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  • Joined: January 18, 2011
  • Articles: 39

Vegan iri tofu with garlic chives

Iri tofu or iri doufu (炒り豆腐) is a simple, homely dish, real Japanese style ‘mother’s cooking’. Probably every Japanese home cook has his or her own recipe, but the base is plain tofu that is crumbled and then stirred around…

Sansho Vinaigrette

Here’s a simple recipe for vinaigrette with sansho pepper. It works well as a dressing for grilled green peppers and tomatoes. A nice and easy  side dish for grilled chicken or beef. Ingredients Sansho pepper….. to taste Mirin…….1 tablespoon Rice…

Sansho Pepper Ice Cream

INGREDIENTS 750 grams whole milk 750 grams cream 60 grams sansho pepper 2 stalks vanilla bean 75 grams glucose 38 grams trimoline 325 grams sugar (divided) 330 grams egg yolks METHOD Combine the milk, cream, pepper, and vanilla in a…

Sansho no nikomi

Sansho no nikomi – Sansho peppercorn fish stew Another easy Japanese recipe of this season. Nikomi is a stew. Sansho is Japan’s species of Sichuan pepper. It’s the season for the green peppercorns. Actually, you can do a version of this…

Ma-Po Tofu

This spicy recipe uses hot bean paste, garlic, ginger, soy sauces, sesame oil, ground pork and sansho powder. Ingredients Sauce: 1/4 cup chicken broth 2 tablespoons hot bean paste 2 tablespoons soy sauce Kosher salt Tofu 1 pound regular or…

Japanese Bamboo Shoots with Sansho Leaf

  Japanese Bamboo Shoots with Sansho Leaf Sauce: Takenoko no Kinome Ae Yield: 4 Ingredients Bamboo Shoots 1 medium sized fresh bamboo, shoot Sansho Leaf Sauce 3 1/2 ounces white miso 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 3 1/2 ounces young sansho…

Japanese Grilled Stuffed Mackerel Rolls

original photo here Japanese Grilled Stuffed Mackerel Rolls Serves/Makes: 3 – 4 Ingredients * 1 pound mackerel or Atlantic hair­tail fillets * 7 ounces (200 g) burdock root * 1 cup (250 ml) Cold Basic Dashi Broth (see recipe below)…

Duck breast with honey and sansho pepper

Duck breast with honey and sansho pepper, mango, shiso and daikon Ingredients For the duck 75g/3oz clear honey 1 tbsp umeboshi paste/plum paste (available from specialist Japanese grocers) ½ tsp fresh ginger, finely chopped ¼ tsp sansho pepper (available from…

Black Cod with Mushrooms and Sansho Pepper

Black Cod with Mushrooms and Sansho Pepper yield: Makes 6 servings active time: 15 min total time: 30 min Visually, this dish speaks softly, but it combines quite a number of sensations: a buttery fish, sautéed for a crisp skin,…

New stands, new cases!

In true Sansho spirit we now have cases and stands for our new drums. Tom made the stands with Curtis’s help and a few of us made our new cases on the shoestring budget out of packing blankets. Total budget…

New Drums!

Our beautiful new drums are here! Four chu-daiko and one hiradaiko, all made by Toshi Katao of Kato Taiko in Concord, California, just outside San Fancisco. Here they are, fresh off the boat. Or truck . . . Now we…

Sansho has video!

Thanks to Cheryl and Elaine, we now have a five-minute promo video. It's pretty awesome! Check it out on our video page. We've also posted the video from the 2011 Kyokushin Karate Vancouver Cup tournament. It's not a Sansho video…

Britannia Mine Museum

Sansho Daiko is performing two sets at the Britannia Mine Museum as part of their Spring Break programming. It is in conjunction with their temporary exhibit, Stolen Lives: Remembering the Japanese Canadian Internment.

Kyokushin Karate Gig

Sansho Taiko will once again be performing at the opening of the Vancouver Cup 2011, presented by our friends at Kyokushin Karate. The tournament takes place Sunday December 4 at the BCIT campus in Burnaby. Event details HERE. We are…

Japan Bonsai Garden Art

Big drums – little trees! Sansho Daiko played a set at Japan Bonsai Garden Art  in Surrey on Saturday October 1 . Event was s a bonsai sale and silent auction to raise funds for Japanese earthquake & tsunami  victims.…