Millennial tea trends
Like fashion, food and wine, tea is also submissive to by consumers driven trends. Although certain traditional popular tea styles such as the milky black Hong Kong tea, Chinese and […]
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Kumano Kodo: finding the ethereal spirit in the Japanese forest
Animist, buddhist and shintoist confluence of peaceful coexistence is awakened on the Kii peninsula of Japan. For more than a millennium, ancient pilgrimage routes have, like ropes of hope, connected […]
The Japanese club in Hong Kong
The food at the Hong Kong Japanese club cannot be other than very authentic, so it may surprise the Nobu and Zuma devotees with its straightforward and simple style.
Miso: homemade versus traditionally barrel-aged
As one of the most important condiments in Japanese cuisine, miso is the pure embodiment of umami. What you taste in most of the commercially-made miso pastes, save for the […]
Yashin Sushi: eating Japanese without soy sauce
Can a Westerner imagine a sushi restaurant serving dishes without soy sauce? Hardly, but this is what they do at Yashin Sushi just off Kensington High Street, and they do it well.
The art of ikebana: Japanese flower arrangement when heaven, Earth and human elements unify
I have practiced ikebana for eight years now. Starting at my first apartment in the Mediterranean, well before traveling to Japan, I adopted my own, personal style. As a creative […]
Urasawa: the most exclusive Japanese restaurant hidden on Rodeo Drive
Hiroyuki Urasawa is often praised as the best japanese chef in America. I have not dined at all of the thousands of Japanese restaurants in the US, but if one […]
Sola: modern kaiseki with French twist in Paris
Sola is an eclectic amalgam of French and Japanese cultures reflected in the gastronomic opus by talented young chef Kosuke Nabeta. Reopened after fire in 2017 the former Maison du […]
LA Matsuhisa: Nobu's first restaurant continues to impress in Beverly Hills
Nobuyuki Matsuhisa known as Nobu is a legend of the modern Japanese cooking worldwide.
Photo essay: Autumnal beauty and poetry of Kyoto
The autumnal beauty of Kyoto stirs the inner naturalist in any one of us. It is poetic and by far my favourite season to be in the former imperial capital […]