Japanese Food Culture Essence and Spirits

JAPANESE FOOD AND SAKE FESTIVAL 2009

Japanese Food & Sake Festival sponsored by Japanese Food Culture Association and Japanese American Society together with The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan and Consulate General of Japan was commenced March 5th, 2009 at Hyatt Regency Hotel in City of Orange, California.

Over 60 restaurants and Japanese food service businesses gathered to inform, promote and enhance Japanese food culture to astonishing 1,600 guests, almost twice as big as last year’s event.

Program included a demonstrations by Chef Katsuya, the executive instructor of Sushi Institute of America and owner/executive chef of highly popular Katsu-ya restaurants group in Southern California.

SHOCHU MAKING A FIERY-HOT LANDING IN LA ! ! !

SHOCHU, the FIERY SPIRIT of Southern Japan is starting to make inroads into the Califonia drinking scene. In February at the Royal/T Cafe in Culver City, Mutual sponsored a SHOCHU table for the cafe-gallery's new art installation party. The crowd of .....

Japanese Style Fried Chicken Mix

Easy to use Fried Chicken Karaage batter that keeps oil cleaner, longer. Simply mix with water to create batter and cook. Enjoy the soft, golden crust or for crispier result, dust battered chicken with powder mix. The highly savory flavor and the meat kept juicy even at room temperature makes a highly addictive combination.

Pork Kakuni

No more hours and hours of sitting by the stove! Frozen Japanese braised pork belly is stewed for hours in Japanese seasoning and spices. Just heat and serve! The thick cubes of pork is moist and so tender that it can easily be cut apart with chopstick. Lightly seasoned, it can be enjoyed as is or for variety of arrangements, add more seasoning to suit your palate.

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YUZU, a Japanese lemon - lime like citrus fruit, highly fragrant and pleasantly sour.

Most commonly the rind is used to flavor various dishes such as vegetables, fish or noodles. The Yuzu is difficult to find in the U.S. You can obtain bottled juice or dry, powdered yuzu.