Master class at MFWF (Melbourne Food and Wine Festival), 2017 with Japanese chef Zaiyu Hasegawa was held in Deakin Edge, Federation square. Zaiyu Hasegawa’s Tokyo restaurant Den has developed a cult following in Japan and abroad for its playful take on modern kaiseki (Japanese traditional cuisine). He showed us how to make Monaka, a specilialty […]

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Washoku Lovers was proudly invited to the Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2017 Awards, held in Bangkok, to support the Japanese chefs and the chefs who use Japanese ingredients outside of Japan. I was hoping Australia would be included in these awards, but unfortunately no Australian restaurant was featured in the top 50. Asia covers a number […]

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Today’s post is the part 6 of the series Ki-Yan’s Kyoto – Washoku restaurants, café & shops introducing “wagashi” Japanese sweets of the popular eX cafe Arashiyama located in Arashiyama district in Kyoto. I hope you remember (it has been a while since the previous post) in this series I am sharing with you some […]

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Good mooning Washoku Lovers! Hope you survived last weekend’s weather, which recorded 46℃ in Sydney!! Even though it was hot, we still held our Japanese cooking class! We prepared very cold welcome drinks, CHOYA SODA, for the people who attended our first Okonomiyaki and Takoyaki class! CHOYA has classic plum wine but this CHOYA SODA […]

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Takoyaki is the first thing on my wish lists during a holiday in Japan. Takoyaki is a popular Japanese snack, little round dough balls containing pieces of octopus. The word tako means octopus and yaki means grilled.  It is topped with takoyaki sauce and Japanese mayonnaise, but I like to use okonomi sauce in place of takoyaki sauce. It’s often topped with seaweed […]

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Hidden on the not as famous side of JR Shinjuku Station is Shinjuku Gyoen (Shinjuku gardens). It’s a stunningly beautiful space, divided into Japanese, French, and British traditional gardens, as well as a large greenhouse of tropical plants, and plenty of walkways popular with runners. I visit Shinjuku Gyoen every time I go to Japan, […]

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Washoku Lovers was proud to be invited to the Washoku World Challenge 2016, held at Hattori Nutrition College today (December 15). It’s our great pleasure to see washoku chefs and we were excited to support the Australian representative washoku chef, Shaun Presland! The event location is just a 5 min to walk from Shinjuku station. The […]

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If newly opened Sushi Tengoku is ringing a bell, it’s because they’re not actually new. This Kensington favourite was previously a few hundred meters down and on the opposite side of the road, but they’ve found a new (and bigger) home at B/262 Anzac Parade. Tengoku (天国) which means ‘heaven’, is exactly what you’ll walk […]

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Photo by K.Uchida Today’s post is part number 4 of the series Ki-Yan’s Kyoto – Washoku restaurants, café & shops this time introducing Adachi – a cozy family-run Kyoto obanzai restaurant. Read part one, part two, and part three if you missed them! Just as a reminder (and information for new readers as well) – […]

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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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