Today I will post you the recipe for Yakisoba Pan. In my last post I’ve already showed, as you can prepare easily buns for different “Japanese pan dishes” (pan = bread or rolls). Yakisoba are fried noodles, which will fried on a teppan together with vegetables, meat or fish and…
This traditional sweet Japanese snack doesn’t look pretty like other Japanese Wagashi and resembles rather thick saltsticks (just without salt (＾▽＾) ), but they are absolutely delicious with a cup of tea. This snack is called Karintō and consists of fried dough, which will subsequently caramelized in dark brown whole cane…
Monjayaki is a similar dish like okonomiyaki. The recipe for Okonomiyaki I’ve posted here some time ago. The difference between the two dishes is only that the batter of Monjayaki is much more fluid like the batter of Okonomiyaki. This dish is originally from Tokyo and is also popular in…
“Karē” means translated curry and “raisu” means rice and is originally introduced by the Englishman. It is among one of my favorite Japanese dishes, because I like curry really much. This curry recipe you can also process in other Japanese food such as Katsu Karē, Karē Ramen, Karē Pan, etc.…
Recently, I had already posted you about the delicious curry recipe for Karē Raisu. Now I have another option for you, what you can do with leftover or too much cooked curry. Today’s recipe is called Yaki Karē, which translated means “baked curry”. It is a baked gratin of rice…
Okonomiyaki is a speciality of the Kansai region, but also in the rest of Japan is a very popular food. Okonomiyaki is traditionally cooked on a teppan. I also love to eat and prepare it more often, because it’s really easy to cook. Because of the variable ingredients it is…
I love anime movies. I like especially the films of Studio Ghibli. I have seen these films so many times, that I think I can it almost by heart 😉 My favorite character of all is and remains “Totoro”. But I think that many of you feel like me 😉…
Today there is once again a review about a Japanese sweets. It’s called Kikori no Kirikabu, which means “lumberjacks stump” and is by the Japanese confectionery manufacturer Bourbon. A friend was so nice and brought for me some sweets from the Japanese grocery store Katagiri in New York. Here I…
In the mood of a traditional bento lunch today, I packed a sakura theme bento. Since I can’t bring actual cherry blossoms to me from Japan, I decided to make myself a sakura bento instead. Heh. I love the pink color theme in this bento. I made two onigiri rice…
I made numerous Tsum Tsum bento / foodart / sushi etc, that I have already lost count. Many of them have been posted on my Instagram, at least for the last 3 months or so after my leg injury. Here is a brand new post on Mermaid Tsum Tsum Bento! I…
A Japanese bento for lunch – I love washoku (Japanese cuisine)! Decided to make a non-character bento and instead prepare a traditional style bento. This is also the first time I used my new transparant clear bento box – pretty awesome right? I bought them in Japan and shipped…
Been a crazy week at work and woke up late again this monring as I was up pretty late doing some admin work for my blog and bento engagements. Manager to pack myself a more traditional style Japanese bento. I hope you still like this bento. Today’s bento was packed…
This is one of those days where I just want a Japanese bento. Hands up to those who love Japanese omurice? Packed in the bento box is yummy prawns and vegetables fried rice. Topped with a soft fluffy egg omelette, squeezed on some tomato ketchup sauce, garnished with some parsley and…
Autumn Bento! I love Autumn! Must try to make a few more autumn bento before the next season comes! After my wonderful visit to Nikko for koyo (autumn leaves) viewing, read post here, I just had to make a autumn theme bento! See one of the many beautiful photos I…
Tsum Tsum Sushi Rolls! One of my new year resolutions is to give my blog greater attention and more love. After my leg injury last year, it has been rather difficult getting back my mojo to blog regularly – an affair that I used to do almost daily. So starting today,…
It took me such a long time to choose these 14 bento creations for this Favourite Bentos of 2014 post. It was so hard for me to choose cause there were so many others that I personally liked a lot or found really interesting. To wrap up 2014, here is…
Miniature Bento. Real edible miniature food! I think the miniature food trend has been really popular in the last 2 years. I tried a few myself and also posted videos on my Instagram. What is it like making miniature food? I have to admit that it is quite a unique…
A special Sanrio Temari Sushi Bento. So happy that my bento idea worked! Aren’t these Sanrio temarizushi cute! heheheh. I had wanted to make some kawaii character temari sushi (or temarizushi). Temari means thread balls, and temarizushi simply means making small ball-shaped sushi. These temarizushi are usually served during happy occasions…
