Black Garlic Molasses
This inky black, syrupy “molasses” is made from concentrated black garlic, which is garlic fermented long enough to render the cloves tender, mellow, earthy-sweet and utterly addictive. It's reminiscent of concentrated balsamic vinegar, without the acidic tang.
Takuko White Soy Sauce
There is no such thing as just “soy sauce” in Asian cuisine — there are different brews for different purposes. A good example is Japanese white (shiro) soy sauce, which is light amber in color and clearer and thinner than dark soy sauce. Made from coarsely milled roasted wheat that is mixed with steamed soybeans and inoculated with a special type of rice mold called koji, this soy sauce has a subtle flavor that can be used in salad dressings and marinades.
Haku Black Garlic Shoyu
Haku Black Garlic Shoyu is a sweet, salty, and umami soy sauce with complex aromas of earthy must. Brewed with wheat, shoyu has a sweeter, rounder flavor than other types of soy sauce, and black garlic imparts hints of fig, raisin, molasses that complement this shoyu’s subtle sweetness. Black garlic shoyu is often used in Japan as a finishing shoyu or as a stand-alone ingredient.
Haku Smoked Shoyu
Haku Smoked Shoyu is a limited-production Japanese soy sauce made with wheat, so it has a sweet, round flavor and can be used in versatile ways. This shoyu is smoked with Mizunara oak, a rare type of Japanese oak also prized for Japanese whiskey. Use it either on its own for dipping or as an ingredient for layering salty, sweet and umami flavor in your dishes.
Haku Iwashi Whiskey Barrel Aged Fish Sauce
Iwashi Whiskey Barrel-Aged Fish Sauce is aged for two years before it spends an additional year in a Japanese oak whisky barrel. The fish sauce is made from just three ingredients: sardines from the Sea of Japan, salt and sugar. It is intensely briny but not fishy, and so much better than what you can find in your local supermarket. Our tasters loved the salty, balanced flavor.
Wadaman Organic Golden Sesame Oil
This organic sesame oil, pressed by one of Japan’s top sesame growers, is without equal—earthy, clear, bold and strong. We consider sesame oil a pantry staple and use it in innumerous dishes like our Hot Oil Chard, easy and rib-sticking Sesame Stir-fried Pork with Shiitakes or sesame sauce for noodles.
Milk Street Japanese Pantry Bundle
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Featuring four Milk Street bestsellers, this bundle of pantry essentials is the perfect entry to Japanese cooking. Light Yugeta Organic Yuuki Shoyu Soy Sauce, umami-packed Namikura Kyoto-Style White Miso, artisanal Inaniwa Handmade Udon Noodles and mild Sennari Vinegar Brewery Organic Rice Vinegar are the building blocks of great Japanese cooking. It makes an excellent gift for someone (or yourself): Each bundle arrives wrapped in a snowy white box, bound with sage-green linen Milk Street ribbon from Studio Carta, plus an extra couple of yards for you to use. Bonus: Bundled, they’re 20% cheaper than buying them individually.
Yugeta Organic Yuuki Shoyu Soy Sauce This Japanese soy sauce has a a rounded, mouth-filling umami flavor and clear, bright salinity. Light-tasting without being too thin or watery, the flavor quickly yields to a mild, wheaty nuttiness. Its clarity of flavor and clean finish are perfect for delicate foods like chicken and fish, as the shoyu won't overwhelm but rather enhance other flavors in a dish.
Namikura Kyoto-Style White Miso Savory, sweet and dense with flavor, white miso is foundational ingredient in Japanese kitchens—and now an absolutely essential item in our pantry. Winey-sweet, buttery and deeply rich, this organic version from Japanese family producer Namikura Miso Co. is more complex and less salty than other brands, which means it can be used more freely with soy sauce without dishes tasting overly seasoned.
Inaniwa Handmade Udon Noodles With a versatile thinness unlike traditional udon, yet with the same slurpy, chewy texture that’s distinctive of the noodle, Inaniwa udon has been handmade by artisans for over 300 years, using a four-day kneading and shaping process. The resulting noodles are silky smooth with a mild taste and a lovely kick of salt that makes the flavor come alive.
Sennari Vinegar Brewery Organic Rice Vinegar Made from only two ingredients—organic rice and water from the mountains of Northern Hiroshima—this organic rice vinegar is slightly sweeter, with a rounder flavor and more umami notes than most rice vinegars. Its subtle acidity comes from a six-month fermentation process; conventional mass-produced vinegar is usually made in just one week.
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