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 […]

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Do you support local Aussie farmers? Is it a concern for you to buy local produce? Australians take great pride in Australian produce, often considering it to be undeniably the best there is to offer. Seafood, farming, fruits and vegetables, we’ve got it all. You might be surprised to know that not all countries are […]

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Picture: Cakes from Patisserie Anniversary in Hiroshima from my trip in 2014 For many people planning an overseas trip, they write out a list of things they want to do, and places they want to see. For many places, like New Zealand, America, Britain, Canada, South Africa, and a lot of other places, it’s an easy list […]

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Picture: White miso paste is a great ingredient to keep at the back of your fridge! Miso is a seasoning made from fermented soybeans, salt, and a fungus known as kouji. The result is a versatile thick paste that can be used for a million and one things! Most commonly known of course is miso soup, […]

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Photo credit It’s currently snowing beautifully in Japan right now, what a big difference to what we’re experiencing here in Sydney! An annual tradition in February is the Sapporo Snow Festival (running until February 18 this year). It features magnificent snow sculptures all around Odori park, and of course as with any festival, there’s lots […]

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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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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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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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