Want a fun activity to enjoy with your kids? How about an activity that will teach them some valuable cooking skills? Try baking. Kids love to eat desserts and baking is similar to making crafts, except in the end you get to eat the finished product. There are many sweets to choose from such as [...]
One of the cheaper and more popular types of sushi in the market nowadays is the Inari Sushi. It is made by stuffing sushi rice, and even some vegetables into small pouches of deep fried bean curd or tofu, also more popularly known in its Japanese term as aburage. Instead of the usual Nori seaweed [...]
Do you want to have a try of your own cooked sushi in the convenience of your home? Try this. Sushi is the most famous Japanese food in the world and a favorite of the natives itself, too. They also prepare this kind of food when there is something special. So, what is a sushi? [...]
Let’s talk about Japan’s greatest creation, just barely edging out Ghost in the Shell, bento, Otsuka Ai, Iron Chef, comedy routines based on torturing Morning Musume and Pocky. Sushi!First, we have to clear up one of the most common misunderstandings in multicultural culinary experience. Sushi is a category of traditional Japanese food consisting mainly of [...]
Part 2 of my sushi special will have a rather different feel, because part 2 of preparing sushi has a rather different feel. Now, when I’m cooking I’m fairly high-energy. I zoom around, I kick cupboards shut, slam drawers, and I never put anything down carefully if I can throw it instead. I have learned [...]
Ingredients:* 2 1/2 cups short-grain sticky rice* 2 1/2 cups water* 2 1/2 inch long konbuVinegar dressing* 4 2/3 tablespoons rice vinegar or can be substituted using lemons* 2 tablespoons sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons sea saltIngredients for mixing* 7 dried shiitake mushrooms, softened* 1/3 ounce kampyo, rubbed and boiled* 2/3 cup dashi, including water used [...]
There are three primary types of sushi knives:Heavy Duty Cleaver (Debo-Bocho)This type of knife is used for cutting through thick bones and filleting fish. Probably won’t need this if you are buying your fish in prepared blocks.Sashimi Knife (Sashimi-Bocho)This knife is used for the finish cutting. Cutting the pieces off of the blocks of fish [...]
Sushi in Japan is vinegared rice topped with other ingredients including fish, various meats, and vegetables. Outside of Japan, the term is frequently meant to mean the raw fish itself or any fresh raw-seafood dishes. Sashimi is the sliced raw fish alone.Sushi is the rice component of the food. It is an archaic grammatical form [...]
People that love sushi know how expensive it is. Even the “low-end” takeout joints in the city have no problem turning your low limit credit cards into nothing more than a fancy lock pick. In my youth I spent many a night frozen on the spot with “sticker shock” after some tempura, a cali-roll, and [...]
Are you a fan of Japanese food? Have you been thinking of trying to cook Japanese food on your own, and yet have been hesitant? Japanese food is actually very simple and easy to prepare, as long as you have the right ingredients and equipment. There are many easy Japanese recipes available everywhere, and more [...]