Her recipe book (published by Ryland Peters & Small, PS16.99) includes the basics, such as how to season food the Japanese way and prepare
dashi stock, as well as tips on how to present your dishes in the traditional way.
A recipe for
dashi -- the base for many Japanese dishes -- reveals a secret key to getting that something that makes it taste authentic, setting readers up to produce restaurant-level miso soup and ramen.
Steamed ground duck with
dashi and wasabi was a hefty dumpling in eggy custard while his special seasonal appetizers and sushi consisted of bite-sized portions of grilled chicken, savory bonito, and eel rolls.
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In 1908, Japanese chemistry professor Kikunae Ikeda noticed that certain foods had a savory taste--including Parmesan cheese, ripe tomatoes, dry-aged beef, and kombu
dashi, a broth made from dried kelp that's essential to Japanese cooking.
Then there's steamed buns and vats of
dashi bobbing with vegetables, and bottled ice teas in every flavour.
savoury pancakes HIROSHIMA-INGREDIENTS: (Makes two okonomiyaki, which is actually likely to be enough for four people) 100g plain flour; 120ml
dashi; 3 eggs; 1/2 hispi or flat cabbage, finely chopped; 100g bean sprouts; 150-200g tin of sweetcorn, drained; 4 spring onions, thinly sliced; about 40g beni shoga (pickled ginger, available on amazon); vegetable oil; 6 rashers streaky bacon; 200g prepared squid, scored and cut into 1-cm wide strips; 2 portions fresh yakisoba/egg noodles (or dried noodles, parboiled); about 150ml okonomi sauce (available on amazon); Kewpie mayo (100g mayo, 1/4tsp
dashi, 1/4tsp Dijon mustard, salt and white pepper), as needed; a few pinches of aonori (dried seaweed); a few pinches of sesame seeds; handful of katsuobushi (dried smoked tuna, available on amazon).
The noodles were appealingly chewy while the
dashi broth to be fairly bland while only slightly sweet.
There's a bowl of
dashi dipping sauce, another of miso soup and a third of cold curly pickled cucumber.