Posts by Dragon

I would just skip Kobe and stay a little longer in Kyoto. If you want to eat beef, Kyoto is a little known mecca for Japanese beef because it is surrounded by a lot of the top producing regions (Kobe, Oumi, Matsuzaka, etc.). Also, if...

One part I like about Japan/Tokyo is that you can easily source top quality ingredients. You don't have to look hard to find excellent quality veggies, fish, or meat. The downside is now a lot of it probably contains low doses of radiation

Quote:Originally Posted by iammatt  Black pepper tofu. Looks interesting, like a western version of the Chinese mapo tofu. If you like plain tofu, I recommend trying this brand Otokomae Tofu. It's not the best in Japan, but for...

Quote:Originally Posted by mgm9128 What's sitting above the shrimp? Have two stalks of celery been glued together? It's "fuki" (フキ - Petasites japonicus). Typically you make the fuki suck up the dashi/broth flavors.

Yes there is quite a variety in Japanese architecture, but I think Katsura is famous in the west because of the modernist architects that visited and were inspired to create their early designs. Also, designs from Louis Vuitton are said...

Quote:Originally Posted by iammatt I don't think there is a large black cod (what is called black cod at Nobu) farming industry. Most of it is caught from just north of San Francisco to Alaska, and then shipped to Japan, so it is...

Quote:Originally Posted by indesertum this isn't sushi talk but i had a complete rip off of nobu's black cod with miso dish and fuck me if it wasn't pretty damn good. i can imagine some of his sushi is actually pretty damn good...

^^ "Godzilla Rolls"

Quote:Originally Posted by impolyt_one lol I think I would rather have a California roll

Quote:Originally Posted by indesertum i just try the sushi to gauge a sushi joint haha...good one I think the point with the egg, etc. is that if you can tell the general quality of the place, you don't have to get ripped off by...