Gluten-free & vegetarianism in Japanese cuisine
Have you ever been to a Japanese restaurant and wondered what to eat if you are vegetarian or vegan? Many menus in real Japanese restaurants just seem to [...]
Dashi & miso soup - indispensable ingredients of Japanese cuisine
Watch the video on the subject now! The Japanese miso soup, which is also always found on the menu of sushi restaurants as "Misoshiru", is made by combining miso with a unique [...]
Mayonnaise in Japanese cuisine
Japan - who in Germany doesn't commonly think of sushi, healthy food, long life, the finest ingredients and perhaps soy sauce and miso paste? Some will be surprised to learn that Japan [...]
Restaurant types in Japan - (much) more than sushi!
Japanese cuisine - who doesn't think of sushi? But in fact there is much more. As a traveler, it's easy to get overwhelmed in Japan: What exactly do the restaurants offer? [...]
Sashimi in Munich
Where can you find the best sashimi in Munich? And where can you find good sashimi in Munich? Here is our experience & opinion
How to recognize good Japanese restaurants
Sushi seems to be available on every corner today - but only Japanese chefs know how to season the rice properly and cut the fish correctly. Something like that [...]
Washoku Glossary
Washoku Glossary Japanese cuisine is an endless treasure chest of exciting stories. Here we link a few terms we've encountered on our forays into Japanese cuisine. A B [...]
Japanese kitchen herbs
Authentic Japanese cuisine likes to focus on the inherent flavor of the ingredients used and refrains from mixing flavors together too much. These should complement each other much more. From this [...]
Sashimi - raw fish (without rice) from Japan
Sushi & Sashimi are always mentioned in the same breath - sure, both come from Japan, are known for raw fish and are often and gladly served and eaten together. For [...]
Bentō - all about the Japanese lunch boxes
Nutritious everyday meal or tempting delicacies of Japanese cuisine aesthetically arranged in a special box - this is Bentō.
The Japanese Bentō moves in the area of tension between everyday snack and preciousness, between healthy aesthetics and culinary handicraft.
With its claim to healthy eating and its original Japanese containers, Bentō is a typical representative of Washoku, the traditional Japanese cuisine.
And in Japan, of course, there are not only the ordinary and homemade Bentō, but also exclusive Bentō, composed of the highlights of each cuisine that conquer the top gastronomy. Here is a rough overview of the spectrum that Bentō covers.
