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Tag: warazumi

What is a warabitsu (わらいずみ/藁櫃)

In this article, I’d like to elaborate more on the straw baskets used to keep rice warm in sushi restaurants … More

straw basket, warabitsu, warazumi, わらいずみ, 藁櫃

Traditional Edomae rice measurements, nigiri sizes, mixing sushi rice and storage.

How we store and mix sushi rice at a traditional Edomae sushi restaurant and maintain’s the rice quality using an Ohitsu/お櫃 and a warabitsu or warazumi (わらいずみ/藁櫃).

akazu, awasezu, donabe, Michelin, Nigiri, Ohitsu, rice, Sushi, vinegar, warabitsu, warazumi
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