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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“Omakase” is a super hot word among Japanese cuisine nowadays. We are all enjoying the concept of OMAKASE where customers trust what the chef serves up for you, so why not expand it into SAKE and have SAKE OMAKASE! Thrilling to hear from Mr Kanamaru who has been working at Masuya Japanese Restaurant for a […]

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The latest Washoku Lovers Kitchen Japanese cooking class was all about wagashi traditional confectionary! Japanese confectionary is very unique and contrasts to western sweets which are typically very sugary. Japanese wagashi on the other hand, use minimal sugar and no oil, they’re mainly made out of sweet bean pastes and their flavours and appearances focus on the […]

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Washoku Lovers is touring Japan with our new blog series focusing on all 47 prefectures of Japan! We’ll be starting with Shizuoka Prefecture, and taking you on a trip starting with how to get there, where to go, and of course what to eat! Home to Mount Fuji, arguably one of the most recognisable icons […]

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This is the easiest way to make Origami for the Girl’s Festival which is one of Japan’s annual festivals on the 3rd of March! It’s a day dedicated to celebrating girls and women, and has a lot of traditional elements to it. Of course there are specific food eaten on the day, but before eating […]

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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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Ippudo saw some rapid growth in the last few years, opening up store all over Sydney. Their flagship, Sydney Westfield at Pitt Street Mall, just underwent a menu overhaul and it’s available to eat right now! We checked out 10 items off the new menu, only a fraction of what is now available. The a […]

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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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It’s Valentine’s Day! Happy Valentine’s to all the loved up couples, and to those of us still single… There’s always friends! Last year we wrote about Japanese Valentine’s Day, so check out this post if you want to read up about what happens in Japan. This year we’re highlighting a great date night option, Tamageta-ya. […]

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