Japanese restaurants invited to win approval of the sushi squad
It may look like sushi, taste like sushi and wriggle like sushi, but for the gourmet in London, Paris or New York, the question remains: just how Japanese is this raw fish?
Officials in Tokyo are offering a worldwide “authenticity screen” for restaurants that purport to be Japanese. The scheme, they say, may lead to an equivalent of the Michelin star system for the world’s 25,000 Japanese restaurants. The kitchens of these establishments will soon be visited by teams of experts, run under the auspices of Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, who will assess the provenance of ingredients and how far they offer a real taste of Japan.
The origins of the wasabi horse-radish (preferably from the Izu peninsula), miso paste (preferably from the Nagano mountains) and pickled ginger (preferably from Tochigi) will all be scrutinised. Rice is expected to be the most frequent area of failure: a true sushi master will insist on Japanese koshihikari rice grown in Japan.
The same variety grown in California might, just, be acceptable. Faux pas may include serving Chinese soy sauce, or miso soup in a porcelain cup.
3 comments:
Hi. I am Japanese and live in Seattle. I searched and found old article for this topic. See
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/IF29Dh01.html
Interesting! I realized only few Japanese restaurants serve traditional Japanese food. Japanese restaurant serve raw fish and we like to have fish fresh not get sick. We like chefs working at Japanese restaurant trained to serve safe tasty Japanese food. By the way, I don't go to Japanese restaurant often. My several Japanese friends recommended 'Shun' serving traditional Japanese. It is close to UW. You may try out. Here is the link to the shun.
http://seattle.citysearch.com/profile/map/44558437/seattle_wa/shun_japanese_cuisine.html.
Where the old Thai place was???
Our fave cheap Nihin food now is Hiroshi's on Eastlake.
What I RALLY want is a Japanese breakfast joint,
Hi. I was considering to start my business. Possibly something to do with Japanese food. Japanese breakfast may be one of the consideration.
Actually you can make it quite easy if you have rice cooker. Usually I make it for Saturday lunch. Here is the menu idea: Cooked rice, Miso soup(You can buy instant one and just add hot water), Japanese style scrambled eggs(No milk add some salt and drop of soy sauce), Cooked Ham or bacon, Lettus and tomatos on side. I add Japanese canned fish to these. Also you can have tsukemono and Nori. All you will find ir Uwajimaya.
Fumiko
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