Japanese short-grain rice cooked with fresh chestnuts, lightly salted and sprinkled with black sesame — the quintessential autumn rice dish. The first chestnuts have arrived at the market, and the craving for a warm, comforting bowl returns all at once. Kuri gohan answers that craving with almost nothing: soft grains […]
A light yōkan made with agar-agar and red bean paste, delicately sweetened and best served thoroughly chilled once fully set in the refrigerator. The air is heavy, the appetite is lagging, and yet a slice of mizu yōkan straight from the refrigerator disappears in three bites. The block quivers on […]
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 […]
Hokkaido fried chicken : chicken thighs marinated in soy, ginger and garlic, coated with egg, flour and potato starch, then fried twice. You step out of an izakaya with the smell of fried ginger on your fingers and the urge to go back the very next day. Zangi captures that moment: […]
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 comforting Japanese zenzai made with gently simmered sweet azuki beans and served with soft shiratama dumplings. It’s cold, your hands are numb, and the bowl arrives steaming and deep red, with a piece of mochi still puffed up on the surface. The first spoonful is sweet without being cloying, […]
Fukui’s cold buckwheat noodles topped with a generous mound of pungent grated daikon and chilled tsuyu made with kombu and bonito dashi. When it’s muggy and the meal needs to be quick, a bowl of cold noodles solves the problem in minutes. Oroshi soba is as direct as it gets: […]
Blanched okra, chilled in a light dashi, then served with a little broth and a scattering of bonito flakes. Summer clings to the skin, the appetite lags, and yet this little bowl of chilled okra disappears in three bites. The ice-cold dashi hits first, seasoned just enough, then the pod […]
Blanched spinach coated in a ground white sesame sauce that’s sweet-savory and delicately nutty. A small bowl of glossy spinach, barely warm, and the sesame already takes center stage. The ground white sesame sauce coats each leaf, mellow and lightly sweet, with a toasted nuttiness that keeps you coming back […]
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