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 […]

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Onion gratin is a simple dish of slow cooked onions with a cheesy or creamy sauce. It’s a soul warming Winter dish, but it’s definitely a guilty pleasure. Usually it’s eaten with bread, using the bread to dip into the cheese and cream and scoop up some onion. We like to replace the bread with […]

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In Japan, minced chilli and garlic is a popular sauce. Here, we’ve scooped out some of this chilli and garlic paste and placed a MARUKO Gyoza on top. Finely slice dried chilli to garnish, it ends up looking a bit like saffron, don’t you think? Enjoy this as a larger serving size with friends for […]

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We’re back with a new Straight From Japan installment! First we had our Okonomiyaki post, and then our Ramen post, and now it’s time for another favourite that you might find is popping up more and more in Sydney lately. Yakitori can be split up into yaki 焼き meaning to grill or fry, and tori 鳥 which means bird […]

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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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I was lucky enough to have a quick getaway to Melbourne, and so of course I just had to visit Maedaya, our specially partnered restaurant! It’s a very quick tram trip (take number 75 from anywhere on Flinders Street), although it is outside the free tram zone so make sure you have a myki! Get off […]

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This Saturday Washoku Lovers is participating in Kinokuniya’s National Bookshop Day Event to Celebrate Washoku Chef Hideo Dekura’s book, Izakaya! In the spirit of this, today’s blog is all about Japanese izakaya. Izakaya is a Japanese style of pub – somewhere to drink, order cheap food, and catch up with friends and colleagues. They are frequented by […]

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