Month: October 2009
31
Oct
Gastronomic Destinations: New Caledonia (’09/09-1)
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View of Noumea from Ile des Canards Travelling to New Caledonia can easily become a thirsty venture! Even in “Spring” (September), temperatures can uickly soar...
29
Oct
Sushi and Sashimi: Eat Local!
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Saurel pike/Aji from Suruga Bay, Shizuoka Prefecture Very few people will disagree with the notion that Japan is the ideal place to discover and savour...
28
Oct
Vegan Tea Buckwheat Noodles: “Tya-soba”
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Shizuoka Prefecture is celebrated for its green tea all the World. I had the pleasure to taste something of value for many recently. Vegeterians (and...
28
Oct
(Great) Sex before (Great) Food, or (Great) Food Before (Great) Sex?
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How many times have I read and seen (on screens!) about those great meals being the preamble to great love? I’ve always wondered about the...
26
Oct
Tea as Food!
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(from top middle, clockwise: Salted Cuttle fish marinated in tea leaves and rice yeast, conger eel pike and urchin in green tea jellied fish broth,...
25
Oct
Japanese Izakaya: Uzu (’09/09/13)
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Vegetables Shabu shabu Service: excellent, easy-going and very friendly Facilities: great washroom, great cleanliness overall Prices: very reasonable, good value. Strong points: Very fresh local...
24
Oct
Marine Life Sustainability and Stock Preservation in Japan
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Foodbuzz never asked me for such an article. I just wrote it first out of concern for some of my Foodbuzz Friends! It was Lou-Ann‘s...
23
Oct
Karasumi/Botarga/Boutargue Season in Shizuoka!
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(Courtesy of Shizuoka Shimbun Daily) Karasumi, known as “boutargue” in French, or as “botarga” in Italian, is the natrally dried/preserved roe pouches of the mullet....
23
Oct
Vegan Dressing: Shizuoka Wasabi Dressing
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Shizuoka has claimed world fame for being the first to grow wasabi in the 17th Century (in Yutogi, Shizuoka City exactly, up along the Abe...
22
Oct
Italian Restaurant: Lunch at Il Paladino
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Service: Excellent and very friendly Facilities: great and very large washroom, great cleanliness overall Prices: reasonable to expensive. Specialty:Sicilian Cuisine. Top-class Italian wines and great...
22
Oct
Organic Cafe: Giono
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Service: excellent and very friendly Facilities: great cleanliness overall Prices: reasonable, good value. Strong points: Very fresh local ingredients extensively used. Seasonal ingredients only. All...
21
Oct
Japanese Cheese: NEEDS Co. (Hokkaido)
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I have already said that the Japanese have been steadily increasing their own cheese production for the last 10 years or so with some reamarkable...
21
Oct
Robert Yellin’s Newsletter: Japanese Pottery by Yokoyama Naoki
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Framed photographs by Mishima photographer Okabe Minoru Greetings from Mishima, With autumn in the air in this part of our world, the senses are filled...
21
Oct
Vegan Sashimi at Yasaitei
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Service: excellent and very friendly Facilities: great cleanliness overall Prices: reasonable, good value. Strong points: Very fresh local ingredients extensively used. Seasonal ingredients only. All-ladies...
20
Oct
Vegan Tofu Carpaccio
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I’ve been in tofu recipe search mode for quite a while, and I finally found one to please my vegan friends who can’t boast a...