Chef Saito continues to teach us about traditional Japanese kaiseki set course meals. The fifth course is a simmered dish. Learn the art of simmering vegetables to bring out their inherent flavor.
Shout “katsu” in Japan, and most people will think of the popular tonkatsu pork dish. But the OED definition is “a piece of meat (usually chicken), seafood, or vegetable, coated with flour ...
He opened Sadakichi in Tokyo’s Roppongi in 1998 and after the Great East Japan Earthquake began offering dishes with vegetables cultivated naturally in south Shinshu where his hometown is located.