In Japanese restaurants, you can often see free beni shōga (red pickled ginger strips) placed on the table, and in sushi restaurants, there’s another ginger-based side dish called gari.
Why is it called “gari”?
It’s not just sushi shops — if you buy sushi in major supermarkets across Japan, it wi...
I’ve always loved that moment in a sushi bar when the chef places a perfect roll in front of you — neat, tight, and fresh. But one rainy weekend, I decided to see if I could pull it off at home. Turns out, it’s way easier than I thought… especially once I had my Yumart Sushi Kit on the counter.
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Matcha Tea originated in the Wei and Jin Dynasties of China. Its production method involves picking tender tea leaves in spring, steaming them to blanch, and then making them into cake tea (also known as rolled tea) for preservation. When it’s time to eat, first bake the cake tea over the f...
Bubble tea is a type of tea beverage that originated in Taiwan, China and is popular around the world. After adding the Tapioca Pearls to the milk tea, it becomes bubble tea.
Bubble tea is a type of “foam black tea” culture in Taiwan, China. Initially, merchants in Taichung mixed bla...
Wakame is one of the major types of edible seaweed. This sea vegetable is widely used in Asian dishes, and is most often served in soups and salads, or as a side dish to seafood. Wild harvested in Australian waters, it is usually farmed in Japan and Korea. Most likely the wakame you’d find ...
Spring rolls are a large variety of filled, rolled appetizers or dim sum found in East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine. The name is a literal translation of the Chinese
chūn juǎn (春卷 ‘spring roll’). The kind of wrapper, fillings, and cooking technique used, as well as the name, vary consider...
Ingredients (2 servings):
Main ingredients:
-Buckwheat noodles 200g
-Prawns 4 (about 100g, fresh or frozen black tiger prawns or shrimps are recommended for better taste)
- Broccoli 150g (about half a head, choose broccoli with firm buds and emerald green color)
Sauce:
-Soy sauce 2 tablespoons (...
Dumpling wrappers can be used to make not only dumplings, but also many other delicacies. Today, I would like to recommend a very homely and easy-to-make delicacy – dumpling wrapper pizza.
Using dumpling wrappers as the base of the pizza not only reduces the time of kneading the dough, but...
Delicious sushi is loved and favored by diners all over the world, and we can make delicious sushi at home. When making sushi, the choice of tools is very important, and the most important one is the choice of sushi mat.
When choosing a sushi mat, the material and size are the key factors to cons...
Kelp is a type of brown algae food rich in iodine, calcium, dietary fiber and various minerals. It has the functions of regulating thyroid function, promoting digestion, lowering blood lipids, and antioxidation. Kelp has a crispy and tender texture and can be served as a salad, made into soup or ...
The Science and Aesthetics Behind Sushi
Sushi is one of the icons of Japanese cuisine, and is not only popular in Japan, but also around the world. As international exchanges have become more frequent, sushi has evolved around the world, incorporating local ingredients and flavors to form regiona...
As a representative of traditional Japanese cuisine, sushi has developed from a regional delicacy to a global catering phenomenon. Its market size, regional pattern and innovation trend show the following core characteristics:
Ⅰ. Global market size and growth
1. M...