Chef Ryo Ozawa of EDO demonstrates the finer points of cooking beef.
Japanese-style Beef, Parades, Booth at Harbourfront Fortune Cooking Festival
The Consulate-General of Japan too part for the third year in a row in Harbourfront Centre’s Fortune Cooking Festival on Sunday, Sept. 16.
This year’s main event was the demonstration focusing on wagyu (Japanese-style beef) held by Ryo Ozawa, Executive Chef of EDO Restaurant. His humorous and straightforward explanations, as well as samples of the meat, provided the audience of over 110 with an understanding of wagyu’s appeal and taste.
A full house at the cooking demo.
Like last year, the Consulate-General of Japan provided activities such as a mikoshi (portable shrine) parade to enhance the festival’s program. Canadian and Japanese youths dressed in colourful happi jackets paraded around the site shouting “Wasshoi! Wasshoi!” as according to tradition. The parades drew the attention of those attending the festival, many of whom took photos.
The mikoshi parade enhances the festive mood.
Screenings of DVDs on Japan and various other activities were featured at the Japan booth, visited by over 2,000 people through the day.
People gather to obtain information on Japan.
