Back when I was still living in Japan, people who read this blog would occasionally ask me why I didn’t start a business selling the snacks I wrote about. My answer was always that I’d done mail order before (Japanese KISS collectible items, mainly records), and it’s generally not worth…
Spaghetti salad is very popular in Japan. You can find ready made spaghetti salad everywhere (super market, store, delis, convenience stores, etc). It is also my favorite—I like it it with lots of salad leaves for lunch! You can get creative and add your own vegetables as well. Source –…
Loading… Bring some of the most loved flavours in Japanese summertime cuisine into your home with this easy to make unagi donburi. The sweet caramelised sauce drizzled over perfectly grilled unagi and served over a bowl of warm rice will make any Japanese food lover mouth water! Cooking Time:…
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Yakisoba is super popular in Japan and in the west, thanks in part to cheap and nasty instant noodles which taste great but have all the nutritional value of cardboard Yakisoba is sold everywhere in Japan, and is even put into hot dog rolls and eaten as a sandwich! It’s…
I want to share another favourite recipe from my Japanese cookbook “Japanese Food Made Easy”. I recently tried this recipe with Irish Wild Garlic instead of kale and it was so refreshing and delicious! I was lucky to learn the secret to a light and crispy tempura batter while living…
Summer has officially arrived in Tokyo and it’s been unbearably hot. While we like to start our mornings with miso soup, a hot bowl of soup just is not appetizing in this weather.Hiyashi-jiru is a cold miso soup. I first had it when visiting Miyazaki prefecture. It’s a regional dish…
This is simple, quick-stir fry recipe! It’s a great anytime dish, best served with salad and steamed rice. Enjoy! Yield: 2 servings Time: 20 minutes Ingredients 1/2 lb beef (cut into bite sizes) 3 bok choy (chopped into 2″ pieces) 3 mushroom (sliced) 1/4 cup green…
If you’re looking for somewhere to have a casual brunch in Ginza in a modern, airy atmosphere, the restaurant in the Tommy Bahama clothing store is worth a try. The prices are much more reasonable than the clothes! The food is also not bad either. My favourite is always the…
These Japanese dumplings are both steamed and pan-fried to give them a complex texture.(Recipe Courtesy: Marc Matsumoto from the Fresh Tastes blog) Ingredients 3 ounces (85 grams) shiitake mushrooms (about 6 large shiitakes, finely diced)5.3 ounces (150 grams) onions (1 small onion, minced)1/4 cup chicken stock11.6 ounces (330 grams) ground…
Helen is a good friend of our family. She and her husband often invite us for BBQ and one day we realised that Helen always makes this ‘Tomato Salad’. I copied her salad but I make it without Olive Oil. If you like Olive Oil, you can add it for…
Shan Rice Ball (Kao Som – Tha Min Chin) is one of the most popular Shan foods in Myanmar. This is a homemade food that is simple and easy to cook. Usually in Shan State, we cook this food on weekend or when the family or friends gather, prepare it…
Hoshigaki is a traditional Japanese dried fruit.It is very sweet and delicious.Astringent persimmon can’t be eaten as fresh.But astringent persimmon becomes very sweet by drying it.And it is not astringent after drying.White powder on the surface is a crystal of glucide of the persimmon. Source – Read entire story here
This recipe is gyoza (dumplings) in chicken soup. Boiled gyoza is very common in Japan. Sometimes we add dumplings in nabe (hot pot). You can use many kinds of vegetables in this recipe, and feel free to use frozen or prepared gyoza. Yield: 2 servings Time: 20 minutes (not including…
Loading… A favourite in Izakayas (Japanese bars), yaki onigiri are Japanese rice balls grilled until the rice is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, and then covered in savoury soy sauce. Cooking Time: Total time: 15mins – 30mins Ingredients 2 cups medium grain brown rice (cooked)SaltSoy…
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Here’s another tasty udon recipe which takes the humble udon and spices things up with a hearty soup including pork and spring onions. I like to cook an onsen egg or poached egg and add it in for extra flavour and depth. Ingredients 200g Pork strips or beef or chicken2…
Konnichiwa. Have you noticed that I often use carrot flowers for decorations?It is actually very popular way to decotate especially Japanese lunch boxes like below 🙂 Actually,when I brought my lunch box to the uni, many people thought I spent so long time to cut it by myself. Well. I’m…
Last week, I talked about the Dagashi box that I purchased from Oyatsu Cafe and this week I’m going to start reviewing the contents. I’m beginning with the two tiniest items and I have to say it’s good that I’ve already had a lot of experiences with them in the…
“Nimono” is the Japanese word for food that is boiled and seasoned. The taste is very mild and the aroma reminds me of the way my childhood home used to smell when I got home from school. Enjoy! Yield: 2 servings Time: 40 minutes Ingredients 1/4…
