Photo: Japanese shaved ice from Kome Hachi Soba in Okinawa, Japan. photo credit Australian summer stereotypes always involve a trip to the beach, fish and chips, and an ice cream. Within the realm of ice cream, we have quite a lot of choice. Cheap McDonald’s soft serves; a Paddlepop, Golden Gaytime, or Maxibon from the servo; […]

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Read part 1 here Traditional Japanese kitchens and modern Japanese kitchens are quite different. The kitchen used to be split into two sections, doma (the floor here was usually ground level with just earth under your feet! This is where fires would be made for cooking) and the second section contained the irori (raised above ground level, this is where […]

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Photo: taken from this Aldi commercial We have a pretty unique Christmas here in the Southern Hemisphere. No snow, no jumpers, and Santa uses kangaroos to drive his sleigh. But Japan is lucky enough to have the possibility of a white Christmas as it’s winter over there (and they have spectacular Christmas light displays!) in just the […]

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Our last two posts we talked about our Washoku Lovers Kitchen event for Japanese curry rice, and we gave you the curry recipe and instructions for making warabimochi. Did you try making any of them? Let us know if you did by leaving a comment! This week, we’ll tell you how the class went as a whole! It started in […]

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This weekend just gone, we held our third Washoku Lovers Kitchen event! It was a great success, selling out really quickly – thanks to this we’re already working on our next event so everyone can start enjoying washoku at home. Instead of just assisting this time around, I also got to help cook and demonstrate how […]

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Photo: Washoku Lovers Selection from Derauma, $9.90 This week we’re announcing four brand new Washoku Lovers membership benefits just for you! In keeping with a Summer theme, they’re super fresh and healthy, yum! The first is from Toshiya at Cremorne. Chef Toshiya‘s signature salmon carpaccio with truffle oil. There’s a unique washoku spin on this traditionally Italian dish so […]

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Photo: SBS miso soup Here in Australia, and especially so in Sydney and Melbourne, a defining aspect of our culture is weekend brunch. After a big night out, a stressful week at work, or a long needed catch up with friends, brunch is one of the things that we look forward to the most. Cafes in […]

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The Japanese Film Festival starts tomorrow! Have you booked any films you want to see? Of course our recommendation is the special “foodie” screening of Midnight Diner. Don’t forget about Curry Month either! Go to any of our partnered restaurants on the list and take a photo of your curry! Post it on Instagram with hashtags! *1 Prize after 1st […]

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Photo: IPPIN director Hiroyuki Yoshikubo the 12th at the Sake Expo in Brisbane Hi, This is Satoshi! For the past two weeks I’ve been so busy working to promote sake with IPPIN Sake Brewery. Our goal is to make it easier to access IPPIN sake in Australia. We’ve held events at Yayoi in Town Hall, Tokyo […]

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Image taken from history.com Even though Halloween hasn’t ever really taken off in Australia, it’s become quite the event in Japan. The first time I went to Japan was in October, and trust me when I say they take it pretty seriously over there! Even Disneyland gets in on the action. Particularly famous are the costume […]

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