When you eat nigiri sushi, you’ve probably noticed that it almost always comes in pairs. This is a commonly accepted practice for restaurants all over the world, including our Japanese restaurant in Bothell. Have you ever wondered if there was a reason behind this practice? The paired nigiri dates back to the nineteenth century. Edomae-zushi, […]
Nobody knows sushi like the Japanese, so a lot of people want to know what Japan eats when they go out for a sushi dinner. If you’d like to eat like the Japanese do when you come to our Bothell Japanese restaurant, try grabbing a few of Japan’s favorites off of our conveyer belt. Asahi […]
Plum wine, like the variety served at our Japanese restaurant in Bothell, is a sweet alcoholic beverage made from Chinese ume plums. This drink became big in Japan at some point around the 17th century, and has steadily been working its way into the worldwide scene throughout the recent years. It’s similar in many ways […]
Ramen doesn’t have the best of reputations in the United States. When most people hear the word, they think of the packets of painfully high-sodium noodles you can buy at the gas station. If this describes your own experience with ramen, come on down to our Japanese restaurant in Bothell; after trying our miso ramen […]
Back in the 1960’s, a Japanese man named Noritoshi Kanai introduced an American business associate to Edomae-sushi in Japan. His associate was so impressed that he brought the dish back to Los Angeles and started Kawafuku Restaurant. This restaurant, found in LA’s Little Tokyo became the first place in the United States to serve Edomae-sushi. […]
