Eddo chips and roasted eddo
Have you heard of eddo (eddo) potatoes? It looks like small hairy potatoes which is closely related taro. We call it sato-imo in Japan and enjoy it especially in Winter …
Japanese B-kyu Gourmet Culture Trend
In last decade, there is a B-kyu gourmet culture trend in Japan. It is a food culture of people who want to find unique, but not yet widely known foods …
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 that they …
Honey Kinako Candy
This is very old fashioned candy that I grew up with. Many people in my generation might not even know or might not like it even they know, but I …
Grilled Miso Squid
This is very tasty way to prepare squid. It might be a little too salty to eat it by itself since this is meat to be served with rice just …
Persimmon Panna Cotta
I was lucky to grow up in a town where grew all my favorites fruits; Asian pears, figs, and persimmons. When I move to the US, they are not easily …
One Good Sake
Recently I had a very good sake which friends brought to dinner at my place. After I found out how special this sake was, I became to like it even …
Niku Miso
Niku Miso is grounded meat with miso flavor. This can be used as a sauce for pasta or rice, can be used as a dip or even as a spread. …
Grilled Abura-age
Abura-age (aburage, age) is a thinly sliced and deep fried tofu not confused with Atsu-age which is a deep fried whole tofu. When a thinly sliced tofu is deep fried, …
Kinako: Roasted Soy Bean Powder
Kinako is roasted soy bean powder (or roasted soy bean flour) that used in Japanese traditional dessert often. When you dry roast soy bean, it gives a very aromatic natty …
Japanese Grilled Soy Corn Millet Rice
A little bit burned soy sauce and butter is an amazing combination of flavor that Japanese people love to use in many different dishes especially for dishes have potatoes and …
Pickled Radish
Here is a simple pickle recipe that goes with any style of food. It is made with radish which is very easily obtained almost all year around. The color is …
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 happy to …
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 the seasonings …
Kona Dashi
I have already explained how important and essential dashi is to Japanese cooking in a previous blog post. The Quality of the one’s dashi will determine the quality of the …
My Everyday Dashi
In my previous post, I explained everything about Japanese stock, dashi. So now in this post I am going to talk about how I normally prepare my dashi. I make …
Story about dashi, Japanese stock
The general meaning of dashi is stock with “umami” or savory taste. Japanese use the word dashi not only for Japanese dashi but also any kind of tasty stock such …
Kinpira Gobo
Recently I introduced you to a “Kale Stem Kinpira” recipe, and I mentioned that the most traditional kinpira (a type of cooking method) is made with gobo (burdock root.) I …
Ponzu
The voyage had begun, and had begun happily with a soft blue sky, and a calm sea. “Ponzu” in its original meaning refers generally to all varieties of Japanese citrus …
Yaki Nasu (Grilled Eggplant with Ginger Soy Sauce)
Yaki Nasu translates to a grilled eggplant, but you really need to blacken it over direct heat or under a broiler just like how to prepare a roasted red pepper. …