Japanese Soy Sauce - (Unverified)

Soy Sauce is very important in japanese cooking and Japanese soy sauce (shoyu) is very strong in taste compared to Chinese soy sauce. I've been searching for halal japanese soy sauce for years. Finally after asking halal japanese outlets in Singapore like Ramen Ten and Hei Sushi, i've found the halal Japanese soy sauce that i can use for my japanese cooking. I thought KIKKOMAN is halal but after talking to their Japanese manager and he claimed that none of their KIKKOMAN product is halal as they added alcohol at the last stage of process. So the halal Japanese soy sauce that Ramen Ten and Hei Sushi are using is YAMASA brand. Their soy sauce does not add any alcohol. I've read online of how they process their soy sauce and it looks 100% halal to me. But take note that not all of their products are halal. Check out their website if u are interested to know more:
http://www.yamasa.com

Halal Japanese Sushi finally...

Finally, Hei Sushi is halal certified (they acquired the cert this year February). But they have closed down the restaurant at Whitesand mall and reopened it at Downtown East. Very happy to eat halal japanese sushi with the sushi served on conveyer belt. heehee. Hei Sushi is a 'sister' to Sakae Sushi. Hope they will open more halal japanese restaurant all over Singapore.

Steak!!!!

We still have a lot of beef from korban. Last sunday, my husband asked me if i can cook steak for him. Happened that we still have baked bean, potato, canned peach and beef in the fridge. So i cooked a simple steak for dinner. I made mashed potato which after boiling the potato, i mashed them up and add butter, salt and pepper for taste. For the beef, i cut them into 1 inch thick and then coated both sides with side and pepper. Heat up the pan super hot and add olive oil. Then cook both sides for 4 minutes (or till the surface is browned and grilled-looking). Remember the pan must be hot before u place the meat in. Then quickly transfer the meat on aluminium foil and wrap up to seal the heat so that the meat will continue to cook inside the aluminium foil. The keypoint is the pan must be hot to 'grill' the meat surface in short time and the heat inside the aluminium foil will cook internally without overcook the meat. Give it a try!