William Bradley, the chef-director who has guided the restaurant since its 2006 opening, has put his own stamp on the ...

Luxurious seaside dining gets new-wave chef.

By Bernard Thompson and Cian O Neill Uonuma Jozo’s factory base lies in the farming city of Uonuma, around 90 minutes from Tokyo and one hour from Niigata city. The company established its factory in ...

The amount of rice eaten by Taiwanese has again hit a new low. It has fallen by nearly half from the level of 80‡90 kilograms per person per year back in the 1960s and 1970s, and will soon be ...

While the average monthly salary at Japanese firms rose by more than 10,000 yen (about $64) in 2024 from the previous year ...

In the last few months, we’ve witnessed several Asian cloud kitchen launches in the city that are far superior to the ...

Salt-and-pepper prawns with garlic crumble and broccoli For the one-meal bowls, we tried the wok-fried drunken noodles (Rs 450) and Japanese garlic fried rice (Rs 354). The Koshihikari rice used ...

She pointed out the koshihikari rice porridge blanketed with caramelized broccoli flower buds, roasted leeks, puffed rice and other ingredients that teetered between sweet and savory. I’d last ...

Rice water is the starchy water left behind when rice is cooked. It's become a trendy skin care product on social media sites. However, the use of rice water for beauty among Japanese women dates back ...

Minami-Uonuma in Niigata Prefecture facing the Sea of Japan is famed for its high-grade Koshihikari rice. But rice farmer Takashi Seki, 71, remains despondent because about one-third of his rice ...