The Unconventional Guide to Japanese Food

Japanese food is well known for its health benefits and antioxidant compounds. But how do you incorporate these amazing cuisine to your day to day life?

If your cooking skills are not up the notch, a fusion of Japanese flavours with Western culinary could be the way to go. By mixing flavou...

Why Our World Would End If Japanese Food Disappeared

Japanese food is famous across the world and well received by many cultures. But how much would we be affected if Japanese food disappeared? Well, I can guarantee mayonnaise lovers would be grieving. Japanese mayonnaise or ‘Kewpie’, is the most desired mayonnaise of all times. Its smooth com...

Why your sushi never works out the way you planned

Japanese food is considered one of the healthiest in the world. Experimenting Japanese food at home can be a huge success or a massive failure. But why it is so hard to make the perfect rice and roll the sushi without having all the bits and pieces falling apart?

Cooking Japanese food is a...

Why should you go tempura?

A very traditional dish in Japan are the vegetables and seafood tempura. Tempura are lightly battered pieces of either vegetables or seafood, served mainly as main dishes.

This particular dish is served with either udon or soba noodles or rice bowls. Traditionally served with dipping sauc...

Eat Drink Perth 2016

In conjunction with City of Perth, Sushia Izakaya will be participating on the Eat Drink Perth 2016. Providing newly designed dishes specially created for the festival, Sushia Izakaya is proudly supporting the event.

Our talented chefs have developed a special three course meal:

Its sashimi time!

Sashimi is one of the healthiest dishes in the world. Thin slices of raw fish meticulously plated, and at times cured or marinated lightly with soy sauce or alcohol to season the fish and preserve it. Sashimi is meticulously prepared and served to make your mouth water.

Fresh fish full of ...

Health benefits of sushi

Japanese are among the healthiest people in the world due to their diet rich in raw fish, vegetable and rice. In saying that sushi is one of the most traditional dishes in the Japanese cuisine. However, there is a misconception around the health benefits of sushi which we will try to clarify here...

Japanese cuisine

Traditionally, Japanese food is based on rice with miso soup and three accompanying side dishes, emphasizing on seasonal ingredients. Fish, pickled vegetables, and vegetables cooked in broth are common side dishes.

As Japan is an island country surrounded by an ocean, its people have alwa...

The origin of Bento Boxes

The word bento is originated from the Japanese language which means lunch box.

A sneak peek into Bento Box history tells us they are very common in Japan. Bento box was originated in the fifth century, and became trendy around the world in the past decade.

Bento boxes can be easil...

Japanese food

Teppanyaki is a style of Japanese cuisine that uses a large heated iron plate to prepare the food. The word teppanyaki means iron plate, and yaki means grilled, roasted, or pan-fried. In Japan, teppanyaki refers to dishes cooked using an iron plate, including steak, shrimp, okonomiyaki, yakisoba,...