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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Photo: Tsukemen from O-san Ramen, taken from O-san Ramen Facebook We all know what ramen is, but have you heard of tsukemen? Tsukemen is ramen noodles served separately from the broth and toppings. The noodles are served cold, so this is the perfect way to enjoy noodles in the warmer months. The broth, meanwhile, is […]

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