Toshiro’s Daikon Nimono Niku – Miso Flavour

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Nikkei Cuisine: Japanese Food the South American Way

By Luiz Hara

Published 2015

  • About

Regarded by many as the father of Peruvian Nikkei cuisine, Toshiro Konishi is one of the most revered chefs in Peru today. Arriving in Lima in the 1970s, Konishi-san fell in love with the Peruvian people and the wonderful native ingredients of the Andean land and sea, never returning to live in Japan.

I was lucky enough to meet him in Peru and try this delicious daikon dish. Konishi-san is a larger-than-life character, with a contagious laugh and a generosity of spirit that made me