spring
Firefly squid (Hotaru ika)
Regular squid (ika) are embraced with mild enthusiasm and the giants elicit fear but from March to June, these beautiful creatures flash their mesmerizing neon shimmer along the shoreline of Toyama bay and gourmands get very excited . These bioluminescent cephalopods are a marvel of nature if the conditions are right and you are lucky […]
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April 14, 2018
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Bamboo (Take)
The arc of discovery in Japanese food will, in springtime, put you face to face with this delicious grass. It is a very simple process to cook bamboo shoots and you need not worry about the toxic nature of it so long as you don’t eat it raw! Japanese cooks rarely deviate from the classic […]
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March 21, 2017
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