Beef Roll Up with Vegetables is pan-fried beef that is rolled up with vegetables inside. It is a great beef dish for dinner and also stays tasty cold in the lunch box.
When we cook beef in Japan, even though many of us like steaks and hamburgers just like in other countries, we most often use very thinly sliced...
Kamis, 24 November 2016
Kamis, 01 September 2016
Korokke, deep fried mashed vegetables with meat, is one of everyone’s favorite dish in Japan
Korokke, deep fried mashed vegetables with meat, is one of everyone’s favorite dish in Japan. My family loves it, too. Korokke is usually made with mashed potatoes and ground beef, but today I substituted potatoes with Kabocha (Japanese pumpkin.) Kabocha is naturally very sweet and soft when steamed, and...
Rabu, 24 Agustus 2016
Yakitori could be a dish at your dinner table
Yakitori is grilled skewered chicken dipped in a Teriyaki-like sauce. It is a very popular appetizer at Yakitori bars and other bar-type restaurants in Japan.
Yakitori could be a dish at your dinner table, but it is more like the food you eat with drinks at bars. A lot of Yakitori bars grill their chicken...
Kamis, 02 Juni 2016
Kinpira Gobo is braised burdock root and carrot in a sweet and salty sauce
Kinpira Gobo is braised burdock root and carrot in a sweet and salty sauce. This is another mom’s home cooking kind of dish rather than restaurant food. The name Kinpira comes from legendary muscleman, and that shows how nutritious the dish really is. Kinpira Gobo is a great side dish you can make ahead....
Kamis, 26 Mei 2016
Hijiki No Nimono
Hijiki No Nimono is another home-cooking Japanese dish for everyday meals. It is seasoned strongly so that it lasts for a longer time and is ready to eat at any time. It is often found in bento boxes, and is a great side dish in meals any time of a day. Hijiki No Nimono is also one of the healthiest foods among...
Jumat, 06 Mei 2016
Teppanyaki is well known in the US because of famous chain restaurants
Teppanyaki is grilled meat and vegetables prepared on a flat Teppanyaki iron grill. The meat used in this dish is usually beef although not exclusively, and it is similar to or sometimes interchangeable with Yakiniku, grilled beef often cooked on a slotted grill. Most often Teppanyaki is eaten with a garlicky spicy dipping...
Minggu, 14 Februari 2016
Kakigori is shaved ice with flavored syrup
Kakigori is shaved ice with flavored syrup. It is very popular during the hot and humid summer in Japan, and there are a lot of pop up Kakigori stores appearing in the season.
Although you can get shaved ice here too, usually as a snow cone in the US, Kakigori is very different from that. Snow cones often...
