Eat your way through Okinawa with chef Tetsuya Wakuda

The acclaimed owner of restaurants Waku Ghin and Wakuda puts the Japanese prefecture on his food shopping list

Jaime Ee

Published Thu, Nov 17, 2022 · 07:00 PM

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Tetsuya Wakuda learns about acerola cherries from farmer Tetsuko Namisato. PHOTO: JAIME EE

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Of late, Wakuda has cast his net beyond the mainland of Japan to Okinawa – the sunny southern island prefecture better known for spam and egg onigiri, A&W and more healthy old people than Singapore, than for ingredients worthy of fine dining.

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Eat your way through Okinawa with chef Tetsuya Wakuda

Jaime Ee

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Former Zouk morphs into mod-Asian Jiak Kim House, serving laksa pasta and mushroom bak kut teh

Massimo Bottura lends star power to pizza and pasta at Torno Subito

Victor Liong pairs Aussie and Asian food with mixed results at Artyzen’s Quenino restaurant

If Jay Chou likes Ju Xing’s zi char, you might too

Mod-Sin cooking izakaya style at Focal

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