By food4c_Admin
Most Japanese knife wisdom in London emanates from the Japanese Knife Company, now with six elegant branches, the main HQ is on Baker Street (just along from the Royal China) and other outlets in Paris and Stockholm.
The steel from Yasuki, the spring water, the pine charcoal are, the Japanese say, what gives their forges the edge. The shops are known as hamonoya, as you ask, places of pilgrimage to a craft. Explanations of why Japanese cooking is so precise. Objects of desire for sure for anyone who cooks. They are laid out like antiquarian bookshops that specialise in first editions.. There are more than 15 brands, 250 blades or 2,000 if you want to really drill down to what is available online, plus other things Japanese even sushi classes. There is a studio for advice and to try out knives and also a sharpening service. Prices are predictably top end – a Saji craft Santoku 170mm might be £579, which if you thought was expensive try out the cult Houenryu Walnut Yanagiba at £3,599-£4333, but there are more affordable options from £30+ and sets can work out less expensive and more show on the knife rack. This one is an affordable £95 for a Kyocera Shin Black Ceramic Chef’s Knife 180mm. The shop also sells all things Japanese kitchen from sharpeners to cutters to a melon boiler – that is actually a literal it is a baller, and sets for carving.
