Tag: Japanese food

Washington State’s King County Ranks Near Top for Preponderance of Asian Restaurants

By Gene Balk From The Seattle Times Seattle—It’s no secret that Seattle-area diners love Asian cuisine. Now there’s data that proves just how much. King County is one of just eight U.S. counties where at least 25 percent of restaurants serve Asian food, according to a new report from Pew Research Center. Pew analyzed data…


Japanese Cake

If your favorite part of cake is the sponge instead of the icing (yes, those people exist) then castella cake is the dessert for you. A popular confection in Japan, castella is a honey sponge cake that’s made by pouring batter into rectangular or square molds and baking it to perfection before cutting it into…


Meet the Successful Japanese-American Chef Cooking Every Dish with a Dash of Positivity

In an industry known for its high risk of failure and low profit margins, Mie Okuda has survived opening a restaurant during an economic slump—twice. In the late 1990s, during Japan’s “Lost Decades” recession, she started a restaurant in one of the most restaurant-dense cities in the world, Tokyo’s Ginza district. Years later in America,…