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.
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December 21, 2009
Got these clams from a roadside seafood guy that Naoko always goes to in Katsuura, Chiba. I remember he worked out of a ramshakle space, dotted with random trinkets for tourists and framed dust-covered posters from the 70’s. You would never think this were a place to get
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November 10, 2009
I bought a sac of shirako at my local supermarket for 90 yen (85 cents). I never knew that shirako was so cheap since I had never had the balls to prepare it until now.
September 21, 2009
Since moving back to California, I’m trying to branch out more and find new places to eat all over the Bay Area. A few weekends ago
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September 8, 2009
Hakodate is a pretty lonely town. When you walk through the morning market or ichiba (Hakodate’s version of Tsukiji), shopsellers show their desperation as they shove sample pieces of melon and corn in your face. It’s hard to say “no” to their persistence, but just saying no was the only option, if we wanted
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July 14, 2009
The Canned Crab Bar is guilty of false advertising. I almost forgave them for not serving any canned crab while dining on fresh, juicy crab legs and seafood-cream pasta… until I saw the bill.
We walked into the Canned Crab Bar located in a
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June 23, 2009
I’m finding all these pictures from my Japan trip that
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June 19, 2009
Cooking time: 5 minutes.
The Japanese have perfected the art of lazy cooking. Instant ramen, instant white rice, instant consomme, instant miso soup complete with tofu and green onions. Where do you think I get it from?
So the other day, I found some shrimp in the freezer and decided
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June 18, 2009
I’m about to post a meal I made with shrimp, but before I do, I thought I should do a little shrimp deveining tutorial. It’s so easy to pass up the fresh, shell-on shrimp in the seafood section of the grocery store, since the thought of deshelling and
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May 10, 2009
Seeing as votes are largely being casted for “boobies” for the Umami Vote question “What would you like to see more of on UM?”, I tried searching for something boobie-related to blog about. But blogging
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April 22, 2009
It was my birthday yesterday!!! I know, I know- when you were little and imagined life at 29, you always wanted to be single, jobless and living with mom and dad. I’m making dreams come true over here!
So how could I have lived
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