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Indian cuisine possesses much potential. So I cannot understand why some people don’t want to teach how to cook it.

2010-11-21

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Savari Muthu (India) Indian cuisine chef/instructor (He’s been in Japan since ’94) My Eyes Tokyo brings you interviews with teachers of “Niki’s Kitchen“. It’s a cooking school in which foreigners teach their homeland dishes to Japanese people. The 1st interviewee is Savari Muthu, a managing chef of an Indian restaurant chain called “Muthu“. He owns three restaurants in Tokyo and Chiba. He says on Niki’s homepage; “You may associate India with Hinduism, but I’m a Christian. Therefore I can cook anything including beef, pork and chicken.” We got interested in a Christian

There are many kinds of gaps in the world. Bridging them, that’s my assignment.

2010-08-08

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Naoko Tanase Cooking school representative Today’s interviewee is a Japanese woman who manages a school called ”Niki’s Kitchen”, which operates cooking classes in Tokyo and the suburbs. Its cooking classes are very unique. Firstly, you can learn ”home-style dishes” of different countries from foreign cooks. Secondly, each class is held at a cook’s house. And lastly, you can learn whatever and whenever you want because it’s not membership-based. Those are the most distinctive features of Niki’s Kitchen. I got interested in its concept, “Learning various home-style dishes at foreign cooks’

Kebab61

2009-09-05

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi & Chinatsu Suzuki Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Kabab stall (Chuo-ku, Chiba) *It’s been a Turkish restaurant called “Karadeniz61” since 2015. There are so many kebab stalls in the middle of Tokyo. But once you step in the suburb area called Chiba Prefecture, that kind of shop becomes a curiosity. Kebab61 is in the central Chiba City, which is located 40km (25 miles) east of Tokyo. When you walk on the station road in the city center, the spicy savor of doner kebab titillates your nasal passage. This stall is run by the Kucuk brothers

20 million tons of food was thrown away in Japan in one year.

2008-09-03

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Charles E. McJilton (USA) CEO/Executive Director of food bank (He’s been in Japan since ’91) Do you know a “food bank”? It’s an organization which collects food items from food companies or individuals and distributes them to non-profit agencies involved in local emergency food programs. Then those programs provide immediate hunger relief to individuals and families in need. It originated in the United States and it’s prevalent in America. About 40 years after the first food bank in the world was formed in the US, Charles E. McJilton organized the

Kabura-an *Closed

2008-08-12

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Buckwheat noodle shop (Musashi-kosugi, Kawasaki) Kawasaki – The megacity which is located next-door to Tokyo. Especially the area called “Musashi-Kosugi” is evolving at a rapid pace thanks to its convenient transportation system. There used to be many factories in that area, but now many high-rise condominiums replaced them and have changed the face of a former factory center. But there is a shop which has been in the rapidly changing town for 16 years. It’s a buckwheat noodle (soba) shop called “Kabura-an (蕪庵)”, which is run by an Algerian man. “Recently

Gagetsu

2008-04-17

Written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Chinese restaurant (Kunitachi, Tokyo) We introduce you to a wonderful Chinese restaurant! Look at the pictures. All-you-can-eat! You can enjoy a delicious lunch buffet for only US$10! This is Fu Chen‘s favorite restaurant. This restaurant is very popular among university students around there. Gagetsu 1-14-5 Naka, Kunitachi-shi, Tokyo Japan Phone (from overseas) +81-42-571-0007 (from other areas in Japan) 042-571-0007 *Edited by Daniel Penso 校正協力：ダニエル・ペンソ

Spice Magic Calcutta

2007-09-22

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Indian restaurant (Nishi-kasai) (Left) Kita guchi/Home Store (Right) Minami guchi/Branch Store There are many Indian restaurants in Tokyo. Indian cuisine is very popular here in Japan. We think curry and rice has been loved by many Japanese for almost 100 years… That’s the reason, we guess. But the restaurant chain called “Spice Magic Calcutta” serves “real” Indian dishes because restaurants are in “Little India” of Tokyo. Nishi-kasai, a town where many people from India live. The restaurants are loved by those who miss their food culture. Holiday Special

David’s Deli

2007-09-02

Interviewed & written by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: itokuhashi@myeyestokyo.com Israeli restaurant (Shirokane-Takanawa) Today we introduce you to a calm Israeli restaurant “David’s Deli”. We visited this restaurant and believed Jewish cuisine is becoming popular among us. Many Japanese were enjoying Jewish recipes there. We interviewed Dan Zuckerman, manager of Devid Deli. 日本語 (Left) Pita (Right) Shredded meat hummus (Left) Shakshuka (Right) Combination salad When did you start working at this restaurant? A year ago. Before that, what did you do? I had my own business. Making and delivering sandwiches and soup to offices. Sandwich delivery business. I was

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