I absolutely love watching a food channel that features small diners and food shops in Japan. I have no idea why but there is something very comforting about visiting these places through video and watching them cook. Often times they are dishes that I have seen countless times before and have even made myself but still… I will watch an old grandma beat a pork cutlet to death to make tonkatsu.

Some of them are very long and I actually watch them in small chunks because I think two hours or even three hours is a bit much. I really prefer the ones that are under an hour or even under half an hour. But I thought I would share with you an episode of a Chinese food shop located in Kyoto.

One thing I really enjoy about these is sometimes I learn how to make a dish a different way than how I make it so it adds to my culinary awareness. Of course, usually I also marvel at some people’s knife skills. Especially anyone who can make daikon ribbons.