Today we drove to Markham to have lunch at the Pacific Mall. If you go to the top floor, there’s a little sort-of fast-food-like place that offers up three different cuisines on the menu - and these literally are three different cuisines, with three different kitchens, all sharing the same wait staff. Plus there’s a […]

VideoJug: How To Make A Sumosan Roll
This how-to video is quite good - How to Make a Sumosan Roll. I haven’t tried it out yet, but it’s definitely on my to-try list.
You’ll need the following ingredients:
* some sushi rice
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This afternoon, I began to develop a serious craving for Slow-Cooked Shiitake with Shoyu. It’s a serious craving, because to make Slow-Cooked Shiitake with Shoyu, you need to soak the dried shiitake mushrooms overnight - no instant gratification there.
And my craving was serious enough that I now have 20 dried shiitake mushrooms submerged in cold […]

I recently picked up the Winter 2007 Food & Drink magazine from the LCBO. If you live in Ontario and haven’t picked up a (free) copy before I highly recommend that you do. It’s a really delicious magazine to flip through. There are quite a bit of ads, but there are also great food and […]

Have you ever had bad Sushi? I don’t mean sushi that made you ill, I mean sushi that was unsatisfying when you’ve been craving sushi. I think unsatisfying sushi is one of the worst food experiences.
When my friends and I would go to Sushi Garden this was never a problem. Sushi Garden made the […]

So tonight is take-out night (around here, most weekend nights are). And as always, we ordered in Japanese food.
We need a new digital camera, so unfortunately, there are no lovely food shots. But it was a great meal, as always.
It’s a small restaurant that we frequent regularly (at least once a week) - they’re […]