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Stories about Japanese Food and Culture

  • Miso soup is medicine for eternal youth and longevity

    Have you heard of the Japanese proverb '味噌汁は不老長寿の薬' miso shiru wa furou chouju no kusuri'? It translates as 'Miso soup is medicine for eternal yo...
  • Japanese cuisine and the magnificent diversity of the essential soy bean

        It is impossible to imagine Japanese food, washoku 和食, without the tremendously hard working soy bean.   The most essential of condiments li...
  • Omakase Sashimi Selection and its best supporting actors

    Chef's Sashimi Selection is quite the spectacle, deserving of all the Oohhs & Aahhs it receives 😊   A carefully laid out colourful array of ...
  • Invitation to the deeply mysterious and wonderful world of sake

    Hello Japanese food lovers! Even for seasoned Japanese food enjoyers, sake is often described as an acquired taste. But once acquired, it mesmerise...
  • Our deep love for silky buttery salmon

      We love salmon at So Restaurant    We cannot count the number of items on our menu that include salmon on one hand. On our small plates menu, t...
  • Eat up! Oily fish skin is the best part

    Miso Marinated Black Cod - one of our most popular menus! The miso marinated black cod is one of our most sought after menus.Marinated in miso ove...
  • Backstage with Katsura Sunshine, King of Kimono Comedy at So Restaurant

      This event, exclusive to 30 guests, will (re)introduce you the world of Rakugo in the Sunshine style! He will tell you inside stories from ...
  • How Japanese are you? - the quiz

    Japanese people are known to be.... many things 😉 Find out how Japanese you are!                  You're in a fairly long queue and your phone is ...
  • How to cook perfect Japanese rice in a pan, every time

      Gohan is the magic word Gohan means steamed rice, but is also the collective word for 'meal' in Japanese. When the cook in the family announces...
  • Celebrate Hinamatsuri Peach Festival with So's Festive Food

      What is Hinamatsuri 雛祭り Hinamatsuri is celebrated on 3rd March every year. It is one of the five seasonal festivals, gosekku 五節句 in the traditio...
  • Throwing Setsubun soybeans at the Devil for good luck and health

      'Setsubun' literally means 'seasonal division', and happens right before the first day of Spring in the Japanese lunar calendar on 3rd February...
  • Japanese New Year's Herbal Sake, Otoso

    Rarely does a Japanese celebration not include Sake. Japanese New Year is a three day celebration Collectively called Sanganichi 三が日, starting with...