Japanese

New question in the last days here. I was wondering if anyone has been successful in making seaweed salad at home, typically served at sushi bars. I started thinking about it as I'm waiting on ...

by Melanie Wong 1 month ago

"... So ‘Japan Week’ began with a kind of emphasis on what judge Paul Hollywood, who had been to Japan fairly recently, called ‘kawaii,’ the ‘cute’ aesthetic. You know, Hello Kitty, and so on and s...

by Charles Yu 7 days ago

For lunch today, following ex-chowhounder 'skylineR33' footstep, I gave this relatively new, 'Taro Fish' competitor my first try. We bought a nicely presented Sashimi platter ( and some freshly ma...

by alarash 25 days ago

I keep at least a dozen varieties of fancy instant ramen on hand. Green onion, 6.5 minute egg, and dried mushroom always go in. Tofu skin, dried white fungus, fish cake, frozen shrimp, super thinly...

by Googs 4 months ago

A couple of our dear friends just love the show that comes with a teppanyaki dinner. They were quite sad when Benihana, their celebration restaurant, closed for good. Where can we take them that ...

by Charles Yu 1 month ago

Too lazy to cook a proper lunch............instead, trying out a newly discovered ' Instant Tomato base Tonkotsu Ramen, containing 6 individual condiment/ingredient packages! '....from China. Recip...

by Charles Yu 2 months ago

A surprise special sushi afternoon-tea treat from " Aburi-Hana, Yorkville ".....courtesy of our in-law. KYO Platter - Kaisen Roll - 8pcs, Salmon Sashimi - 3pcs, Yellowtail Sashimi - 3pcs, Scall...

I got this knife in Miami around 10 years ago and would like to know what the brand/maker is. Could anyone shed some light for me? Thanks!

Hope you will have patience with my tale but I just discovered this site (article in Hartford Courant) and thought someone might be able to help. I was an assistant buyer at Lord & Taylor from 197...

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone could please help me to identify this Japanese chef's knife I received as a present? Many Thanks, Richard

Although it is not a restaurant, "seated" eating--or drinking can be done inside the store, in addition, it is larger than many restaurants in the city. What do you guys think of this historica...

I just bought some fancy soy sauce (somewhat of an impulse purchase), but I'm not sure what to use it for. I'm looking for a recipe that will bring out the unique flavors of the soy sauce, rather t...

by Melanie Wong 2 years ago

In this time of Covid-19 and stay at home orders statewide, restaurants are limited to take-out and delivery services. Many have closed. Others have soldiered on converting their operations to offe...

by Amandarama 3 months ago

It's been a while since anyone's posted about an eating out experience here on the Boston board, so I am sharing a couple picture of the omakase we had at Umi of Japan in Waltham. Frankie was our ...

by Charles Yu 4 months ago

Skippa, together with Alo and Pearl Morissette are, IMO, three of the current toughest tables in town (and out-of-town). The success of napping a reservation would require military style planning a...