It’s not too much a stretch to say Goya is the staple of Okinawa.
Take, for example, shoku-pan (plain bread). Though wholly Western, and first sold commercially by an English baker in Yokohama, what constitutes a sandwich in modern-day Japan — potato salad, tonkatsu (deep-fried pork cutlet), strawberries and whipped cream — is definitively Japanese.
Yes. Yoshinoya. The gyudon titan’s origins can be traced back to the Nihombashi fish and vegetable market in 1899.
Ubiquitously located within Japan, kaitenzushi, or conveyor-belt sushi joints, are something you can’t miss. A popular spot for a quick lunch, sushi here starts at as little as 100 yen a plate.
Located in the new EDITION Hotel Ginza, Punch Room is the first bar in Japan to offer authentic punches. Punch originated as a seafarer’s drink and soon found its way into the lavish garden parties of the aristocracy.
Located on the 14th floor of the Tokyo EDITION Hotel in Ginza, Sophie at EDITION is a modern brasserie that pays homage to Japan’s abundance of seasonal produce and rich culinary traditions.
You know, I love a good pizza. I also love my sushi. In fact, I love it a lot. Unlike pizza, though, whose in-your-face flavours hide weak ingredients, sushi is not much more than a topping and some rice.
Whether you have kids or not, pop tarts are a blast to make! Scroll down just a little further to find the links to my favorite ingredients and baking tools that we used for this fun project.
The city recently received second place honors on Food & Wine’s 10 Top Cities for Coffee list, beaten out only by Copenhagen in Denmark.
If you live on Okinawa, you might have heard about Goya, a local cucumber-like vegetable also known as bitter melon.