If there was ever a time most conducive to sitting back with a large bowl of heart-warming ramen, this is it. Mumbai monsoon has arrived in all it’s glory, and we couldn’t be more thankful for Magazine Street Kitchen’s timely Japanese cooking workshop - where better to be rained in? The workshop, taught by the Mag Street Kitchen’s team of four chefs will take participants through the process of cooking an extravagant Japanese home-style dinner over the course of four hours.

The team has designed two menus, and participants are free to choose according to their dietary preference. The vegetarian menu consits of Shiitake mushroom and asparagus gyoza, vegetable tempura with Yuzu mayonnaise, Eggplant teriyaki, and vegetable shoyu ramen. The non-vegetarian menu boasts of chicken gyoza, prawn tempura with yuzu mayo, seabass teriyaki and Shoyu ramen with roast pork. The cooking techniques are the same for each menu, so don’t fret - the skills are yours for the taking.

The beauty of Japanese cooking rests with its ingredients, and it is really this that makes the entire workshop so much more appealing. The dishes call for the use of exotic ingredients of the likes of yuzu juice, seaweed ‘kombu’, tempura flour and bonito flakes to name a few. Also for the taking is a thorough introduction to japanese cooking techniques such as the making of a flavourful broth, the art of teriyaki, and how to shape and fill a gyoza.

If you aren’t sold as yet, know that a hard day’s work will culminate in a grand family style dinner with the dishes of your making - what better way to welcome the monsoon home, wouldn’t you say?

Where: Magazine Street Kitchen

Cost: INR 3390

Click here to buy your ticket.

Feature Image Credit: Ruchika Agarwal