Japanese food

Japanese Restaurant Etiquette: A Complete Guide

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledI want to begin with the oshibori — the small hot or cold towel that arrives within the first t...
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Japanese Food Gifting Culture: O-Chugen, O-Seibo, and Omiyage

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledEvery August, without fail, a specific delivery arrives at my house. It is from a former collea...
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Japanese Kitchen Tools: The Equipment Behind the Cuisine

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe Japanese kitchen contains specific tools that do not exist in any other food culture's kitc...
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The Japanese Supermarket: The World’s Best Food Retail Environment

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledI want to propose something that might seem hyperbolic but that I believe is genuinely defensib...
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Japanese Spices & Condiments: Wasabi, Shichimi, Sansho, Yuzu Kosho

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledJapanese cuisine has a reputation for restraint. The clean flavours, the specific minimalism of...