Recently, Washoku Lovers was invited to visit the factory where Maruko Gyoza and also ramen noodles are made! Watching the foods be produced was extremely interesting, so let me break it down for you:   Gyoza The dumpling wrappers are a simple flour-water mixture (but the flour itself is a secret!) that’s churned in a […]

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On the 5th, 6th, and 7th of June, Izakaya Yebisu celebrated their 3rd anniversary! Washoku Lovers attended the tuna cutting show on the Friday. There was two sessions for the tuna cutting, one at 6:30 PM and one at 9:00 PM and the entire night there was a giant line extending all the way up […]

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Every year in Japan on the 5th of May, Children’s Day (子供の日) is celebrated. The aim is to celebrate boys, girls, mothers, and fathers. It wasn’t always gender neutral, though. Originally called tango no sekku (Boy’s Day) and referred to as the feast of banners, traditionally it only celebrated boys and their fathers. Girls also have […]

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On April 30, Washoku Lovers Kitchen welcomed our new permanent chef, Kanako Wada!  She specialises in decorative sushi, and is a whisky enthusiast. Her knowledge in the kitchen shows through her fluid teaching and movement around the Washoku Lovers Kitchen. With no signs of nervousness at all, Chef Kanako sat everyone down at the dining […]

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Photo by K.Uchida Hello WASHOKU LOVERS! I am honoured to be writing my first post for the Washoku Lovers blog. My name is Marta, and I lived in Japan for 16 years, experiencing many beautiful Washoku restaurants before moving to Sydney. From this post on I would like to share with you some Washoku restaurants, […]

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The 26th of April was my mother’s birthday, so I decided to cook for her.   The menu was: Tazunazushi Vinegared Mekabu (seaweed) Potatoes with sesame sauce Micro-tomatoes Roast beef Pickled radish Eggplant and tuna and myouga (Japanese ginger) Sauteed carrot with egg White wine paired best with the menu, and we decided to use […]

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Hello Washoku Lovers! I’m so happy to join the Washoku Lovers Blog, and have an opportunity to introduce Japanese food and culture from Tokyo. First of all, I’ll tell you about the national flowers of Japan. It’s cherry blossom and chrysanthemums. April is cherry blossom viewing season. Yoshino cherry blossoms already fell in Tokyo, but we can […]

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Hello WASHOKU LOVERS!! I am honored to join Washoku Lovers as a Washoku Lovers Kitchen Instructor. My name is Kanako Wada, and I’m from Kobe, Japan. I started cooking when I was 8 years old, starting with helping my mother cook. Of course, I couldn’t cook well at the beginning, but my family ate my […]

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Have you ever experienced a Japanese tea ceremony? The performance of Chanoya, Chado or Sado, or the way of tea,  is considered an important cultural artform in Japan. There’s no dunking your cookie in your cuppa here! There are teahouses specialising in tea ceremony, in various forms all over Japan. The most formal can last […]

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Picture: Manpuku gets their nori sheets stamped with their shop name, it’s very unique! My first experience with seaweed, like many other peoples’, was sushi. Salty and kind of sweet, nori is the best known seaweed used in Japanese food. You might be surprised that although you’ve probably eaten seaweed in other forms, it’s not actually […]

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