By Ryoko, Posted on 23/12/2020
It took 50 years since the first Japanese restaurant opened in Sydney in the early 1970s. The legendary Japanese chefs brought their skills and knowledge of traditional cooking methods from Japan. They trained young chefs about how to make the local ingredients taste the best in a Japanese way. Nowadays, Japanese cuisine has became one […]
By WashokuLovers, Posted on 06/06/2016
If you’re a fan of O-san, the Chinatown favourite for cheap ramen, then you’ll want to put visiting Wok and Noodle Bar at the top of your to-do list. Opened earlier this year, the menu is a more diverse and exciting list of ramen developed by O-san himself. You can also find homemade gyoza on […]
By WashokuLovers, Posted on 10/05/2016
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 […]
By WashokuLovers, Posted on 23/03/2016
On Monday night, Washoku Lovers was honoured to be invited to the residence of the Japanese Consul General, Mr Takaoka, to take listen to a lecture on sake from our most prestigious washoku chef, Hideo Dekura and then a sake tasting, provided by Ippin Brewery and JFC Australia, Sakenet Australia, and a special selection from Mr Takaoka’s […]
By WashokuLovers, Posted on 02/12/2015
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 […]
By WashokuLovers, Posted on 25/11/2015
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 […]
By WashokuLovers, Posted on 11/11/2015
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 […]
