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Salmon Sushi – Japanese Cooking 101 in Kyoto

Salmon Sushi

In our mini-series of Japanese Cooking 101 in Kyoto, we are going to different stores from traditional to trendy, and show you a glimpse of the culinary scene of Kyoto in 2023. After we tasted delicious food at stores, we tried to recreate those dishes, not exactly but more in our own way, at home in Kyoto. We hope you enjoy our Japanese Cooking 101 food in a little different setting from our regular videos.

This episode is Salmon Sushi. Raw salmon has become more popular than ever today in Japan. But Salmon was not supposed to be eaten raw there only a couple of decades ago because of concerns over parasites. As technology has moved forward and appropriate kinds of imported salmon are now available, raw salmon has become a popular ingredient in the Sushi industry, especially at revolving Sushi shops. Now salmon Sushi is everyone’s favorite, and ours!

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Butter Chicken – Japanese Cooking 101 in Kyoto

Butter Chicken

In our mini-series of Japanese Cooking 101 in Kyoto, we are going to different stores from traditional to trendy, and show you a glimpse of the culinary scene of Kyoto in 2023. After we tasted delicious food at stores, we tried to recreate those dishes, not exactly but more in our own way, at home in Kyoto. We hope you enjoy our Japanese Cooking 101 food in a little different setting from our regular videos.

This episode is Butter Chicken. While dark brown stew-like Japanese curry is the curry we love, mildly spiced and designed for eating with Japanese Steamed Rice, Butter Chicken is a more spicy Indian curry. As spiced curry has become more well known and accepted in Japan, there are many spiced curry specialty restaurants that have opened up to serve Butter Chicken. As well as the popularity of spiced curry restaurants, one of the reasons Butter Chicken became so popular was boil-in-the-pouch Butter Chicken from a large household goods store chain called Muji. Their version got really good reviews on the internet and made the mainstream public know its name. That pushed Butter Chicken to be one of the favorite curry dishes on the list.

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Wakaayu – Japanese Cooking 101 in Kyoto

Wakaayu

In our mini-series of Japanese Cooking 101 in Kyoto, we are going to different stores from traditional to trendy, and show you a glimpse of the culinary scene of Kyoto in 2023. After we tasted delicious food at stores, we tried to recreate those dishes, not exactly but more in our own way, at home in Kyoto. We hope you enjoy our Japanese Cooking 101 food in a little different setting from our regular videos.

Our first episode is Wakaayu. Wakaayu (Waka-ayu, 若鮎) is a seasonal “Japanese confection” (Wagashi, 和菓子）that is available at many sweet shops during summer. Wakaayu in Japanese cakes is made from Sweet Mochi wrapped with a thin pancake, like Dorayaki, formed in the shape of a sweetfish, called Ayu. It is chewy and sweet, but not overly sweet, and it’s a wonderful reminder of the beginning of the new season.

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