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National Jul 17, 2013

Tastes like chicken? New 'unagi' product uses fowl in place of eel

by Jun Hongo

If your "unagi" (grilled eel) dish tastes eerily similar to chicken this summer, that may be because it is. Osaka-based Marudai Food Co. last week revealed its latest product, Toriniku no Kabayaki, which replicates the distinctive square-fillet of Japanese eel with chicken meat and comes ...

Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Aug 3, 2012

Torishiki: Where a yakitori artisan rules the roost

by Robbie Swinnerton

Arriving for the first time at Torishiki's elegant entrance, you'd be forgiven for thinking you had come to the wrong address. The chic, charcoal-gray facade, artfully illuminated in the dusk; the dwarf maple growing from a ceramic pot; the plain-wood sliding door with its ...