Pickles, usually so crunchy and delicate in Japanese cooking, here seem waterlogged and tired.

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He explained that later in the year when it is in season, he will return to pick the yellow gorse flowers (which have a distinct coconut taste) to use in meat marinades and Thai curries, as well as burdock root, which is popular in Japanese cooking and can be used for vegetable soups or mixed with dandelion to make a root beer-like soft drink.

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For those not familiar with the food, Nobu was a pioneer at the forefront of the now common Asian fusion cuisine movement, melding elements of traditional Japanese and Peruvian cooking.

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My high school sweetheart's mother was Japanese, and I loved her cooking it was totally different from anything I'd experienced in Gothenburg.

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Like most Japanese, the locals use relatively little oil in their cooking.

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To make the basic Japanese kelp stock one of the easiest ways to bring it to your cooking simply soak the kombu leaf in water overnight.

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