Recipes
Grilled Summer Vegetables and Mushroom Salad
Recently, I received my first crate of vegetables from a CSA farm share, so I made this tasty gorgeous salad. Below is the recipe. I used local chestnut
Trader Joe’s Japanese fried Rice
Trader Joe’s sells Japanese Fried Rice in the frozen section. Normally I am a bit skeptical about any American-made Japanese products, but I was surprised by this one.
Yaki Onigiri
Onigiri means rice ball, and yaki onigiri means grilled rice ball. All onigiri are very tasty and are considered a comfort food by most Japanese people. And, yaki
Zakkoku Mai 2
I have introduced zakkoku mai a while ago in this blog so please check the post if you don’t know what it is. Basically zakkoku means all the
Soy Marinated Egg Yolk
Here is a recipe for the simplest and the tastiest way of preparing egg yolks. Just put it in a small container, pour some soy sauce and let
Zakkoku Mai
Zakkoku means whole grains, and mai means rice in Japanese. In Japan, people really love to eat white rice, and it is a very important part of our
Watercress Salad with Wasabi Dressing
I had a nice salad similar to this at Masa Bar in New York City. It was a very simple salad, but I really enjoyed the wasabi dressing
Kabu no Senmai Zuke (Pickled Sliced Turnip)
Senmai means one thousand slices, and senmai zuke means thinly sliced pickles – not literally one thousand slices of pickles but many thin slices. Turnip and daikon radish
Soboro Bento
There are so many bento options in japan, but I have to say soboro bento is probably one of the most popular ones. I remember I was so
Soboro
Soboro is a cooking method in which minced ingredients such as ground meats, shrimp and eggs are cooked in a soy sauce based sauce until they absorb all
My everyday dashi recipe
This is my every day dashi recipe as a last thing here. If you want to know more about what dashi is, please check my other post “Dashi,
Story about Dashi, Japanese stock
If you just need an all-purpose dashi recipe for both vegetarian and non vegetarian, please click here. The general meaning of dashi is stock with “umami” or savory