Kyoto vegetables served at Vatican Museums for promotion

Vegetables grown in Kyoto were served at a banquet Monday in the Vatican Museums to about 300 guests including cardinals and ambassadors to promote Japanese dishes.Dishes using ingredients such as "Kujo-Negi" scallion, "Kamo-Nasu" eggplant and "Manganji-Togarashi" pepper prepared by Yoji Satake, lead chef at the 300-year-old Kyoto cuisine restaurant Takeshigero, were served at the event organized by the Kyoto unit of the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives group.The menu also included wagyu beef and Uji green tea from Kyoto, and a tea ceremony serving matcha was also held before the banquet."We…READ FULL ARTICLE