I know what you’re thinking….how is it that I have written about Japan for the past five weeks and not mention sushi! Living in Toronto, there is only one kaiten-zushi or what we call, conveyor-belt sushi, restaurant in the city
One of the great things about travelling around Japan is discovering the different regional flavours that are often taken by food companies and incorporated into some of the most popular snack items. Because of Japan’s gift giving culture, you can
Today’s post is for my mom and to my favourite moms out there 🙂 These photos were taken when my mom and I took a stroll along the famous Meguro River on our last day in Japan to view the
As a kid, my favourite thing to eat in the summer time was shaved ice! In one of my grandmother’s many parcels sent to us, she gave us a koala shaped, hand cranked, shaved ice machine. We would make shaved
I still remember the first time I tasted an okonomiyaki. I was 13 years old and visiting my Aunt and Uncle in Hiroshima that summer and my aunt made this traditional Hiroshima dish on a griddle set in the middle
If there’s one thing you notice about the Japanese, its their love for sweets. Very much influenced by France and the rest of Europe, their cakes and pastries are based on European techniques but add Japanese flavour profiles. Flavours like:
If you travel around Japan by shinkansen (bullet train) you will soon discover that the Japanese have a fascination with bento boxes. As you enter a shinkansen station, you can see a slew of either omiyage (gift) stores or bento
The second most common japanese dish, the first being sushi, is probably ramen – japanese noodle soup. Everywhere you go in Japan you will inevitably come across a ramen shop, most of them are small mom and pop restaurants with
For those of us who travel or live in the US have at the very least, heard of Mister Donut. Now I know what you’re thinking, why on earth would I bother going to Mister Donut when there can be
When most people think of teppanyaki, Benihana is what typically comes to mind. I haven’t been to teppanyaki in years, not many options here in my city of Toronto so when my cousin M and her husband suggested going for
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