Matsukaze Yaki is a baked ground chicken dish with strong seasonings, and it is often used in Osechi Ryori, the Japanese New Year’s feast. Matsukaze Yaki is usually baked in a mold and cut into shapes like fans and squares, then the surface is decorated with poppy seeds. Matsukaze Yaki’s elegant look is perfect to celebrate the beginning of a year.
Pizzaman are steamed hot buns stuffed with “Italian” flavored filling. Just like Nikuman, they are often seen at Japanese convenience stores, or you could say they’re most likely only seen at convenience stores. Their cheesy and savory flavor is quite popular in Japan, especially among young students, and these hot treats are great in a cold season.
Kani Cream Korokke is another popular western-style Japanese dish that has been around for a long time. A mixture of creamy béchamel sauce and crab meat is coated with bread crumbs and deep-fried. Kani Cream Korokke is often found on a menu at Yoshokuya (western style Japanese food restaurant) as well as some grocery stores and delis in Japan. Although the cooking steps can be a little finicky, it is worthwhile to make this crunchy creamy morsel at home.
Curry Udon is hot Udon noodles in a curry soup and is one of the popular items on menus at Udon restaurants in Japan. These hearty noodles are loved by a lot of Japanese people even though it is not really like the more traditional clear Udon soup. From time to time, especially in colder months, everyone craves the warmth of rich and heavy flavors of Curry dishes, like Curry Rice and Curry Udon. Although making authentic Curry Udon is not as simple as just replacing rice with Udon, it is quite easy to make restaurant-style Curry Udon to serve at home.
Chicken wings called Tebasaki in Japan are one of the most popular items for bar menus as a snack or appetizer dish. Tebasaki is often seasoned and deep-fried or coated with sauce after being fried. Salty and greasy chicken wings always go perfectly with alcohol drinks. Broiled Chicken Wings is no exception either, only better. Our chicken wings are broiled in the oven instead of deep-fried, so they are healthier, and it is easier to clean up afterward since there is not a large amount of hot oil involved. The taste, however, is not compromised at all. Tebasaki flavored with sesame oil and garlic is very appetizing, and we guarantee that you’ll want to have more chicken and more drinks.
Sweet Potato Dessert is a simple baked sweet that uses sweet potatoes, sugar and butter. It is usually called just “Sweet Potato.” It has been around over 100 years in Japan, and, although it is a more old-fashioned dessert today, it is still a great homemade treat.
Mix Juice is another popular item from old fashioned cafes or Kissaten in Japan. Mix Juice is just blended fruit juice like smoothies, but it has been around way longer than today’s smoothies. The mixture of different kinds of fruits, common kinds such as banana, tangerine, and apple, with milk has a simple taste, but it has universal appeal to people.
Tuna and Corn Pizza is a popular type of pizza in Japan. It sounds strange to people outside Japan, but it is quite good, and it is definitely worth trying.
Miso Soup is one of the most important dishes in Japanese cuisine. It comes with every meal, every day, with meals using Steamed Rice as a main starch. Because we eat Miso Soup so often, we try to simplify the process of making it, and add more variations to it so that we don’t get tired of eating it. Everyday Miso Soup is Miso Soup for everyday living, combining Japanese tradition with cleaning up leftovers.
Taco Rice is a Mexican themed rice bowl dish that originated in Okinawa, a Japanese island far south of the rest of Japan. Although this is something they thought to be like the flavors of Mexico, its taste is very much altered to Japanese liking. Taco Rice does vaguely resemble Mexican food in terms of using ingredients like cooked ground beef, tomatoes and avocado, but other than that, it is not very Mexican at all. However, the dish became so popular in Okinawa that it is spreading out all over Japan, and now it can be seen in a lot of restaurants and cafes outside Okinawa.