Ayu, a Japanese river fish also known as sweetfish, is skewered, lightly battered and deep-fried tempura-style at Lure Izakaya Pub in Chinatown, $7.
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If you’ve been checking off the “100 Foods to Eat Before You Die,” here’s a chance to get one more … though you might want to save it for last.* Through the end of March, Ai Japanese Restaurant and Lounge in River North currently offers fugu, a potentially deadly Japanese delicacy. This mild-tasting blowfish carries [...] You don’t have to cook Christmas dinner. Beef sashimi with truffle oil, togarashi mayo and chives ($5), one of some 60 small plates designed to be shared at Lure Izakaya Pub, a late-night option in Chinatown. At Mana Food Bar in Wicker Park, Chef Jill Barron pickles local, seasonal vegetables such as rhubarb or green beans Japanese-style and serves them in a mixed pickles plate. Mod maki: The “Triple K.C.” roll at Japanese/Chinese newcomer Pl8 Simply Asian in Barrington combines smoked and fresh Scottish salmon with crabmeat and cream cheese, surrounded by thin slices of cool cucumber, cut into wheels and finished with a drizzle of sweet rice wine emulsion and a sprinkling of sesame seeds, $10. Nicknamed “pie plant,” for its most frequent use, rhubarb is a tartly flavored spring vegetable that’s typically used as a fruit. To aid those stricken by last week’s earthquake and tsunami in Japan, SushiSamba restaurants have launched a national fundraising campaign. The chain will donate to American Red Cross disaster-aid efforts 100 percent of proceeds from the sales of special, $12 maki created by its Japanese sushi chefs. Each restaurant offers a different roll. Have you had a chance to try ultra-premium sake? Sake is beer brewed from rice, the national drink of Japan. Today, there are more than 600 types of sake sold in the United States, but ultra-premium sakes, served chilled, are relative new in the American market. U.S.-brewed sakes are even newer Nabuki in Hinsdale [...] |
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