Nami shares her 5 Must-Have Japanese Kitchen Tools.
I’m starting a new series on our YouTube channel, Tea Time with Nami. In this series, I’ll be talking about all kinds of topics beyond my recipes. I’d like to take this opportunity to answer some of the questions you have and connect with JOC readers and viewers outside of making delicious Japanese dishes.
5 Must-Have Japanese Kitchen Tools – Tea Time with Nami (Ep1)
Nami shares her 5 Must-Have Japanese Kitchen Tools in her new YouTube series Tea Time with Nami.
To watch my first episode, please click here.
If you want to check out our new kitchen, read Just One Cookbook Kitchen Tour!
Fun and informative video. I really need a little skimmer like yours. Looking forward to more tea-time with Nami videos.
Thank you so much! 🙂
Hi Nami. Where can I buy the trays you use when prepping your food items? These are the white with blue edges.
Hi Debo! I bought mine from Amazon (https://amzn.to/2FUnxfB). Mixed reviews though, so please read before you purchase. Personally I am okay with this product. I use this for filming as well as my own home cooking. 🙂
Hi,
I love your site and use it quite often. I just watched your first episode of Teatime and have all the tools except a collapsible otoshibuta. I have a fixed size. I checked online and don’t see a source for the one like yours. Did you find it in CA or Japan?
thanks
Hi Paula! Thank you so much for using my site often! My otoshibuta is from Japan. I go home every summer, so I just got one at grocery store or kitchen store (forgot) for $8-10.
I’ve been looking for otoshibuta on Amazon for years now, but can’t find it. Today someone left a comment on YouTube saying eBay sells it. It might go away but there is another online shop that sells it:
https://www.mtckitchen.com/adjustable-stainless-steel-drop-lid/ ($23 plus shipping….. ugh.)
Thank you!~ I wish you could also say where one might purchase these tools … I have not seen them in Asian Markets I frequent. But I’ll look harder!
Hi Barbara! Mostly Amazon. I put the shop links here on my Shop page:
https://www.justonecookbook.com/shop/
Do you have these five tools anywhere on the site? You didn’t list them below the video, and I couldn’t get all the names down. Thanks!
Hi Ruthie! Thanks for your feedback! I just added all the links in the description box below. 🙂
I was hoping your favorite five might include Benriner. And of course how to avoid cutting your fingers.
Hi Hblnk! That’s a good choice! But it’s not something I would use daily to cook Japanese food. It was hard to pick just five items though. So I focused on things that Japanese home cooks and I would use to cook most of Japanese food. 🙂
Fun having tea with you! 🙂 Love those long chopsticks — what a neat tool for cooking! Thanks so much.
Hi, I got your ebook, thank you!
Can you send me a list with the names of the five kitchen tools.
I want to buy them,
Thank you,
Hi Gladys! Glad to hear you got my eBook! 🙂
1. Fine mesh skimmer: https://amzn.to/2mjIn1x
2. Surikogi & Suribachi (Mortar & Pestle): https://amzn.to/2m6jQwn
3. Long cooking chopsticks: https://amzn.to/2mop6Mn
4. Grater (my favorite one): https://amzn.to/2mrvenp
5. Otoshibuta (drop lid) (same type not available on Amazon)
I am looking for a good basic wok. Mine is in storage & bought overseas, so I want a good replacement. Can you recommend one? I love your site & am having so much fun experimenting with your wonderful recipes.
Thank you!
Nancy
Hi Nancy! My wok that I currently use is this one: https://amzn.to/2gKtDaO and I talk about it here: https://www.justonecookbook.com/how-to-season-a-wok/