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...
Do you love sushi? Or Valentine’s Day? How about Sushi Valentines?! We are currently living in the land of sushi and Japan goes crazy for Valentine’s Day.
One of the more popular sushi forms found in Japan is the nigiri, which is a simple pressed rectangle of rice (shari) topped with a piece of fish or other ingredient (neta).
Accidentally offending a local - every traveler’s nightmare! However, awkward situations overseas like this can be easily avoided with just a bit of light research.
USO Futenma rolled into 2020 with a brand-new event: The Sushi Roll Social! The USO center, which recently celebrated a Grand Re-Opening one month prior, hosted their first cultural program of the year on Tuesday, Feb. 25.
As you see more and more shopping malls and super markets open on Okinawa these days, the word Depachika seems a little outdated, especially to those who are more used to casually shopping at shopping malls.
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.
Most of my foreign friends tell me they didn’t know how much Japanese love curry until they came to Japan. Well, not only do we love it, but we actually have a very deep-rooted curry culture.
As far as cooking is concerned, I am all for cutting corners. But, when I learned that pasta could be cooked in the microwave, I had to take it with a grain of salt.
Sancocho is a one-pot stew with chunks of tender beef (meat of your choice or no meat at all) and root vegetables. It is typically served with a side of white rice and a piece of ripe avocado.
