Embracing Japanese cuisine

Japanese cuisine is having an increasing influence on our food choices and cooking styles.

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29th September, 2012

Japanese cuisine has been embraced by New Zealanders in the past decade or two. Supermarkets are now well stocked with Japanese ingredients, and sushi has become the No 1 lunch choice in cities. In Wellington recently, I was intrigued to see a long queue of young people form at 5pm in a lane leading off Lambton Quay. Sushi for dinner? You bet. Many of us are influenced by food eaten overseas and we’re also keen to try new dishes, experimenting with ingredients we encounter in local restaurants run by immigrant cooks or by chefs who have returned home to share exotic ideas and styles they’ve ...

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