Japan Eats!

Akiko sits down with Rafal Maslankiewicz, chef at Brooklyn restaurant: Ikigai NYC!

Akiko sits down with Chief Buddhist priest Kakuho about the buddhist diet Shojin Ryori and More!

Akiko has a conversation with Jun Mattison, Assistant manager of The Rice Factory New York

Akiko Talks with Phillip Frankland Lee, The Chef/Owner of Michelin star restaurant: Sushi by Scratch.

Akiko sits down with George Kao, Head of Sales at Boken Sake!

Akiko chats with Ririko Tatsumi, found of Annn about her Traditional Japanese key ingredient: a bean paste called An!

Our guest is John Gauntner who is one of the world’s leading non-Japanese sake experts and educators.  He has been writing and lecturing about sake since 1994, in various newspapers and magazines in Japan and overseas. He has published six books on sake across two languages, and hundreds of articles on the topic.  Several times each year, he runs the Sake Professional Course, a week-long intensive sake study course, held both in and outside of Japan, as well as the advanced level of that course. John joined us in Episode 25 in December 2015 and discussed his intriguing path to becoming a sake expert, why sake was gaining popularity in the world, how to get to know more about sake and many other topics. Sake has become popular globally over the last decades but we tend to think that sake is something to drink only at Japanese restaurants.  However, more non-Japanese restaurants are serving sake, including new American restaurants Michelin-starred Per Se, Blue Hill At Stone Barns and Eleven Madison Park in New York. In this episode, we will discuss food pairings, in particular sake and non-Japanese food!!!

Our guest is Nobu Yamanashi who is the president of Yama Seafood based in New Jersey.

Akiko Chats with Xander Soren who is the founder of Xander Soren Wines

Akiko talks with CEO & Founder of SushiSushi, based in Sheffield UK