Product Description

These are recipes which are all accessible to the Western cook, whether served individually or in combination as a complete Japanese meal. Each recipe is photographed in colour with step by step intructions.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #91255 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 60
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

About the Author
Masaki Ko began cooking in Japan, then travelled via Sweden to Britain, where he started up a business producing Japanese food. He now supplies airlines, supermarkets and stores with authentic recipes and has opened four restaurants in London. He particularly specializes in sushi. His wife, Hiromi Ko, is also a keen cook and helps to develop new menus. Masaki Ko is also the author of Classic Cuisine: Japanese (Southwinter) and The Japanese Kitchen (Lorenz Books).

Customer Reviews

Authentic Japanese Cooking Made Easy
I recieved this book as a birthday gift, and after a few weeks tried out a couple of the recipies for the first time.

The recipies were easy to follow, with pictures of some of the steps AND pictures of the finished dish for every dish (a major bonus). Almost all of the ingredients are easy to find in western supermarkets, and the ones which aren't can be found readily in your nearest asian supermarket or online.

The taste of the food from this book is very good quality; I've found out how to make one of my favourite dishes from a local japanese restaurant using this book (and it tasted exactly the same).

The only drawback is that it only has 70 recipies, and that isn't even really a drawback!

Now a staple on my kitchen shelf
This book is stuffed full of simple, authentic and delicious recipes. I love how you can make almost all the dishes with just mirin, sake and soy sauce. Almost all ingredients are easily available at your local Waitrose or Sainsbury's, or pop into an Asian/Chinese supermarket or online store. A surprisingly slim volume for 70 recipes, thanks to the simple but very clear instructions along with great photos. A refreshing change from the huge hardback tomes that one usually get from Jamie Oliver, Nigella Lawson, Gordon Ramsay or Rick Stein. I tried a number of the recipes and the results were thoroughly delicious and fantastic for someone missing Japanese food. Happy cooking days ahead!

Japanese cooking in a nutshell
If you only want to own one book about Japanese cooking, I strongly recommend you buy this one. It doesn't look like much, but it's extremely good value for money.

The recipes are very clear, and although it seems a very slim volume, it covers many different styles of Japanese dishes, including a variety of rice and noodle dishes, sushi and onigiri, tempura, soups, desserts and also just homestyle meat, fish and vegetable dishes. Each recipe is accompanied by clear colour photographs not only of the finished dish but also of any unusual steps in the cooking process.

The majority of the dishes can be made entirely from ingredients you can buy from the supermarket and the ones that are harder to find can be obtained from your local Oriental supermarket. The introduction features a guide to Japanese cooking ingredients you may be unfamiliar with, including photographs of all of them.

And the best reason I can give why you should buy this book is that everything I've made from it is yummy!