Living & Working in Ishikawa, Japan
First of all, congratulations to the Ishikawa JET Kitchen crew on the completion of an excellent resource. Whether you’re a culinary nerd or just setting out to cook on your own for the first time, I highly recommend having this recipe collection on hand. Looking to get out of your kitchen for a delicious meal [...]
Forgive me for the following lines of shameless self-promotion. I’m a CIR in Tsubata who happens to adore food – its cultural relevance as well as its production and consumption. A few months ago it was getting to the point where it seemed like my Facebook wall was almost nothing but photos of things I [...]
The Ishikawa Prefecture Tourism League seems to be increasing its efforts to court foreign tourists via the creation of multilingual tourism websites: Hot-Ishikawa started producing an English-language quarterly tourism e-newsletter (see prior link), through which I found Gourmet Ishikawa, a new multilingual resource for dining in Ishikawa. The site may be viewed in Japanese, English, [...]
I live in Tsubata. You’ve probably driven through here on your way north out of Kanazawa and seen the green, pyramid-shaped roof of our pachinko parlor on the left side of the 8. The facts are these: Tsubata is a bed town, characterized by quiet streets and proximity to Kanazawa. A lot of the people [...]
As of January 2011, Wafûan has closed the tea house to make a gallery, but you can still sample Nakaura-ya’s wagashi with a bit of green tea on the first floor. We here on the Ishikawa JET Blog love our cafes and coffee shops, but where do you go to get a good cup of [...]
If you love tofu and want to enjoy organic, locally raised, and delicious vegetables as well, head over to Morimoto to try out the amazing food at 五箇山農園食堂 Gokayama Nouen Shokodou (Gokayama Farm Diner). All of the food is made locally, and I personally haven’t had tofu cuisine this good outside of Kyoto. Even when the [...]
The miso manjū at Takeuchi have miso paste mixed into the batter for the “shell” and are filled with shiro-an (白あん), white bean paste. The charm point of the miso manjū is that they are not too sweet and have a simple, refreshing flavor. The beans used to make the paste all come from Hokkaido. A single miso manjū is 120 yen and there are several sizes of omiyage boxes available.
Manjū (まんじゅう 饅頭) is Japanese sweet which consists of soft, thin shell of flour-based dough wrapped around a filling of red-bean paste and steamed. Although the manjū originally came from the Chinese steamed bean-bun, the Japanese version has a much thinner “shell.” Manjū come in a variety of different shapes, sizes, and colors. Typically, they are [...]
An amazing little café with a great atmosphere, Vio Bell is tucked into the hills of Anamizu by Noto Wine. The shop offers a variety of cookies and two kinds of soft-serve ice cream (紅芋, beni-imo, purple sweet potato; and milk) for dine-in or carry-out. The front of the shop sells jams, herbal teas (with [...]
While Flatt Bakery’s in Noto-cho is probably the Oku-Noto’s most famous bakery, Anamizu’s Marchen Bakery (Meruhen Behkarii メルヘンベーカリー), also has an excellent selection of baked goods, including bread that isn’t the dreaded 食パン (shokupan). The bakery has fair-sized selection of fresh baked goods of both the Japanese variety (anpan); fusion pastries (anpan croissant); and more Western-style [...]
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