July Seasonal Japanese Seafood 7月旬の魚

July Seasonal Japanese Seafood 7月旬の魚

Simmered ma-anagoSeared katsuoSome of our personal favorites include ayu (salted and grilled), shitabirame (meuniere), shijimi (miso soup), benisake (salted and grilled), and for sashimi – surumeika, kinmedai, takabe, and isaki.Ainame 鮎並 fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii)Akashita birame 赤舌鮃  red-tongued sole (Cynoglossus joyneri)Awabi 鮑 abalone (Haliotis sorenseni)Ayu 鮎 sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis)Benisake べにさけ 紅鮭 sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)Dojou 泥鰌 loach (Misgurnus Anguillicaudatus)Hamo  鱧 pike eel or pike conger (Muraenesox cinereus)Inada イナダ young Japanese amberjack…

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12min Wombok & Pork mille-feuille (Japanese hondashi taste)

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Konnichiwa 🙂Today’s menu is Wombok & Pork mille-feuille. It may look like hard, but actually it is super easy 12min recipe.Since I came to Australia, I realised that Wombok (Chinese cabbage) is pretty cheap here 🙂 This recipe is popular in Japan especially during winter,Although it’s pretty easy and healthy,…

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Japanese Snack Reviews: Surprise Find: Nasoya Shirataki Fettucine Pasta

Japanese Snack Reviews: Surprise Find: Nasoya Shirataki Fettucine Pasta

Last week, I talked about things in Japanese food culture that taste like nothing. Coincidentally, I found the quintessential food that tastes like nothing – shirataki noodles made from konnyaku. The Japanese version of these are usually translucent and look like deep sea creatures spindly body parts or particularly disturbing…

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