Japanese Food

[chrisdonna]

I was lucky enough to visit Japan through work four times and fell in love with Japanese food.
I now eat a Salmon Nikiri five times a week and also love raw Tuna and other raw fish.
If you add Wasabi and pickled Ginger with a touch of Soy Sauce it lifts the food up and it is not to be missed.
Are there any Jap food lovers out there??
Chrisd

[Stewlaws]

I was lucky enough to visit Japan through work four times and fell in love with Japanese food.
I now eat a Salmon Nikiri five times a week and also love raw Tuna and other raw fish.
If you add Wasabi and pickled Ginger with a touch of Soy Sauce it lifts the food up and it is not to be missed.
Are there any Jap food lovers out there??
Chrisd

Pickled a lot of ginger recently Chris, done this with a combination of Mirin and Japanese rice wine vinegar, I do keep sushi rice to hand and Nori sheets as the children like it as a snack/starter... I sometimes to the Nori outside, sometimes inside and then use black sesame seeds roll in. (Never convinced the black sesame seeds bring much to the Sushi)

Never had proper wasabi yet, just the horseradish green dyed product from the retailers- The proper stuff is rather expensive and my kids wouldn't appreciate it I feel.

[chrisdonna]

I was lucky enough to visit Japan through work four times and fell in love with Japanese food.
I now eat a Salmon Nikiri five times a week and also love raw Tuna and other raw fish.
If you add Wasabi and pickled Ginger with a touch of Soy Sauce it lifts the food up and it is not to be missed.
Are there any Jap food lovers out there??
Chrisd

Pickled a lot of ginger recently Chris, done this with a combination of Mirin and Japanese rice wine vinegar, I do keep sushi rice to hand and Nori sheets as the children like it as a snack/starter... I sometimes to the Nori outside, sometimes inside and then use black sesame seeds roll in. (Never convinced the black sesame seeds bring much to the Sushi)

Never had proper wasabi yet, just the horseradish green dyed product from the retailers- The proper stuff is rather expensive and my kids wouldn't appreciate it I feel.

Stew,
Good to hear from a fellow culinary adventurer.
In Japan the sushi is not as strong and I really enjoyed it but my favourite is raw tuna, mackerel, bass etc.
I also enjoyed the table top cooking of meat selections which are used in Taiwan and other Eastern countries.
I miss a good adventure.
Thanks for your experiences.
Chrisd

[Edward.P.A.C]

I was lucky enough to visit Japan through work four times and fell in love with Japanese food.
I now eat a Salmon Nikiri five times a week and also love raw Tuna and other raw fish.
If you add Wasabi and pickled Ginger with a touch of Soy Sauce it lifts the food up and it is not to be missed.
Are there any Jap food lovers out there??
Chrisd

Spent 10 days in Tokyo during the 2019 RWC final.
The Sunday markets with all the street vendors was, interesting…!
I’m fairly adventurous when it comes to food. But some of the delicacies on offer were a weee bit beyond my comfort zone

Japan is an amazing country, and the Japanese are wonderful.

How many times did you get lost in the central station…. 2 subterranean levels, and I lost count of how many different operators.

[chrisdonna]

Ed,
Funny you should mention the train system.
I got a ticket from Tokyo to Osaka and stood where the ticket told me to but I didn`t realize there were long trains and short trains for the same ticket and I was standing in the long train section.
The train came and stopped about 50 yards away and I thought it was for another route. It wasn`t and I tried to find out more information but not many locals spoke English and it was a struggle.
The food in Japan can stretch your imagination but China was even worse with the main dish of the day in a five star hotel was stewed ducks heads.
I have a rule that I never eat anything that is looking at me, and that includes trout.
Chrisd

[chrisdonna]

I was lucky enough to visit Japan through work four times and fell in love with Japanese food.
I now eat a Salmon Nikiri five times a week and also love raw Tuna and other raw fish.
If you add Wasabi and pickled Ginger with a touch of Soy Sauce it lifts the food up and it is not to be missed.
Are there any Jap food lovers out there??
Chrisd

Pickled a lot of ginger recently Chris, done this with a combination of Mirin and Japanese rice wine vinegar, I do keep sushi rice to hand and Nori sheets as the children like it as a snack/starter... I sometimes to the Nori outside, sometimes inside and then use black sesame seeds roll in. (Never convinced the black sesame seeds bring much to the Sushi)

Never had proper wasabi yet, just the horseradish green dyed product from the retailers- The proper stuff is rather expensive and my kids wouldn't appreciate it I feel.

Funny you should mention horseradish as on inspection the Wasabi I use is from our Horseradish and not the Japanese version.
I chap on the Japanese stall in Tesco said that Wasabi in English means Horseradish but I fear that the cost of both would lead me to believe that there must be a difference between both versions.
Regards,
Chrisd

[zodiac]

I was lucky enough to visit Japan through work four times and fell in love with Japanese food.
I now eat a Salmon Nikiri five times a week and also love raw Tuna and other raw fish.
If you add Wasabi and pickled Ginger with a touch of Soy Sauce it lifts the food up and it is not to be missed.
Are there any Jap food lovers out there??
Chrisd

Pickled a lot of ginger recently Chris, done this with a combination of Mirin and Japanese rice wine vinegar, I do keep sushi rice to hand and Nori sheets as the children like it as a snack/starter... I sometimes to the Nori outside, sometimes inside and then use black sesame seeds roll in. (Never convinced the black sesame seeds bring much to the Sushi)

Never had proper wasabi yet, just the horseradish green dyed product from the retailers- The proper stuff is rather expensive and my kids wouldn't appreciate it I feel.

Funny you should mention horseradish as on inspection the Wasabi I use is from our Horseradish and not the Japanese version.
I chap on the Japanese stall in Tesco said that Wasabi in English means Horseradish but I fear that the cost of both would lead me to believe that there must be a difference between both versions.
Regards,
Chrisd

Genuine wasabi is quite rare outside Japan but the fake version has kind of become what people expect from wasabi.

[Stewlaws]

I was lucky enough to visit Japan through work four times and fell in love with Japanese food.
I now eat a Salmon Nikiri five times a week and also love raw Tuna and other raw fish.
If you add Wasabi and pickled Ginger with a touch of Soy Sauce it lifts the food up and it is not to be missed.
Are there any Jap food lovers out there??
Chrisd

Pickled a lot of ginger recently Chris, done this with a combination of Mirin and Japanese rice wine vinegar, I do keep sushi rice to hand and Nori sheets as the children like it as a snack/starter... I sometimes to the Nori outside, sometimes inside and then use black sesame seeds roll in. (Never convinced the black sesame seeds bring much to the Sushi)

Never had proper wasabi yet, just the horseradish green dyed product from the retailers- The proper stuff is rather expensive and my kids wouldn't appreciate it I feel.

Funny you should mention horseradish as on inspection the Wasabi I use is from our Horseradish and not the Japanese version.
I chap on the Japanese stall in Tesco said that Wasabi in English means Horseradish but I fear that the cost of both would lead me to believe that there must be a difference between both versions.
Regards,
Chrisd

Genuine wasabi is quite rare outside Japan but the fake version has kind of become what people expect from wasabi.

Genuine wasabi is a very clean experience (by all accounts) the Japanese have special graters that are extremely fine, I think they treat wasabi root as an art form.

I find horse radish is OK. But it has a linger with it I don't believe you get with true wasabi

[chrisdonna]

A good fish dish I had in Osaka was a mackerel fillet laid in a small amount of soy sauce and skin up.
They then crisped up the skin with a gas burner that plumbers use. It was delicious.
Chrisd

[Stewlaws]

Tuna, sea bass and Mackeral are the only fish I eat raw.. however always with soy.

[chrisdonna]

It shows original wasabi from japan on amazon. Cold that be the real stuff???
Chrisd

[Stewlaws]

For wasabi to be at its best Chris it is grated off the rhizome... the quality is lost if processed and then placed in a tube.

Only going on what I have seen on a Japanese cookery program, ironically little cooking was done!

[Chris Hammond]

Try as I might I just cannot get my head around the idea of raw fish. It seems popular too nowadays.

[chrisdonna]

Try as I might I just cannot get my head around the idea of raw fish. It seems popular too nowadays.

Chris,
There is no smell to properly prepared raw fish and it tastes good especially if seasoned correctly.
People say that the smell turns them off but smelly fish (especially in Morrisons/Tesco) would never be used for Sushi/Nikiri etc.
Try it, the worse it could do is make you vomit
Chrisd

[zodiac]

It shows original wasabi from japan on amazon. Cold that be the real stuff???
Chrisd

Just because it says that online doesn't mean it's genuine.
I once ordered a pair of Kylie Minogue's knickers, imagine my disappointment when they arrived and the were just the same type that she wears, rather than a pair she had actually worn.

[chrisdonna]

It shows original wasabi from japan on amazon. Cold that be the real stuff???
Chrisd

Just because it says that online doesn't mean it's genuine.
I once ordered a pair of Kylie Minogue's knickers, imagine my disappointment when they arrived and the were just the same type that she wears, rather than a pair she had actually worn.

I take your point. Well made.
Chrisd

[zodiac]

It shows original wasabi from japan on amazon. Cold that be the real stuff???
Chrisd

Just because it says that online doesn't mean it's genuine.
I once ordered a pair of Kylie Minogue's knickers, imagine my disappointment when they arrived and the were just the same type that she wears, rather than a pair she had actually worn.

I take your point. Well made.
Chrisd

I did eventually manage to get a pair that she had worn, but that's another story.

[chrisdonna]

One aspect of Japanese cuisine is the use of Soy Sauce.
I have had some generally used Soy which I believe is the proper stuff watered down to increase profit. I visited many establishments in Japan and without exception they used Kikkoman Soy Sauce so I figured that if it was good enough for the Japs it was good enough for me.
I now keep away from all interlopers on the Soy front and stick to the best.
Chrisd

[Pikerd74]

You can buy uk grown Wasabi from a company in Dorset, they are held in high regard by chefs across Europe.

See the link below:-


https://www.thewasabicompany.co.uk/coll ... bi-goodies

[chrisdonna]

You can buy uk grown Wasabi from a company in Dorset, they are held in high regard by chefs across Europe.

See the link below:-


https://www.thewasabicompany.co.uk/coll ... bi-goodies

Looks like a sex aid but thanks.
Regards,
Chrisd

[Pikerd74]

You can buy uk grown Wasabi from a company in Dorset, they are held in high regard by chefs across Europe.

See the link below:-


https://www.thewasabicompany.co.uk/coll ... bi-goodies

Looks like a sex aid but thanks.
Regards,
Chrisd

The English has more girth than the Japanese

I will have a look in the oriental food shop next time I visit Cambridge I’m sure I saw a root which looked similar.