Not sure how I missed this thread...Japanese food is easily one of my favorite things to eat these days.
For anyone looking to cook Japanese at home, I highly recommend these two books:
https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Cooking-...se+cooking
https://www.amazon.com/Donabe-Classic-Mo...e+cookbook
That second book was co-authored by one of my culinary instructors, a famous chef in his own right.
In my opinion you won't find a more healthful cuisine, centered around protein, vegetables, seafood, sea vegetables, pickles, broth, and rice.
Unless you're in a major metro area, it's unlikely you'll get to eat really high quality Japanese food. Sushi rolls don't really qualify as Japanese food...obviously in Japan they do eat maki but it's typically much more austere and you don't see all these fucking dynamite rolls with 3 different kinds of sauce/mayo/syrupy soy glaze. That shit is disgusting. Anyway point being, if you really want to see what Japanese food is about and don't live near a Little Tokyo those two books are a great starting point.
For anyone looking to cook Japanese at home, I highly recommend these two books:
https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Cooking-...se+cooking
https://www.amazon.com/Donabe-Classic-Mo...e+cookbook
That second book was co-authored by one of my culinary instructors, a famous chef in his own right.
In my opinion you won't find a more healthful cuisine, centered around protein, vegetables, seafood, sea vegetables, pickles, broth, and rice.
Unless you're in a major metro area, it's unlikely you'll get to eat really high quality Japanese food. Sushi rolls don't really qualify as Japanese food...obviously in Japan they do eat maki but it's typically much more austere and you don't see all these fucking dynamite rolls with 3 different kinds of sauce/mayo/syrupy soy glaze. That shit is disgusting. Anyway point being, if you really want to see what Japanese food is about and don't live near a Little Tokyo those two books are a great starting point.