Looking for a dessert that brings together chocolate, coffee, and pumpkin without feeling heavy or overly sweet? This one is built in three distinct layers, each with its own texture, and slices cleanly once fully chilled. On the bottom, a thin, tender chocolate sponge. In the middle, a pumpkin-white chocolate […]
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Authentic Yukke Don
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 […]
Authentic Rei Ochazuke
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 […]
Authentic Zangi — Hokkaido Fried Chicken
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: […]
Authentic Hiyajiru – Miyazaki-Style Cold Soup
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 […]
Authentic Japanese Zenzai
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, […]
Okra no Ohitashi – Chilled Japanese Okra
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 […]
Hōrensō gomaae – Japanese sesame spinach
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 […]
Authentic Boston Baked Beans
Boston-style white beans slow-baked with molasses and salt pork, in a perfect sweet-savory balance. Fresh from the oven after hours of gentle cooking, the white beans are meltingly tender and cloaked in a dark molasses sauce. The salt pork lends its richness and salinity, the mustard adds a subtle warmth, […]
Authentic Spanish Tortilla
Betanzos-style Galician tortilla : potato, egg, olive oil, and salt, with no onion and a deliberately runny center. Cut through the golden surface and the center spills open : a glossy stream scented with olive oil, flowing across the plate before the first bite. In Betanzos, Galicia, that is exactly what a […]