Mamezen Soba: Kyoto-style Dashi Soymilk Ramen

October 12, 2010 10 Comments

This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series Do Not Miss

Mamezen is another Kyoto culinary treasure and if you are into noodles and, or soymilk dishes, you should definitely put Mamezen on your list of places to ‘foodie’ when you visit Kyoto. Mamezen serves ramen in a unique soymilk broth: Mamezen Soba. I like the ‘omakase set’…

KyotoFoodie-style Nikujaga Wagyu Tendon Beef Stew Recipe

December 25, 2009 11 Comments

Merry Christmas Foodies! This is my holiday season gift to our readers. It’s a recipe and I think a pretty good one! This is a classic Japanese home cooking dish: nikujaga. Nikujaga is based on Western beef stew and I have tried to give a novel Kyoto taste to it. This autumn I have been trying to perfect it and…

Donabe Takenoko Gohan (Bamboo Shoot Rice Cooked in Donabe)

April 22, 2009 12 Comments

A rice cooker is convenient and surefire for making good rice every time. A donabe, or gohan-nabe is an earthenware pot for cooking rice. Getting the amount of heat and time right can be tricky, but once mastered, it produces tastier rice and rice dishes. In a donabe, I cooked my fresh, Kyoto takenoko (bamboo shoot) with rice…

Learning to Make Soba Dashi at Honke Owariya

April 30, 2008 18 Comments

Learning to Make Soba Dashi at Honke Owariya

Learning to Make 'dashi' at Honke Owariya

We were privileged to visit one of our favorite Kyoto restaurants, Honke Owariya that is among the oldest restaurants in the world, and learn how to make their incredibly delicious ‘dashi‘ broth for soba noodles. Having about 540 years of experience to draw upon is a fantastically delicious thing!…