Ah yes, horse, the other red meat. You know, I’ve never understood why horse meat was off-limits in America. I mean, it’s an animal not all that dissimilar to deer or elk and we certainly have no problems eating them. Is it because we ride horses? Would you eat a cow if you rode it? I [...]
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I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!
Posted in Restaurant, tagged america, artery, beef, beer, bison, black pepper, blood pipes, carpaccio, climate change, cucumber, dr browns, ebisu, eggplant, fried rice, garlic, ginger, guinnea pig, heart, horse, horse meat, insect, intesines, izakaya, japan, japanese, kombu, kosher, mr ed, mustard, napa cabbage, onion, pastrami, pickle, ponzu, ribeye, rice vinegar, rye bread, sashimi, sausage, scallion, sea salt, takeshi, tamari, tataki, tenderloin, tokyo, uma, uma yakiniku takeshi, vein, weiner, yakiniku on January 9, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Yakitori Akira
Posted in poultry, Restaurant, swine, tagged chicago, mexican, basil, tokyo, chicken, seaweed, green onions, mustard, green onion, daikon, avocado, miso, wasabi, shiso, lemon, mayonnaise, kimchi, izakaya, mcdonalds, yakiniku, napa cabbage, okra, karage, nori, pork shoulder, chicken skin, yakitori, kombu, akira, yakitori akira, hibiya, natto, yuzu kosho, shoyu, chicharones, chicken wings, chicken heart, onsen egg, pork cheek, pork side, soy bean on January 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The other night Yuki and I met up with a bunch of her ex-coworkers who have moved back to Tokyo. They got a table at a modern, hip Yakitori joint in the Hibiya neighborhood. If you want to buy a brand new Hermes bag, Hibiya is the place for you. It’s a very swanky area [...]
Osechi-ryori
Posted in Home Cooking, tagged anchovies, aomori, beef, bento, bonito, burdock root, carrots, daiginjo, daikon, denshu, fish cakes, gobo, green tea, ham, herring, honshu, ikura, japan, jubako, junmai, katsuo-bushi, kombu, koya, lotus root, meatloaf, mitsuba greens, mochi, osechi, osechi-ryori, pea pods, potatoes, red snapper, rice, roe, sake, salmon, sashimi, satoimo, shiitake, shoy, soup, soy sauce, strawberries, sugar, sweet potato, tofu, wasabi, year of the dragon, yellow tail, yuzu on January 2, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Osechi-ryori is the Japanese style of traditional foods eaten on New Years Day. It typically consists of many different small dishes that are served in stacked jubako (fine lacquer boxes similar to bento). To purchase a ready-made Osechi can set you back well into the hundreds of dollars. Or, you can spend all of that money on an airplane [...]
