A comforting Japanese rice bowl of hot rice topped with yukke-style seasoned raw beef, crisp nashi pear, and a luscious egg yolk. The rice is still steaming as the slices of beef land on top, glossy with sesame oil and garlic. Break the yolk, mix it through, and everything comes […]
An ultra-refreshing cold ochazuke: rinsed rice, flaked salmon, fresh aromatics, and ice-cold genmaicha dashi poured over at the last moment. The air is heavy, nobody is really hungry, and yet a bowl of rice flooded with iced dashi disappears in minutes. Rei ochazuke plays on a contrast of temperatures : very […]
Miyazaki’s chilled bowl : a broth of toasted miso and ground sesame, poured ice-cold over still-warm barley rice. The air is heavy, your appetite has been gone since noon, and yet this bowl disappears in minutes. The broth comes straight from the fridge, rich with toasted miso and ground sesame, and […]
A bowl of rice topped with tuna marinated in soy sauce, mirin, and sake, brightened with ginger and finished with shiso, nori, egg yolk, and sesame. The tuna comes out of the marinade almost lacquered, a deep, glossy red. Set over barely warm rice with a pinch of nori and […]
A Japanese summer rice dish in which sweet corn and its cob perfume the entire pot, with no butter or stock. It’s hot, corn is at peak sweetness, and it’s the perfect time to add it to rice. tōmorokoshi gohan smells like buttered corn on the cob even though there […]
A specialty from Kagoshima: Japanese rice cooked with cubes of floury sweet potato, finished simply with a pinch of salt and black sesame. The evenings are turning cooler, and a bowl of still-steaming rice, studded with golden cubes of sweet potato, is enough to warm the whole table. The aroma […]
A golden, crispy omelet, deep-fried in a wok and scented with fish sauce. A puffed omelet lands with a crackle on piping hot jasmine rice. Its frilly edges shatter, and the aroma of caramelized fish sauce rises with the steam. Authentic Kai Jeow is nothing like a pale, folded omelet. […]
A Filipino classic: ultra-tender beef braised in soy sauce and star anise, served with garlic rice In Manila, beef pares arrives with sauce that clings lightly to the spoon and rice that is still steaming. The beef is tender, the star anise comes through right away, and the broth brings […]
Small fermented rice cakes, steamed until sponge-light and perfect with coconut chutney or a piping-hot bowl of sambar. Soft, white, and springy, idlis emerge from the steamer with a warm, grainy aroma. They bounce back under your finger, then soak up sauce without falling apart. In the broad family of […]
Fried tofu pouches filled with vinegared rice: a sweet-savory street sushi with roots in Inari shrines. The tofu pouches gleam with a glaze of soy sauce and mirin, then open to reveal warm, vinegar-scented shari. Authentic inarizushi is an understated dish with real depth and a lingering finish: sweet, salty, […]
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