Today, I would like to share a recipe for Japanese sweets called “shiratama dingo”. Shiratama literary means ‘white balls”, and dingo is a dumpling. Usually when you make shiratama…

  Oyakodon is one of my favorite among the Japanese rice bowl dishes! It’s quick and easy to make 🙂  “Oyako-don” literary means “parent and child rice bowl”. Does it sound…

  Today I would like to share a Japanese dish called ‘omu-rice’. Omu-rice is an omelet with a filling of seasoned fried rice w/tomato ketchup sauce. It is categorized as ‘yoshoku’, a Western-influenced Japanese cooking…

  [Check the Previous Story!]  Our blogger Mr. B purchased a ‘taiyaki’ iron, and his first mission (baking a regular taiyaki beautifully) was completed successfully. Now Mr. B comes up…

Have you ever heard of ‘taiyaki’ (literary means tai=sea bream/ yaki=baked)? Taiyaki is fish shaped Japanese casual cake with sweet red bean paste filling. We usually buy taiyaki at sweets…

  Today I would like to share a recipe for dorayaki from the popular Japanese culinary YouTube program, “Cooking with Dog”. As you may know, dorayaki is the absolute favorite sweet of…

  I would like to share the recipe for a simple and tasty Japanese dish called “ochazuke” (literary means ocha=tea / zuke= submerge). Ochazuke is steamed rice served in hot green tea…

About a week passed after the New Year started, and I assume working people must be back to their normal routine just like me. But some students may still be…

  “Namasu” is a Japanese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish, vegetables and fruits marinated in rice vinegar. It is usually eaten at celebratory events such as…

  As soon as Christmas time is over, Japanese people start preparing for the new year holiday. Today I would like to introduce “Ozouni”, a special, traditional Japanese dish for…

  In Hokkaido (Japan’s northernmost island) we have a local dish called “chan chan yaki”. It’s a Hokkaido fisherman’s hot pot full of fish (usually salmon, sometimes trout) and vegetables….