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Think what you've been having with your sushi is real wasabi? Think again.

Food & Drink Jan 4, 2021

Think what you've been having with your sushi is real wasabi? Think again.

by Mathias Cena

Chances are the green topping smeared on your fish was an artificial version that Japanese growers say is a world away from their "green gold."

The last 2018 concept winners

Style & Design | ON: DESIGN Jan 27, 2019

The last 2018 concept winners

by Mio Yamada

Now 2019 is in full swing, On: Design takes a final look at a few of 2018's end of year noteworthy prizewinners.

Osaka sushi chain sorry for spiking foreigners' orders with excess wasabi, denies ill intent

National Oct 3, 2016

Osaka sushi chain sorry for spiking foreigners' orders with excess wasabi, denies ill intent

A sushi chain in Osaka Prefecture has apologized for serving fish with excessive wasabi to foreign customers but denied that any ill intent or discrimination was behind the stunt. "We apologize for causing trouble on the internet about our services for customers," Fujii Shokuhin Co. ...

English wasabi could put the heat on Japanese chefs

Food & Drink Jun 24, 2016

English wasabi could put the heat on Japanese chefs

by J.J. O'Donoghue

Wasabi, according to the late food writer Shizuo Tsuji, grows best on the banks of cold, clear streams. "In fact," he writes in his 1980 culinary treatise, "Japanese Cooking," the plant can only be grown "in flooded mountain terraces." However, thanks to the initiative of ...

National / Crime & Legal Feb 18, 2016

Nursery school employee held for allegedly force-feeding boy wasabi-laced chicken

A nursery school employee who appeared to take sadistic pleasure from allegedly force-feeding a small boy fried chicken covered in the pungent condiment paste wasabi, was arrested on assault charges Thursday. It was the second time Manami Nanmoku, 28, who works at a Tokyo nursery ...

Wild wasabi proves a warrior ingredient in many a dish

Food & Drink | JAPANESE KITCHEN Mar 17, 2015

Wild wasabi proves a warrior ingredient in many a dish

by Makiko Itoh

The pungent green wasabi is native to Japan, as its botanical name Eutrema japonicum indicates. A member of the brassicae family, it grows wild along the banks of mountain rivers and streams throughout the country. There are written records of it as far back as ...

Wasabi crafts sounds of old Japan into something new

Music / CD Reviews | LISTENING POST Oct 14, 2014

Wasabi crafts sounds of old Japan into something new

by Daisuke Kikuchi

Wasabi "Wasabi 2" (Japan Traditional Cultures Foundation) Wasabi refines its take on traditional Japanese music for sophomore album "Wasabi 2." Ryoichiro Yoshida, the elder of well-known shamisen duo the Yoshida Brothers, started Wasabi in 2008 with shakuhachi player Hiromu Motonaga and taiko drummer Naosaburou Bihou. ...

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