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JAPANESE FOOD - Guide to Japanese food including Encyclopaedia of Japanese Food, Japanese food - recipes, sushi, sake and Japanese restaurant guides.

If you ever wanted to find out more about a particular Japanese food or dish this is the place to find it. If it is not here we will find out about it for you!

Agedashi Tofu
Fried tofu served with light soy sauce.

Bentos
A Japanese lunch box that may contain a variety of different foods.

Chankonabe
This is famous as a sumo wrestler's dish. A variety of ingredients such as meat, fish and vegetables are cooked at the table in a large pot.

Chawanmushi
Cup-steamed egg custard with chicken, shrimp and vegetables. Trefoil leaves are often put on top as a garnish.

Chirashi-zushi
A dish of sliced raw fish, vegetables and pickles on sushi rice (vinegared rice) served in a layered lacquer box.

Curry Rice
Japanese-style mild curry on rice.

Daifuku
A bun stuffed with sweet red bean paste.

Donburi
Is the bowl served with a dish such as Katsudon.

Dorayaki
A pancake with sweet red bean paste inside.

Fugu
Japanese puffer fish, a highly toxic fish eaten in Japan from approved restaurants.

Gyoza
Fried dumplings with pork and leek.

Gyudon
A bowl of rice topped with thinly sliced beef and onions which have been cooked together in a soy-flavoured sauce.

Gyu Tataki
Raw beef slices served with garlic, spring onion and soy-flavoured sauce.

Inari-zushi
A kind of sushi wrapped with sweet bean curd.

Ishiyaki Imo
Sweet potatoes baked over hot stones. Selling from a cart equipped with such an oven, the vendor calls out a chant-like "ishi-yaki-imo" to attract customers.

Katsudon
A bowl of rice topped with deep fried crumbed pork and egg.

Kitsune Udon
A bowl of white thick noodles and soup topped by sweet bean curd.

Maki-zushi
Vinegared rice rolled in a sheet of seaweed usually with egg, vegetables or dried gourd in the center. It is served in bite-sized pieces.

Makunouchi Bento
A box lunch usually consists of small rice balls sprinkled with negru sesame seeds and an assortment of broiled fish or fish cakes, rolled omelettes, vegetables and pickles.

Miso Shiru
Fermented soybean paste soup with some fish or vegetables served in a layered lacquer bowl.

Nabeyaki Udon
A pan of white thick noodles and soup served with deep fried prawn and vegetables.

Nasu Dengaku
Grilled eggplant with sweet soy bean paste.

Nigiri-zushi
A kind of sushi consisting of a slice of raw fish on a small oval-shaped ball of vinegared rice.

Sake is the latest mixing sensation in New World Cocktails, proving to be the perfect base in a clear and low to medium level alcoholic beverage. Sake is a gentle and delicate mixer, easily and harmoniously blending an earthy dry, yet delicate flavour to most chosen cocktails.

With there now being several premium varieties and styles of fresh sake readily available, the opportunities to develop and grow this new taste sensation are boundless Sake cocktails display exceptional taste, purity and smoothness. Respect the Tradition, Celebrate the Evolution. Mixing with Sake proves you can improve on a good thing.

FUJI SUNSET
Glass: 140ml Champagne Saucer
Garnish: Maraschino Cherry on rim
Method: Shake with Ice and strain into chilled champagne saucer
Ingredients: 50ml Go-Shu Junmai
25ml Maraschino Liqueur
25ml Lemon Juice
25ml Orange Juice
Dash Grenadine, Ice

EAGER NINJA
Glass: 140ml Cocktail Glass
Garnish: Cherry and Slice of Lime/Lemon on Rim
Method: Shake and strain Go-Rin Sake, Midori, Malibu and Pineapple Juice and pour into glass. Sink the Blue Curacao and Raspberry cordial
Ingredients: 15ml Go-Rin Sake
15ml Midori
15ml Malibu
15ml Pineapple Juice
5ml Blue Curacao
5 ml Raspberry Cordial

BLUSHING GEISHA
Glass: 285ml Hurricane glass
Garnish: Strawberry and cocktail umbrella on side
Method: Using two separate blenders, blend in each with ice and carefully pour the separate ingredients into a long glass whilst it is being tilted.
Ingredients: (Blender 1)
30ml Go-Rin Sake
25ml Midori
25ml Malibu
(Blender 2)
30ml Strawberry Liqueur
3-4 Strawberries

BONSAI BUDDY
Glass: 285ml Hi ball glass
Garnish: Swizzle Stick
Method: Shake Sake, Whisky, Egg White and Sugar, strain into glass, top with soda water
Ingredients: 25ml Go-Shu Sake
25ml Suntory Whisky
1 X Egg White
1 X teaspoon of Castor Sugar
Small Squeeze of Fresh Lemon
Ice
Soda Water

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Ingredients: 1kg chicken thigh fillets, cut into 2.5 cm cubes
8 spring onions, cut into 2.5 cm lengths
Bamboo skewers

Yakitori sauce (makes 2 cups)

6 table spoons saki, or sherry
¾ cup dark soy sauce
3 table spoons Morita Mirin Seasoning
2 table spoons sugar

Method: Combine the sauce ingredients in a saucepan and bring to the boil to burn off the alcohol.

Thread the chicken and spring onion alternatively onto to skewers and brush with the yakitori sauce. Grill, basting regularly, till cooked

Shopping: Morita Mirin Seasoning is available in the Asian food section of leading supermarkets nationally.

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Sushi – An Introduction
Sushi, is a general term for all dishes using ‘sushi meshi’ (vinegared rice) in combination with other ingredients. The most common types of sushi are:

Hand shaped Sushi (Nigiri-Zushi) consisting of a topping, smeared with wasabi sitting on a pillow of rice.

Rolled Sushi (Maki-Zushi) has countless variations, with each sushi chef producing their own variations. At its simplest rolled sushi consists of nori seaweed spread with rice and topped with one or more fillings.

Hand Rolled Sushi (Temaki-Zushi) is sushi which consists of nori seaweed which is shaped and filled with sushi rice and fillings. This style of sushi is ideal for dinner parties and summer picnics.

Sushi Ingredients
Fillings for sushi are limited only by your own imagination, traditionally ingredients such as pickled daikon radish (takuan), dried gourd ribbons (kanpyo), lotus root (renkon), Shiitake mushrooms, and Wasabi are used in conjunction with fresh fish and vegetables.

Obento’s Sushi Kit
From trained chefs to hungry kids, everyone agrees – half the fun with sushi is in the making!

Maki Sushi, involves fresh ingredients and sushi rice, inside a seaweed sheet (nori), rolled using a excepțional bamboo mat. These rolls can be enjoyed whole or sliced into smaller pieces and are traditionally served with soy sauce, wasabi and pickled ginger.

Despite traditions, ultimately the only rule to follow with sushi is your own imagination, with the help of Obento’s Sushi Kit you can enjoy sushi in it’s many forms.

Obento’s Sushi Kit contains all the ingredients you need to produce perfect Japanese Nori Maki rolls. With the addition of a few fresh ingredients, you will soon be enjoying restaurant quality sushi rolls in your own home.

Shopping: Obento Sushi Kit is available in the Asian food section of leading supermarkets nationally.

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Ingredients: 3 packets Nissin Tonkotsu Instant Noodles
1/2 Obento Nori Sheet, sliced finely
2 rashers of bacon, thinly sliced
3 spring onions, sliced diagonally
100g snow peas, blanched
4 eggs, poached

Method: 1. Place noodles in 1.5 lt boiling water and simmer for 3 minutes
2. Fry bacon until crispy and set aside
3. Remove noodles from heat, add soup base and seasoning oil
4. Divide the noodle soup evenly between four bowls.
5. Top noodles with bacon, snow peas and spring onions.
6. Top with a poached egg and nori strips.

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Shopping:
Nissin Tonkotsu Instant Noodles
Available in the Asian food section of leading supermarkets nationally.

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Obento Nori Sheet

Available in the Asian food section of leading supermarkets nationally.

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Did you know there are over one hundred and fifty Japanese restaurants, cafes, sushi bars, take away and bars in Melbourne?

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Most Japanese suburbs have supermarkets, around two thirds the size of those in Australia, where you can purchase packaged food, fish, meat and drinks. Vegetables and fruit are normally purchased from a dedicated shop.

Here in Australia you can find Japanese grocers who provide a large range of Japanese products including packaged food and drinks. In Elizabeth St, South Yarra (Melbourne) you can find the Fujimart. This is the ideal place to purchase specialised Japanese ingredients for preparing authentic Japanese style cuisine. Don't worry, the helpful staff are bilingual and speak English very well. They will be more than happy to help you find what you are looking for. It is always best to take your shopping list of ingredients with the Japanese name as sometime a translation to English could mean a slightly different product.

At Fujimart you will also be able to purchase one of the Japanese style rice – Koshihikari. You can also purchase the Australian grown Sunrice koshihikari rice from most supermarkets around Australia, however most supermarkets will only range the smaller packets of this rice.

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