A food blog with easy and tasty recipes
About marinated chicken and onion Marinated chicken and onion is a dish called “Nanbanzuke” in Japan. “Nanbanzuke” is a dish of fried meat or fish and flavorful vegetables soaked in a sweet and sour sauce. It has a light and refreshing taste. I prefer to make …
About Japanese spring roll – “Harumaki” This time is a recipe for Japanese spring roll – “Harumaki”. “Harumaki” is the Japanese name for spring roll. It is a literal translation, “Haru” means spring, and “Maki” means Rolling. In fact, spring rolls are a very common food …
About Chinese cabbage with ground meat dish Chinese cabbage with ground meat dish is a simple, easy-to-make, delicious and economical dish. Since the ingredients (Chinese cabbage / Napa cabbage, green onions, glass noodles, and minced meat) are inexpensive and easily available, I often use them. I season these with oyster …
About our favorite onion dressing Our favorite onion dressing is very easy to make, tasty and versatile. So I regularly make it at home. Dressings are often used in fresh vegetable salads, but you can use this onion dressing for meat dishes and hot vegetables as well. I particularly like to sprinkle …
About Japanese meat and potato stew – “Nikujaga” “Nikujaga” is Japanese for meat and potato stew. “Niku” refers to meat and “jaga” refers to potato. It is one of the typical home-cooking dishes in Japan. My mother used to make it, and I started making it as well. These days my daughter makes it, …
About spinach and egg gratin “Spinach and egg gratin” is a gratin with spinach, whole boiled eggs, white sauce (Bechamel sauce), and cheese. Although you can add more ingredients, I prefer to keep the ingredients simple and enjoy the deliciousness of the smooth creamy white sauce which you can easily make. I like spinach …
About Japanese pasta salad Japanese pasta salad is a salad of pasta, vegetables, ham, etc. mixed with mayonnaise-based sauce. It is a very common side dish in Japan. You can often see it together with Yoshoku dishes (Western dishes arranged in Japanese style), such as Hamburg steak, pork cutlet, fried fish etc. Besides, it …
About stuffed peppers – Asian style “Stuffed peppers – Asian style” are peppers stuffed with ground meat cooked in a frying pan and seasoned with an oyster sauce-based sauce. In Japan, peppers are green and small. However, in Europe, only colorful and big ones are available, so …
About fried root vegetable salad Fried root vegetable salad is a salad of root vegetables fried in oil and put together with leafy vegetables. Sliced and fried root vegetables (carrots, sweet potatoes, lotus roots, burdock roots, etc.) become crispy like vegetable chips. These add a different texture …
About Soba salad Soba salad is an easy and healthy salad with soba noodles. You may already know that soba is a thin Japanese noodle made from buckwheat. Soba is very common food in Japan and served either hot or cold. You can enjoy soba salad with your …