Japanese Knife Skills

One of my favorite knife skill videos ...

Cooking at home

Here are some more dishes created during the year.

Salad of spanish anchovis, green olive, tomato and mushrooms.

Perfect in autum time - chicken stock with lots of vegetables and herbs.

Perfect summer time dish - fresh oysters with eschalote vinigar and Sancerre white wine.

Fresh squid salad with carrots and celery.

Japanese Knife Society

Some great videos showing knife skills introduced by Jon Broida from Japanese Knife Imports and the Japanese Knife Society.

Konosuke Sakai Knives

Here is another example of excellent handmade japanese knives.  I have ordered them directly at Konosuke Sakai.  The order process was straight forward and Kosuke-san is a very nice person to deal with. He answered all questions very fast and gave really great advice, which was very much appreciated. The knives are again for lefthanded.  The knives are forged using White Steel #2 (Mt. Fuji). The front side of the Sakimura Takohiki is mirror polished.

Deba (16.5cm, octaconal ho wood handle)
Sakimaru Takohiki (30cm, octagonale ebony handle with silver inlay)

Homemade Japanese Food

These were my first trials at home to make sushi rolls and a clear soup with prawn.  Turned out quiet nice for the first attempt.

Homemade dashi stock with spinach and prawn.

California rolls.

Curcumber make, crab stick maki.

Japanese Dinning (Itacho Sushi)

Another new great place in Singapore to eat sushi and sashimi is Itacho Sushi.

Selection of sushi: otoro, tai, saury, saba, hotate, tako

Shima aja, otoro

Ark clam shell

Tako, hotate, saba, foi gras

Japanese Dinning (Wahiro)

I am a great fan of Japanese food.  During my last visit in Singapore a good friend and former collegue brought me to a nice and cosy japanese restaurant (Wahiro Japanese Restaurant).  We asked the itamae to serve us whatever he feels is the most fresh.  The food was deliceous and I am looking very much forward to my next visit.

Grilled Sweet Fish

Sashimi with fish liver

Saury sashimi

Deep fried saury bones

Ark clam shell sashimi

Itamae

Fish and seafood selection

Sushi (unagi, flounder, tai, otoro)

Foi gras sushi

Grilled smelt fish

Sea snail sashimi

AOKI Hamono knives

These are two AOKI Hamono knives made by Keijiro Doi in Sakai. They are specially made for me (lefthanded). The are made of White Steel #2.

I have purchased both knives via a very humble and reliable dealer in Germany (Japan Messer Shop). Mr. and Ms. Horie are very nice to deal with.

Sakimaru Takohiki (30cm, octagonal ebony handle)

Usuba (18cm, octagonal magnolia wood handle)

Blog reactivated

I have decided to reactivate my blog. I am getting tired of facebook and will leave soon. My blog will be mainly about cooking and japanese kitchen knives.