a kaiseki restaurant with a 300-year history of serving fish. One of its traditional dishes issakurazushi: sea bream wrapped in rice and draped in a salted cherry blossom leaf. The rice is springy and the fish flakes apart easily. The floral note of the sakura is the last to reach me....
Sho,No. 806, Zhonghua 5th Rd, Cianjhen District– A top-tier Japanese restaurant that specializes in traditional kaiseki-style dining. Sho is renowned for its beautifully presented multi-course meals that feature the freshest seasonal ingredients GEN,8 Fusing 4th Road, Cianjhen District–...
While visiting a Japanese restaurant, either at home or in Japan, did you ever wonder what wasabi really is? If you are a fan of Japanese food, chances are you’ve seen it served up as a pale green paste to be paired with pieces of nigiri sushi or slices of sashimi. It’s distinc...
Kyoto Kaiseki Restaurant: Kichisen At age 31, Tanigawa built is own restaurant on Shimogamo Hondori Street, on the south-west side of Shimogamo Shrine. Shimogamo Shrine is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is older than Kyoto. Kichisen Gate Kichisen Entry: Master Tanigawa and Kyosaku ‘Encouragem...
is the last course of the kaiseki meal and it is offered three ways; there is donburi style on rice, something that I cannot recall at the moment and chazuke style on rice with hot tea poured on. Chazuke is a very prosaic home cooking type dish. At a restaurant and inn of such ...
For instance, a kaiseki-style bento box made by one traditional Japanese restaurant uses over 40 different ingredients, yet contains fewer than 500 calories. The secret is the Japanese cooking technique of using the umami of dashi to enhance flavors. Bento box high in variety yet low in ...
What Else Is Good In Osaka?Of course, Osaka has a lot more than greasy street food and unhealthy drinking snacks! You’ll find every variety and regional specialty of Japanese food in Osaka, including some truly refined kaiseki and kappo fare. You’ll also find a wide variety of ...
“We’re taking over a space at the Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant Uchu,” he begins. “One side is an omakase sushi bar which is very popular and Gokan will occupy the space that was once the kaiseki part of the operation.” It’s small, just ...
We highly recommend popping into the restaurant at the top of Owakudani for your lunch break to try these mouth watering dishes. 4 / Kaiseki Meals If you’re staying in Hakone, chances are that you have booked a traditional Ryokan or luxury hotel which will have the option of being served...
The courses of akaisekimeal will change based on the seasons and what is fresh, but they'll often represent all the different styles of cooking – raw, boiled, grilled, and steamed. The experience will pull influence from the mountains to the sea. There's a pace that ensures that the me...