Display of Japanese sweets at Nippon-ya in San Francisco’s Japantown There are roughly two types of Japanese snacks. There is the loud, colorfully packaged stuff that is sold in consumer packaging. It is so shelf-stable that it’ll likely survive the current administration’s efforts to bring about a nuclear war. These…
As I mentioned in my “I’m back” post, I now live in a very remote area. What is more, I also live in a small town (less than 10,000 people). There are very few local markets and I can charitably say that local tastes match local political views; they are…
Natto is often considered to be the most unique and strange food experience when it comes to introducing Japanese cuisine to foreigners. It’s stinky, sticky, and reminds you of mucous. While as a singular food, natto may indeed be one of the strangest things you can eat in Japan, there…
Loading… Okonomiyaki is also known as “Japanese Pancake” or at times “Japanese Pizza”. This is the perfect recipe to gather your cabbage and bacon scraps, add flour, eggs and other ingredients, and whip up a whole new delicious dish. The tonkatsu sauce and Japanese mayonnaise drizzle are key to take…
My cookbook is available to buy on Amazon. I want to share one of the most popular recipes from my cookbook SALMON TERIYAKI. The homemade teriyaki sauce works really well with other meats too including steak and chicken. If you are vegetarian it works beautifully drizzled over steamed vegetables or…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Loading… Ikayaki is a popular, no frills Japanese street food which is usually served on sticks so that they can be eaten on the go and enjoyed with a cold beer. The squid is grilled until tender and drizzled with a combination of soy sauce and other Japanese condiments. …
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…
This is a yellowtail ( Japanese amberjack ) sashimi. Name of yellowtail in Japanese changes as it grows up.Actually, the name of the fish are diffirent with size.We usually call yellowtail “Buri” when it is more than 80cm long. Buri is oily and has rich taste.Especially, It is very oily…
The Japanese eat somen noodles a lot, especially in the summer time. If we have cold somen noodles for lunch, my mom usually makes this recipe for dinner. It’s very light and good as a side or even a midnight snack. Yield: 4 small bowls Time:…
Nippon-ya did a survey and this box of sweets was their most popular. I can see why that is the case if only based on the packaging. It has beautiful wrapping and wrappers. The fact that I even think about things like that shows just how much I became affected…
This is a very simple grilled chicken recipe. I often put it in my lunch box. It is also good for larger pieces of chicken on the BBQ! Yield: 2 servings Time: 20 minutes Ingredients 1/2 lb thigh chicken (chopped) 1/2 tsp garlic (ground) 1/2 tsp…
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This is a very common way to eat mochi. It is also called kinako (soy powder) mochi. This may be an unusual taste for the Western palate, but I’m confident its muted sweetness and unique texture will win you over. Yield: 5 mochi Time: 5 minutes…
Loading… The Japanese Potato Salad is part of the yōshoku cuisine, a style of Western influenced cooking developed in Japan. This salad may look like the original that inspired this recipe, but the flavours are undeniably Japanese. Try this semi-mashed umami rich potato salad, which derives its unique taste from…
