| 28 Aug 10 |
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Tuesday, Sushi Bento Day!I can tell you that with heat stifling out all stamina out your body, it is not easy to devise or cook anything.The grumbling Missus somehow managed to come out (of the infern...
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| 19 Aug 10 |
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Tuesday: Sushi Bento Day!Did I say it was flaming hot outside?I am certainly going to enjoy my day in my air-conditioned office!“Shake or Sake/鮭”, although BG will come with another snide remark...
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| 19 Aug 10 |
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The Missus couldn’t go shopping yeaterday and she had to make do with what was left available this morning (BG will probably comment that I’m bonding the Missus into slavery!).But apparently there...
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| 19 Aug 10 |
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Cupcakes don’t need to be introduced, neither sushi!But have you ever thought of combining the two for an easy party meal/snack for adults or children?Here is a simple suggestion you can easily adap...
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| 19 Aug 10 |
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Mr. Yuma Mochizuki/望月佑真The other day I received a phone call from my good friend Dominique Corby, the Chef/Manager of Michelin-starred 6eme Sens in Tokyo.He told me that the French/German ARTE...
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| 19 Aug 10 |
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“Soboro” is a form of decoration in Japanese gastronomy.It is almost impossible to translate, although it means that the decoration looks like little snow balls, whatever they are made from.They a...
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| 19 Aug 10 |
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Whenever tuna is available one ought to taste it raw as sashimi or sushi.Now, avaibility does not always mean quality.On the other hand, the Japanese have a simple and delicious way to accomodate tuna...
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| 28 Jul 10 |
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Most Indian people have to devise their food according to a somewhat harsh climate (at times. Of course people living at the foot of the Himalayas would say otherwise!). The Missus is a great fan of I...
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| 21 Jul 10 |
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There was no bento to write about yesterday as it was a National Holiday!Instead we spent most of the day lazying about at home as it was simply too hot outside and visited a new (for the Missus!) sus...
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| 14 Jul 10 |
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Tuesday’s Bentoes have become a regular feature as Sushi Bento!Today’s bento consists of Te-mari Sushi/手丸寿司 or Hand-shaped ball sushi (not easy to translate, so read the explanation!).The ...
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| 07 Jul 10 |
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In these days of incessant weather change, one has to make sure of his/her sustainance. In winter, when they are in need of calories, the Japanese often visit the innumerable Korean restaurants in the...
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| 06 Jul 10 |
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The weather is perfect for sushi!It has been raining non-stop, at times at typhoon level, for the last 24 hours and more rain is on the cards for the next two weeks!The Missus seems to have got the me...
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| 06 Jul 10 |
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Picture by the Missus!When I took a sneaky peak in the kitchen this morning, I couldn’t help commenting to the Missus:-Keep them rollin’!-Do you mind?-Sorry, sorry, Rabbit!I made myself scarce and...
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| 06 Jul 10 |
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I finally managed to have the Missus take all photos of her bentos according to my preferences and hope that BG will stop commenting on my general clumsiness and ignorance!LOLIt takes time even for dr...
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| 06 Jul 10 |
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Service: Excellent and very friendlyFacilities: very cleanPrices: reasonableSpecialty: Vegan and vegetarian Cuisine, Izakaya gastronomy, local products, oden.The summer has come to Shizuoka with a ven...
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| 18 Jun 10 |
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Kurosoi/クロソイ/Black Rock Fish-Schlegel’s Black Rockfish (Latin name: Sebastes schlegelii Hilgendorf,1880) is a rock fish/scorpion Fish variety even rarer than Ainame/アイナメ/Fat Greening...
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| 16 Jun 10 |
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Ainame/アイナメ/Hexagrammos otakii or Fat Greening is a truly Japanese seasonal fish, which has become a rarity as it lives only around the Japanese archipelago along rocky shores in water compara...
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| 09 Apl 10 |
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Torafugu or Tiger Puffer is one of more than a 100 hundred varieties of edible Puffer Fish or Globe Fish, but Tiger Puffer is by a great distance the most popular variety in Japan!It is also known in ...
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| 04 Mar 10 |
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Te-Maki Zushi/手巻き寿司, Hand-rolled sushi or more appropriately said “Cone Sushi). like Te-mari sushi that I introduced yeaterady, are the perfect way of making your own sushi at great inform...
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| 01 Mar 10 |
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Posted by Shizuoka GourmetShirogisu, or Sillago in English probably has as many Japanese names as English names.The Sillago found along the Japanese shores is also called sillago japonica, Whiting or ...
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