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Dragonfly Restaurants “Our Table” Blog Post: What is Robatayaki

12.20.2015

  Robatayaki: A Brief History Robatayaki (or robata for short) is an authentic style of Japanese cooking that originated centuries ago on the northernmost island of Japan—Hokkaido. The industrious fishermen here created Robatayaki by encasing binchotan charcoals into stone boxes. These boxes were used as both a portable heat source and a stone cooking hearth—and […]

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