About maternity center in Japan
I guess some of my readers live in Japan, so I’ll write about the maternity center (Josan-in) in Japan based on my experience and hope it would help for some people. In Japan, historically, women...
View ArticleAnko Recipe – How to make Japanese sweet bean paste
Anko paste is one of the basic ingredients for Japanese sweets. There’re similar sweet bean paste in the Asian countries, but there’re some differencies. My Chinese friend told me that they steam the...
View ArticleSakana no Soboro-don Recipe – How to make scrambled fish with rice bowl
Soboro -don means scrambled something with rice bowl. It’s typical home dish or bento dish, and we normally use ground pork instead of fish and vegetable (scrambled egg is always on top), but it’s also...
View ArticleHow to make Imo-Youkan – Japanese sweet potato cake Recipe
It’s my favorite sweets, Imo-Youkan. Normally, we don’t use Anko paste for the Imo-Youkan so you don’t need to add it always. And I make it as soft texture as I like, but please add more flour and agar...
View ArticleChakin-zushi Recipe – How to make Sushi wrapped in egg sheet
Last weekend, we invited our whole family to celebrate our son’s 100th day! I cooked a lot, for whole two days because it’s Japanese weaning ceremony which is held around 100th day. Chakin-zushi is...
View ArticleShiitake Dashi Recipe – How to make Japanese mushroom Dashi
For most of Japanese food, we usually use seafood soup stock based on dried kelp and bonito, but sometimes use mushroom (Shiitake) Dashi when we want to have some sweet flavor from Shiitake It’s faster...
View ArticleInari-zushi Recipe – How to make Sushi wrapped in fried Tofu
Ingredients: 4 sheets of Abura-age (pre-fried Tofu) (A) 1.5 Tablespoons of Sugar (A) 1.5 Tablespoons of soy sauce (A) 1.5 Tablespoons of Mirin (A) 300cc of Mushroom Dashi 1.5 cup of rice cooked (about...
View ArticleMatcha pound cake Recipe – How to make green tea cake
After I have a baby, I tend to make something quick This is perfect for your everyday snack because it takes only 10 mins to make and you need only one bowl! Ingredients ( 2 pieces of 18cm square...
View ArticleRakkyo Recipe – How to make pickled Japanese shallot
Do you know what’s “Rakkyo”? If you’ve ever lived in Japan and had Japanese curry, you should know this pickled shallot. It looks similer to shallot, but tastes different and we normally eat it only as...
View ArticleSuper easy, quick, delicious recipe – Sashimi with rice bowl
When you don’t have time, or you’re not in mood for cooking, please try this recipe. It’s my favorite but I even don’t know if I can call it as recipe, because it’s super simple and easy. Ingredients...
View ArticleKurumi- Miso Recipe – How to make Miso walnut paste
This is one of my most favorite preservetive food – Kurumi Miso. It’s sweet Miso sauce which is good as rice topping, or the sauce for cooked vegetable. Ingredients: 100g Roasted walnuts, chopped into...
View ArticlePre-fried Tofu with sweet Miso sauce
In the last entry, I shared walnut sweep Miso saucb recipe. This is one of my fav way to use the sauce Ingredients: 1 sheet of Abura-age 2 Tablespoons of Kurumi Miso (sweet walnuts miso sauce) 1 spring...
View ArticleSanma Gohan Recipe- How to make seasoned rice with Pacific saucy with...
Sanma season has come <3 We eat this fish probably every few days in last weeks.. Sometimes as Sashimi, or grilled simply, and today I used it for rice dish. Sanma (pacific saury) is very tasty...
View ArticleJapanese Tofu meat ball with Shiso Recipe
This recipe is for you when you’re busy! It takes about only 10-15 minutes in totall I love meat ball, but sometimes crave for something lighter, and I make it at such time! Ingredients (2 servings):...
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