A FOOD TRADITION
Kansai Cuisine
The cooking tradition of the Kansai region, associated with Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Hyogo, Shiga, and Wakayama.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Kyo-tsukemono
Kyo-tsukemono is the collective name for Kyoto pickles made by preserving vegetables such as daikon, turnip, cucumber, eggplant, or napa cabbage with salt or seasoned pickling mixtures.
Kyo-tsukudani
A Kyoto-style preserved simmered preparation reduced in a sweet-savory soy seasoning, with the principal ingredient varying among sea vegetables, seafood, meat, and other foods.
Mehari-zushi
Mehari-zushi is a rice ball or rice parcel wrapped in salted or pickled mustard greens.
Miwa Somen
Miwa Somen is a thin, hand-stretched wheat noodle traditionally served chilled with a dipping broth or warm seasoned broth.
Nara Pickles
Vegetables are cured in fermented sake lees with salt to produce the distinctive savory, mildly sweet flavor of Nara-style pickles.
Negiyaki
Negiyaki is a savory Japanese griddled pancake centered on a generous amount of green onion in a wheat-flour batter.
Obanzai
A Kyoto-style collection of homestyle dishes centered on seasonal vegetables and simple simmered, dressed, grilled, or pickled preparations.
Okonomiyaki
A Japanese savory pancake made from batter and shredded cabbage, commonly cooked with additional proteins and topped with sauce and garnishes.
Saba-zushi
Saba-zushi is pressed sushi consisting of vinegared mackerel laid over seasoned short-grain rice, often finished with kombu.
Shigure-ni
Shigure-ni is a Japanese simmered preparation in which beef or seafood is cooked with soy sauce, ginger, sugar, and mirin until richly seasoned.
Sobameshi
Sobameshi is a savory griddle-fried mixture of chopped wheat noodles, short-grain rice, pork, cabbage, and sauce.
Takoyaki
Takoyaki are Osaka-style savory batter balls cooked around octopus and typically finished with sauce, mayonnaise, bonito flakes, and aonori.
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