Photo by K.Uchida In today’s post, the second part of the series Ki-Yan’s Kyoto – Washoku restaurants, cafés & shops, I am happy to introduce two branches of the popular chain of tonkatsu (breaded pork cutlets) restaurants Katsukura in Kyoto – the Katsukura Kyoto Station branch and Katsukura Higashinotoin branch. In both branches you have […]

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This month, Washoku Lovers is introducing featured products! Each month we’ll be highlighting different Japanese food products that you can get in Australia which will help you whip up a Japanese feast at home. Our inaugural product is Maruko Gyoza – Japanese pork dumplings made in Sydney with 98% Australian ingredients. It’s quite impressive that […]

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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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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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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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It’s not uncommon to lose an hour to the #foodporn trend on Instagram without even realising. You see a mouthwatering picture of a dish, click the geotag, view as much of the menu as you can, all while tagging your friends with not-so-subtle hints to go there next week. One of the best forms of […]

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