We are excited to announce that we now have our own Japanese Cooking 101 Store on Amazon.com where we post and curate our favorite things in the kitchen! It’s still work in progress as of today, but we are planning on posting our honest product review videos and photos regularly and adding more items to our idea lists. While we do get small commissions from the sales, we only list items that we actually use and like. While we try to be informative and honest when reviewing products, chances are that you have already seen the actual products used in our recipes anyway such as 365 by Whole Foods Market Panko Bread Crumbs (#ad) in our recent recipe: Deep-Fried Sea Scallop.
Many of our followers, family members, and friends have asked us questions related to Japanese ingredients and kitchen items over the years, such as “What kind of rice do you use?”, “Where can I find Mirin?”, or “Do you have recommendations for soup bowls?” We have realized that not everyone lives in the area where Japanese or Asian markets are nearby. Even so, it’s hard to chose the right items out of many options, and labels and descriptions are often written in Japanese.
Luckily today, a lot of ingredients for Japanese cooking are found on Amazon. With Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods being part of Amazon.com, some grocery items can also be purchased and delivered in a timely manner in the U.S. Even for us who are fortunate to live not too far from several Japanese markets in Southern California, sometimes we just don’t have time or energy to drive to a store just to pick up a few items. We frequently buy other miscellaneous things from Amazon anyway, so adding an item or two to the shopping cart for our Japanese pantry has become very convenient for us.
We hope you find our product listing and reviews helpful whether or not you purchase products from Amazon. Unfortunately, the store may not work in all locations especially outside the U.S., but this is only our first step to try this out. We welcome feedback, so please leave comments and let us know what you think!
