Our guests today are JT Vuong and George Padilla, the executive chef and the co-founding partner of Rule of Thirds in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in New York. George and JT met at Okonomi, a charming Japanese restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and after working for several years together, they opened Rule of...

On today's episode Yuji Haraguchi talks about how he took his pop-up focusing on mazemen (brothless ramen) and turned it into a multi-location business operating in New York and Tokyo. After graduating college, Yuji began to work for a fish distributor based in Boston and decided to start cooking his...

Host Akiko Katayama is joined by Yuji Haraguchi of Yuji Ramen, Okonomi, Osakana, and the newly opened Kyoto-style sushi restaurant Okozushi, all in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He also has a restaurant in Kyoto called Lorimer Kyoto. In this episode, Yuji shares his philosophy of introducing the unique Japanese "sea to table"...

Today's episode of Meant to be Eaten follows a conversation between Coral (MTBE's producer, in for Andrea) and JT Vuong--head chef at Okonomi in East Williamsburg. Okonomi straddles the line between convention and craze: serving traditional Japanese breakfast by day and not-so-traditional ramen by night. Does Okonomi's stress on locally-sourced...

JT Vuong and George Padilla of YUJI Ramen are back by popular demand! But this time, Lynda and Iris talk to JT and George about Japanese breakfast and the Okonomi side of what they do, in another installment of our #FMWAsianBreakfast Series. Feast Meets West is powered by Simplecast

This week on Japan Eats, host Akiko Katayama is joined in the studio by managers Luke Davin and Emma Kramer of Osakana fish market. Osakana is a Japanese-style fish retailer dedicated to providing high-quality, local, and seasonal seafood to the community. Here, customers will find fresh, expertly sourced fish, prepared...

[audio wav="https://heritageradionetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/DEDICATED-TO-FISH.wav"][/audio] Brooklyn-based restaurateur and fish fanatic Yuji Haraguchi joins Akiko Katayama on Episode 35 of Japan Eats! to talk high-quality seafood: from catch to cutting to cuisine. His great love for fish has led him to open two traditional Japanese restaurants focusing on fish, Okonomi and YUJI Ramen, and...

On this week's episode of Japan Eats, Akiko is joined in the studio by Yuji Haraguchi, owner of the restaurants Okonomi and YUJI Ramen. By day, Okonomi serves traditional Japanese ichiju-sansai set meals for breakfast and lunch. In the evenings, Okonomi becomes YUJI Ramen, and offers an à la carte...

Yuji Haraguchi, the chef behind OKONOMI // YUJI Ramen, joins Akiko Katayama for an information-filled episode of Japan Eats. Yuji explains how he embraces mottainai, a Japanese phrase that loosely translates to "no waste", in his cooking. Learn about ramen techniques, under utilized seafood and his forward thinking philosophy in...

Published July 25th, 2014 Running time: 20 Minutes Equal parts chef and socially-minded pioneer, Tara Norvell wants to change the way the American public conceives of the term waste.' In her role as co-executive chef at Okonomi in Williamsburg, Norvell inventively incorporates otherwise neglected parts of the animal or vegetable...