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About salmon with Japanese tartar sauce Salmon with Japanese tartar sauce is salmon seasoned with teriyaki-style sauce and served with tartar sauce. The recipe I share with you this time is a popular dish of my family. The teriyaki-style sauce contains vinegar. However, since it is boiled until it becomes syrupy, …
About Japanese bacon spinach spaghetti This time I will write about Japanese bacon spinach spaghetti. It’s easy and delicious, so I make it quite often when fresh spinach is available. It doesn’t contain any special ingredients, but it’s very tasty. As you can prepare it in a short time, I make it when …
About Japanese corn rice Japanese corn rice is one of the popular rice dishes in summer. It is simple to make, but surprisingly delicious. You can enjoy the crispy texture and sweetness of corn. When fresh corn is available, it is time to make corn rice. The …
About Japanese sesame salad – Goma ae Japanese sesame salad – Goma ae is a very common vegetable side dish in Japan. I make it often because it’s so easy and quick to make and delicious. Also it is convenient since you can make it immediately when you want …
About Japanese hamburger steak This post is about Japanese hamburger steak. As you can imagine hamburger steak is very poplular in many countries, it is also quite popular in Japan. You can enjoy it both at home and at Yōshoku (Japanese style Western food) restaurants. Yōshoku is very unique. It is a Japanese-style arrangement of famous Western dishes. I’ll …
About Japanese mochi ice cream Japanese mochi ice cream is a frozen dessert made by stuffing ice cream in a soft mochi (rice cake). The combination of soft mochi and rich ice cream is excellent. It is famous in Japan as “Yukimi Daifuku”. A food company called Lotte …
About Japanese lotus root dish This time, I will write about a Japanese lotus root dish called “Kinpira Renkon”. “Renkon” is lotus root in Japanese. “kinpira” is a cooking method in which vegetables are fried and seasoned with soy sauce, mirin, sake and/or sugar. In Japan people use commonly root …
What is raindrop cake “Mizu shingen mochi”? Raindrop cake is a dessert made from water and agar served with brown sugar syrup (kuromitsu) and soybean flour (kinako). It seems that it got its name because it resembles a water drop. “Mizu shingen mochi” is the Japanese name for raindrop …
About Yaki udon – stir fried noodles Yaki udon is a Japanese stir fried dish with udon (thick white noodles), meat and vegetables. It’s so easy and fast that it’s a convenient dish when you don’t have time. If you have a stock of frozen udon noodles …
About steamed cake with soy sauce This is a super simple steamed cake with subtle soy sauce flavor that can be made with one bowl. You can make batter just by adding the ingredients in order and mixing. The cake has a fine crumb and the texture …