My Souperinspiration: Japanese Style Sweet Potato Curry Comfort food means different things for different people. For some, it’s a big bowl of noodles. For others, it’s ice cream with chocolate sauce. During my Souperchefannatravels, I asked Junko-san, the lead host and the director for our trip, what her comfort food is, and what she would […]
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Souperchef Anna Travels | Take Me To Japan
by Souperchef Anna onA summary of some of the places we have been and the produce highlights of these regions in my quest to discover Japanese comfort foods. Mouse over the icons on the map to find out more about my trip! This is a third instalment of Souperchefannatravels series, this time Take Me To Japan. How many […]
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Souperinspiration | Vegan Red rice miso stew with wakame
by Souperchef Anna onMy souperinspiration Miso The protein-rich fermented soybean paste called miso is one of the world’s great flavour foundations adding a savory quality called umami to all sorts of dishes, including soups, salad dressings, vegetables, stews and marinades. According to the The Oxford Companion to Food, miso was first developed in China and the first written […]
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Souperinspiration | Mizutaki x Keihan
by Souperchef Anna onMy souperinspiration Mizutaki In Japan, once it starts getting chilly outside, it’s that time of year again when comfort food means a good old-fashioned nabe, or Japanese hot pot. Mizutaki is one of the classic nabemono, communal stews which have long been a hallmark of home cooking in Japan. The term nabe refers to the vessel itself, […]
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Souperinspiration | Barramundi Miso Stew
by Souperchef Anna onMy souperinspiration Miso On this trip to Japan, in Matsumoto City, we met Hayashi san, the president and master shinshu miso maker at Marusho Jozo. Through our conversations, I found out he is 80 years old. But the man, does not look a day past 65 years old. The complexion of his skin, its tautness […]
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Souperinspiration | Nikujaga Wasabi Beef stew
by Souperchef Anna onMy Souper Inspiration Daio Wasabi Farm (3640 Hotaka, Azumino, Nagano Prefecture 399-8303, Japan) The global vogue for all things wasabi have seen products such as wasabi peas, wasabi popcorn, wasabi seaweed snacks, wasabi hummus and dips hit the shelves and becoming popular. My recent trip to Japan especially to Daio Wasabi farm made me jump on […]
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Souperinspiration |Salmon head tounyu nabe
by Souperchef Anna onMy souperinspirations Mentaiko at Yamaguchi Aburaya Fukutaro (1-1-1, Gojikkawa, Minami-ku, Fukuoka) Japan is obsessed with food and at no time is this more obvious than when you take a trip to a new part of Japan. Every town seems to have its own delicacy or speciality to try. Mentaiko is the star product of the Hakata ward […]
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The art of miso | why you should eat miso daily?
by Souperchef Anna onWhy you should eat miso daily? There has been references that miso and rice for Japanese people are like ‘meat and potatoes for Americans’. Miso is Japan’s traditional seasoning and health food. Making miso is an art. Hundreds of varieties of this classic Japanese staple can be found across the country, and like wine and cheese, it […]
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Daio Wasabi farm | All about real fresh wasabi
by Souperchef Anna onAll about real fresh wasabi The global vogue for all things wasabi have seen products such as wasabi peas, wasabi popcorn, wasabi seaweed snacks, wasabi hummus and dips hit the shelves and becoming popular. However, maybe not many of us, know that all these years, the wasabi used in these products, the pasty green stuff […]
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Kagoshima | Hawaii of Japan
by Souperchef Anna onKagoshima-Hawaii of Japan The prefecture of Kagoshima is a volcanic tropical paradise also known as the ‘Hawaii of Japan’. With the opening of the Kyushu Shinkansen, accessibility to this area is greatly improved bringing with it great influx of local tourists. This southern Japanese city in the island of Kyushu, is effortlessly charming, big enough […]
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Sansho and Togarashi | Spicing up your palate
by Souperchef Anna onSpicing up your palate Japanese food stresses the freshness and simplicity of cooking and ingredients alike, so ingredients are usually not smeared with a huge amount of sauces. They prefer subtlety so anything added to complement the food would only be a sprinkle and should never be so strong as to overwhelm the main dish but to raise […]
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Takayama | Ryokan experience
by Souperchef Anna onTakayama Ryokan experience Takayama is a city in the mountainous Hida region of Gifu Prefecture. To differentiate it from other places named Takayama, the city is also commonly referred to as Hida-Takayama. It has the nickname “Little Kyoto of Hida” as it has managed to retain a traditional touch especially in its beautifully preserved old […]
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