Like this post? Help us by sharing it! After six years as head chef at London’s premier Japanese restaurant, Nobu, and five years at the Mirai restaurant in Dubai, Scott Hallsworth turned his attention to Japanese “junk food”, launching Kurobuta in London as an ode to the Japanese izakaya (Japanese gastropub). Now wildly popular, he is committing some of […]
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Japan Insider Guide videos: The Izakaya (Japanese gastropub)
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! When visiting somewhere new it’s always handy to have a friend waiting to greet you; someone to lighten the load and guide you on local etiquette, secret restaurants and cultural attractions away from the tourist trail. Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Vegetarian gyoza dumplings recipe from Reiko Hashimoto
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! In the third and final instalment of this recipe series, Kyoto born and London-based chef Reiko Hashimoto shares her favourite recipe for vegetarian Japanese gyoza (pan-fried dumplings). Like this post? Help us by sharing it!
Chicken and vegetable katsu recipe from Reiko Hashimoto
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! After swapping her native Kyoto for London, Reiko set up a successful Japanese catering company. It proved so popular with diners that she opened a cookery school to share some of her secrets, before penning a book chock-full of her favourite recipes. She has just released her […]
An introduction to kakigori
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Tour leader Mark came to Japan from sunny Hawai’i to discover his Japanese roots. Like so many of us, he never left! Though Mark currently lives in Gifu Prefecture, he has also lived in rural Tottori and Aichi, and leads tours all over Japan. In the summer, […]
Like this post? Help us by sharing it! Tour leader Mark came to Japan from sunny Hawai’i to discover his Japanese roots. Like so many of us, he never left! Though Mark currently lives in Gifu Prefecture, he has also lived in rural Tottori and Aichi, and leads tours all over Japan. In the summer, […]