What is Umami? Ponder the oyster. A martini. Tom yum. Carne asada. Fleur de sel. All umami. Don't try to define it! Just surrender to the addiction; savor the flavor implosion.
FoodnBooze: My favorite drink, try some lemon peel to balance out drambuie sweetness. Been looking for best single...
Annie@House of Annie: Hi Kayoko, I’m sorry you had a bad experience with our recipe. I looked my recipe over...
E: I’ve never made this before, but it looks like you took too much of the skin for your zesting....
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February 8, 2010
Anthony Bourdain has been here, as have many other food celebrities. Ibu Oka is one of the most famous food joints on the entire island of Bali. Located in a touristy area of Ubud, Ibu Oka serves some of the best suckling pig. Since we stayed
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February 5, 2010
I like to think that I have sharp instincts and a knack for good flavors in the kitchen– my parents are both professional chefs, as is my brother. So in theory, I should be a supernatural.
But something in the kitchen always goes horribly wrong when
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Dear SFers,
Yoko (Tokyo JUNKtion), CJ (Tap This) and I (UM Event Planner) will be at Magnolia Pub on Monday at 7pm to celebrate the relaunch over beers.
But not just any beers. We’re talking STRONG BEERS. That’s right, it’s that time of year again in San Francisco:
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February 4, 2010
HELLO NEW YORKERS!
So I always said that when the big relaunch finally (finally!) happened, I would have a big party in NYC, no matter where I lived in the world. It’s where it all started! Without NYC, there would be no Umamimart– you better believe it. So I’m
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February 3, 2010
We’re back! If you’ve made it here then you already know that what you’re seeing is the new, faster, stronger, hotter, umami-er, relaunched Umamimart, and that the old UM has been forever cast off into Blogger oblivion (or Bolivian, as Mike Tyson would say).
To the loyal readers who patiently waited for
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After a 4-year, 4-month hiatus, I am back in Berkeley. Robotland (a.k.a. Tokyo) was good to me, but finding myself shuffled in line at the Berkeley Bowl between one of these, and Zack de la Rocha’s doppelganger on a weekly basis has got me
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Let’s talk today on the subject of one of my favorite foods in the world: pho. But this is not just any kind of pho. I’m talkin’ FRIED PHO. No joke, I crave this every single day and have been dying to share this discovery
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February 2, 2010
I took my mom to Bali in December. I loved it. Being a visitor is good, since I didn’t have to deal with too much local crap. Bali, although thought to be one of the best resort islands, is yet a developing country. My friend
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I just got back from 2 lovely weeks at my family’s house in Sonoma County. They have an amazing year round garden, and even though it’s California, things get sparse in winter. This winter is especially cold, and the frost that came suddenly last month wiped
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February 1, 2010
HELLO UMAMISPHERE! Yay, I made it! Aren’t I GORGEOUS???
Feel free to poke around and feel me up. Literally. This is the equivalent of a boobjob! Explore the site and imagine all the mathematical possibilities. Restaurants and recipes. By column, by writer, by city. The main objective for the
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