Okayu is Japanese rice porridge. It is often eaten when people are not feeling well. It has a very mild taste and it’s easy to digest, making it a perfect food when you don’t have much of an appetite. Okayu is also eaten for breakfast sometimes. For example, some hotel restaurants there serve Okayu in a breakfast buffet.
Tenmusu are Onigiri rice balls with shrimp Tempura as a filling. Onigiri is rice shaped by pressing firmly in your hands and forming into a ball or triangle,…
Hayashi Rice is Japanese beef stew poured over Steamed Rice. Hayashi sauce has distinct flavors of demi-glace brown sauce and red wine. It has…
Katsudon is Tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) and eggs cooked in a sweet and salty broth and placed over rice. Don (donburi) means a bowl, and…
Takikomi Gohan is seasoned steamed rice with meat and vegetables. It’s also called Gomoku Gohan (5 ingredients rice). Takikomi Gohan is great freshly cooked for…
Barazushi is a kind of sushi with a lot of vegetables mixed in. Bara means “scattered,” describing here that vegetables are mixed into the…
Genmai, or brown rice, is of course the healthier choice than its white counterpart, however not everyone likes it. Few people dislike regular rice,…
Tekka Don is a rice bowl with marinated tuna Sashimi on top. It is an extremely easy dish to make if you have good…
Ochazuke is usually rice in green tea with some salty toppings or pickled vegetables. It is very simple food that involves hardly any cooking. …