Autumn is the best time to eat Pacific saury because it’s just getting the fat on it, and also the price gets cheaper then. We call it Sanma ‘秋刀魚’, literally translated as “autumn sword fish”. As you see it in the name, Pacific saury is one of the most prominent seasonal foods representing autumn in the Japanese diet. I heard the happy news that Pacific saury is expected to have a good crop this year! I love this fish not only because it is very tasty and reasonably priced but also very healthy, packed with omega-3s, DHA and EPA and vitamins, calcium, iron nutrition. Today I saw the fish sold at around 100 yen (less than a dollar) and bought many of them and decided to make many saury dishes. Saury in oil I stewed fillets of saury with Japanese
Dear our wonderful members and guests,It is with deep sadness to announce that we have decided to close JJ Kitchen for the time being.During the past 5 years, we have enjoyed cooking and discussing cultural issues with each and everyone. However, Junko had a stroke in June and is currently in the hospital undergoing physiotherapy. Since we do not know how long this will take, we have come to the conclusion to close our doors. For those of you that still have our vouchers, we will be contacting you separately.For JJ Kitchen members, we will contact you regarding future lessons.We thank you all for the love and support you have shown JJ Kitchen, and we hope that we can cook together again.