Bogota Food & Wine Festival

Posted on Apr 30, 2012 in Hiroko's Blog

Big Thank You for Bogota Wine & Food Festival and Fundacion Prema for inviting us – Chef Daisuke Hayashi (Sake no Hana, London), Chef Masato Shimizu (15 East, NYC), Chef Shuichi Kotani (Soba Totto, NYC), Sake Sommelier Yasu Suzuki (15 East, NYC), Chef Tsuyoshi Murakami (Kinoshita, Brazil) and Chef Hiroko Shimbo (Hiroko’s Kitchen, LLC, NYC) – to offer a charity Japanese dinner at JW Marriott Hotel in Bogota. The raised money at the dinner was donated...

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Home-made udon noodles and soba chef

Posted on Feb 27, 2010 in Hiroko's Blog

Many years ago while I was living in Japan I took a class to learn how to make home made udon at a class that was organized by one of the major Japanese flour companies.  All of the attendees were serious women of all different ages.  We all donned crisp white aprons and white head covers.  Today such classes are filled with male attendees, so the time have certainly changed.  After the class I rushed to the kappabashi, the professional cookware district in the old part of...

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