Restaurants all over the world are brewing their own soy sauce or creating custom blends and infusions, including Sushi Nakazawa (NYC and DC), Porgy’s Seafood Market (New Orleans), Benu (San Francisco ...

(This is called "nikiri-mirin"). Slice at an angle and marinate in the mixture of nikiri-mirin and soy sauce for 10 minutes. 2. Tear the lettuce into bite-size pieces and soak in ice water.

Nakazawa boils and cuts soy sauce from Honzen, a 400-year-old Japanese brewery, with sake and mirin, a style he calls “nikiri,” which directly translates as “to boil” or “to cook.” ...