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Chilled Tofu with Ginger, Shallots/Scallions and Bonito Flakes topping.

Chilled Tofu (Hiyayakko) 4 Ways

Snow Pea Leaves Warm Salad in a bowl..

Snow Pea Leaves Warm Salad (Nibitashi)

Deep fried stuffed sardines served on green salad leaves.

Stuffed Sardines with Perilla and Pickled Plum

Kimchi served on a plate as a side.

Simple Kimchi Recipe

Okra in a serving bowl topped with bonito flakes and soy sauce.

Japanese Okra with Bonito Flakes

Marinated quail eggs served in a small bowl as a starter, just like the way served at Izakaya.

Izakaya-style Marinated Quail Eggs

Thinly sliced turnip is marinated in sweet vinegar with konbu and chilli. Crunchy turnip with sweet and sour flavour – it’s great with rice and goes well with drinks as nibbles. 

Pickled Turnip (Senmai-zuke)

Bonito Tataki (Seared Bonito) is the representative sashimi dish of Kōchi prefecture. When the bonito skin is seared and charred, it gives an appetising aroma to the sashimi. Slice the fillets thicker than usual sashimi slices and eat them with ponzu dressing.

Bonito Tataki (Seared Bonito)

Japanese-style kingfish tartare, called Kingfish Tataki, is a similar dish to fish tartare but with miso flavour. The fish is chopped much more finely than standard fish tartare. Everything is done on a cutting board with a knife, including mixing the ingredients.

Japanese-style Kingfish Tartare (Kingfish Tataki)

an-fried eggplant topped with sweet miso sauce, Miso Grazed Eggplant (Nasu Dengaku) is a very simple side dish or appetiser. Sweet miso goes so well with eggplant, which melts in your mouth.

Miso Glazed Eggplant (Nasu Dengaku)

Sushi rolls are becoming a popular healthy take-away food in Australia. Most of them are made as large thick rolls, but the sushi rolls made at traditional sushi restaurants are thin, tiny rolls just perfect for finger food.

Sushi Rolls (Norimaki)

Japanese fish cakes are made in a similar way to Thai fish cakes but the flavourings are less spicy and use common Japanese seasonings. Unlike typical Western-style fish cakes, they do not use flour or mashed potatoes to bind the fish together.

Japanese Fried Fish Cakes (Satsuma Age)

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