Japan Eats Podcast, Episode 23: “Ramen Dreams”
Miso, Shio, Shoyu, Tonkotsu. We talk ramen with special guest, Keizo Shimamoto.
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Here are some links to what we discussed this week:
- The Go Ramen blog
- Tantantei
- Kiwa
- Umemura (Torrance, CA)
- Ramen Dreams
- CNN visits Bassanova
- Ivan Ramen
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Japan Eats Podcast, Episode 21: “Curious About Shochu”
On this week’s episode, we talk with Chris about creating the group Curious About Shochu.
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Here are some links to what we discussed this week:
- CAST page on Meetup.com
- The Tokyo Beer Meetup
- Total spirit consumption (most recent) by country
- TokuriKampai! Shochu Group (Stephen Lyman’s group in NYC)
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Japan Eats Podcast, Episode 20: “Indulgents”
This week we discuss what to eat the morning after the night before.
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NB: Due to unforeseen circumstances (specifically very loud background music during the recording) this episode’s audio quality isn’t ideal, particularly at the start of the show. Nevertheless, we enjoyed the conversation and hope you do too.
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Here are some links to what we discussed this week:
- Ochazuke, rice with tea
- Japanese Hangover Cures
- David Chang Demonstrates Instant Ramen Hangover Cure On ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’
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Japan Eats Podcast, Episode 19: “Tokyo’s pizzerie: do they deliver?”
We talk pizza with special guest, Dave Perry.
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Here are some links to what we discussed this week:
- Review of Da Isa (inpraiseofizakaya.com)
- Review of Seirinkan (Timeout)
- Pizza Strada
- Pizza GG, Kichijoji
- Da Michele
- Napolis Japan
- Sempre Pizza
- Pizzeria da Peppe Napoli Sta’ Ca (Facebook)
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Japan Eats Podcast, Episode 18: “The 19.6 minute lunch break”
On this week’s show, we cover recent travels and the evolution of the Japanese lunch hour
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Japan Eats Podcast, Episode 17: “There’s something about kōji”
This week, the panel talk kōji – what it is, where to get it, and what to do with it.
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Here are some links to what we discussed this week:
- Aspergillus oryzae
- Kōji — Japan’s vital hidden ingredient
- Satsuma Shochu
- On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (English)
- On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (Japanese)
- Asahi’s site for Slat (Japanese)
- Pungency’s official site (Japanese)
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Japan Eats Podcast: Episode 15, “The Pellecopter″
This week, we discuss popular Nogata grill Akimotoya, give our thoughts on what makes a good dipping sauce and survey recent Japanese drink news.
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Here are some links to what we discussed this week:
- Akimotoya’s tabelog page
- Shochu in New York
- Sapporo buys into US juice
- Koshu wine in Paris
- Makgeolli exports to Japan triple sake imports
- Makgeolli in US
- Texas Sake Company
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Japan Eats Podcast: Episode 14, “Warm cockles″
This week, we discuss Marcus’s recent travels, winter hot pot dishes and the opening of Good Beer Faucets, a new craft beer bar in Shibuya.
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Here are some links to what we discussed this week:
- Boxing Cat Brewery
- Our recipe for kimchi nabe
- We discuss yuzukosho
- Good Beer Faucets
- Cooking Issues
- Chris’s cookbook recommendation: “Karada Taishibou-kei Tanita Shain Shokudo“
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Japan Eats Podcast: Episode 13, “In praise of izakaya″
This week, we discuss Japanese izakaya with guest Dave Perry.
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In this week’s Japan Eats Podcast, Marcus Lovitt and Christopher Pellegrini are joined by guest Dave Perry.
Here are some links to what we discussed this week:
- In Praise of Izakaya
- Dave Perry on Twitter
- Tokyo Eater
- Izakaya Sanpo
- Katoriya (on Izakaya Sanpo)
- Tokyo Shochu Meetup
- Tachikichi Gyoza (Japanese)
- Marumasuya on kitaku-town.com (Japanese)
- Donald Richie
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