of the year, a period during which the women of the house are busy entertaining family members and guests, leaving little time for preparing meals.
Is soup a drink?
“Eat your soup!”
You may have heard this phrase countless times as a child… unless you grew up in Japan that is. In the Japanese language, the verb used for the consumption of soup is nomu ( 飲む ) meaning -to drink-!
