Miso paste came to Japan from China, introduced by Buddhist monks. It eventually morphed into the comforting soup we know ...

The former is made with miso paste, seaweed, shiitake mushrooms, tofu, and other ingredients that give it texture and taste.

A customer dining at a Sukiya location in January reported a foreign object in their miso soup to a staff member The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP; Getty A Japanese restaurant has issued an apology after ...

Seaweed is a popular ingredient in ... Kombu, also known as kelp, is used in the Japanese stock called dashi, the base for miso soup. It makes a wonderful addition to a pot of beans or soup.

Dried thin strands of seaweed (konbu) that you might be familiar with in nishime, the Japanese vegetable stew, rounds out this rich, flavorful soup and looks beautiful tied in knots. This soup is ...

Make a comforting bowl of Japanese curry udon soup, with fried pork belly, tofu and chewy, slippery noodles – it's super simple and tastes amazing. To make the dashi, soak the kombu in 600ml/1 ...

A popular fast-food chain in Japan will shut down for several days following reports of rat-infested miso soup. Sukiya, the country’s biggest beef bowl chain, said it would cease operations ...

An investigation found an employee failed to check the bowl of soup before serving it and missed the rat during the incident in January. Sukiya said other bowls of soup with the same contamination ...