No-Fold Gyoza are Gyoza dumplings with pork filling but without complicated folding. Usually, you seal the Gyoza skin to keep the filling neatly inside by making kind of troublesome pleats. But here, the filling is merely wrapped in the skin by rolling. Super easy! It may not look as pretty as the regular one, but…
Hiyayakko (冷奴) is a cold tofu salad with some toppings and soy sauce or ponzu. It is fresh and cold, and perfect for hot summer. Hiyayakko can be a great side dish or an appetizer to go with any Japanese meal throughout the year.
Mizutaki (水炊き) is a traditional Japanese hot pot dish (known as nabemono, or simply nabe) in which fish or other meats and a variety of vegetables are gently cooked in a lightly flavored—or often unseasoned—broth. The cooked ingredients are then dipped in tangy ponzu sauce just before eating. Mizutaki is typically prepared in a ceramic pot called a donabe,…