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January15
Ethan’s Gourmet
50 Tagore Lane, #B1-01 Entrepreneur Centre
6372 8809 | ethansgourmet.com
If you’re looking to create your own Japanese feast at home,
Ethan’s Gourmet
is your go-to destination. A one-stop epicurean shop for specialty Japanese
items, the new gourmet grocer carries fresh, quality meat and seafood, fruit
and vegetables, and dry products imported straight from Japan – and at
affordable prices. We especially love the boutique market’s premium Tajima
wagyu, cut to perfection by the in-house butcher. Here are two simple recipes
using this premium Japanese beef.
Instructions
1. Apply rock salt and black pepper to both sides of the meat.
2. Heat a pan at medium-high and add oil.
3. Place the meat on the pan and cook for 40 seconds.
4. Flip the meat and turn the heat down to medium
5. Continue to cook for one to two minutes if you like your meat rare, two
to three minutes if you like it medium and three to four minutes if you
like it well-done.
Did you know?
Although the Japanese
word wagyu refers to all
pure-blood Japanese
cattle (it literally means
“Japanese cow”, as wa
translates to “Japanese”
and gyu to “cattle”), it has
become synonymous
with Japan’s famed
Tajima (Kobe) beef. The
Tajima cows’ outstanding
genetics, combined with
the selective breeding,
handling and feeding
process involved, has
resulted in arguably the
finest beef in the world.
So, in other words, Tajima
beef isn’t just a type of
wagyu, it’s one the very
best kinds of wagyu
available.
Serves three
Ingredients
• Tajima beef striploin (400g)
• Imahan Premium Sukiyaki
Seasoning
• Vegetable oil
• ¼ Chinese cabbage
• 1 leek
•1pack
enokitake
mushrooms
• 6 fresh
shiitake
mushrooms
• 1 pack of tofu
• 6 eggs
• Udon or soba noodles,
boiled (optional)
Preparation
1. Cut the leek into1-centimetre
diagonal slices.
2. Cut the base of the roots
from the mushrooms.
3. Cut the Chinese cabbage
into 4-centimetre pieces.
4. Cut the tofu into 6 cubes.
TWO WAYS
Instructions
1. Heat a pan at medium-high and add oil.
2. Sear beef slices in the pan, and add
Imahan PremiumSukiyaki Seasoning once
the colour of the meat starts changing.
3. Add the remaining ingredients and cook
for approximately 10 minutes.
4. Serve in small bowls.
Serves two
Ingredients
• Two 150g pieces of
room-temperature Tajima
tenderloin (300g in total)
• Rock salt
• Black pepper
• Vegetable oil
What is sukiyaki?
Similar to
shabu-shabu
,
sukiyaki
is a stew-like dish
preparedand served inahot-pot style. Thereare various
ways to prepare the dish, and cookingmethods usually
differ depending on the region. While raw eggs are
commonly used as a dipping sauce, other recipes call
for the eggs to be thrown in with the rest of the soup
mix during the cooking process.