In Side Dish/ Vegetable Okra Salad Recipe Okra is not just for Gumbo! We eat okra in Japan, too. It is actually a very popular vegetable in summer time there. Okra… Continue Reading →
In Main Dish/ Seafood/ Vegetable/ Video Tempura Recipe Tempura is one of the most famous Japanese foods outside Japan. It is battered and deep fried seafood and vegetables. Tempura can be as… Continue Reading →
In Appetizer/ Side Dish/ Vegetable Asparagus Ohitashi Recipe Making ohitashi is a great way to eat spring vegetables. Although spinach is the most popular, you can make ohitashi with any sort of… Continue Reading →
In Seafood/ Side Dish/ Vegetable Tuna-jaga Recipe Tuna-jaga is a variation of Nikujaga, but instead of beef and all the usual other vegetables, here it’s just a can of tuna and… Continue Reading →
In Beef/ Ground Meat/ Main Dish/ Vegetable/ Video Potato Korokke (croquette) Recipe Korokke are potato cakes coated with panko and deep fried. Korokke is a food people of all ages love in Japan. Well, who wouldn’t… Continue Reading →
In Side Dish/ Tofu/ Vegetable/ Video Shira-ae (Mashed Tofu Salad) Recipe Shira-ae is a vegetable side dish mixed with mashed Tofu. It is a little different from regular salad since there is no dressing like… Continue Reading →
In Chicken/ Main Dish/ Seafood/ Tofu/ Vegetable/ Video Mizutaki Recipe Mizutaki (水炊き) is a kind of hot pot dish (called Nabemono or simply Nabe) in which fish or other kinds of meat and vegetables… Continue Reading →
In Beef/ Main Dish/ Tofu/ Vegetable/ Video Sukiyaki Recipe Sukiyaki is one of the most popular hot pot dishes in Japan. It has a sweet and salty flavor a little bit like teriyaki… Continue Reading →
In Beef/ Main Dish/ Vegetable/ Video Nikujaga (meat and potato stew) Recipe Nikujaga is literally meat (niku) and potatoes (jagaimo) in Japanese. It is a stewed dish seasoned with mainly soy sauce and sugar. It is… Continue Reading →
In Appetizer/ Vegetable/ Video Green Beans with Sesame Sauce Recipe Green Beans with sesame sauce (ingen no goma-ae, 胡麻和え) make a very nice small dish when you need a little something more for dinner. … Continue Reading →
