Entries from Buffalo Chow tagged with 'Osaka'

Leftovers: Final Thoughts On 2 Weeks of Real Japanese Food

Though our time in Japan has come to an end, and we used the opportunity to explore the wide range of outstanding foods available there, we had many more stories and pictures left to share. So we've created this Leftovers...

Posted on November 26, 2009

Number One With A Bullet (Train): To Tokyo Via Shinkansen

After spending our last day in Japan's Kansai region - home to Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe, neighboring Nagoya - we've just finished taking one of the famous Shinkansen bullet trains to our favorite place in Japan: Tokyo. Having already covered...

Posted on November 18, 2009

On Eating Deadly Pufferfish + Sushi From Plastic Fridge Boxes

A big article on sushi is coming later this week, so we wanted to preface it with some thoughts in an Editors' Note. Right before we arrived in Japan for this series on Japanese cuisine, we chose a photo of...

Posted on November 17, 2009

Osaka Chow: Japanese Chicken Wings + More at Tori No Mai

Picture this: Buffalo, New York as the literal world capital of chicken wings. Easy to imagine, right? It would be a huge draw for tourists, and a natural fit given our history. But wouldn't it be boring if every restaurant...

Posted on November 13, 2009

Oshi-zushi, The Sushi You've Never Heard Of, Plus Takoyaki

Depending on whether you're willing to ignore the literal meaning of its name - "sour, vinegared rice" - two or three types of sushi are commonly found in the United States. Nigiri sushi, known in Japan as "nigiri-zushi," is a...

Posted on November 12, 2009

Editors' Notes: We're in Japan, And Here's Why You'll Love It

The Japan we are going to present to you, dear reader, may not be the one you think you know. It is not, in fact, the one we knew the first time we visited, or even the third, but rather...

Posted on November 12, 2009

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