Despite the best efforts of the British summer, my crop of shiso has really did me proud in 2021. I had several pots of the stuff growing...

Here's the Yakitori sauce recipe that I used for my Yakitori recipe. It's dead easy to make (not to mention much cheaper than buying a...

You may have seen this recipe already on my blog with my Japanese Steak salad and Onion sauce dish. I am posting it separately as well...

I don't know about you but I love tahini - that lovely thick paste made from ground sesame seeds. The Japanese use sesame quite a lot in...

Every now and again, I come across a Japanese ingredient that I haven't tried before. It happened the other day when I was in my local ...

I am a big fan of combining Japanese ingredients with foods from other cultures. So the other day, I tried out a new sauce combining...

I'm in Japan at the moment visiting friends and family. Before I left, I developed a really nice Miso Tahini sauce which I thought would...

What could be more Japanese than teriyaki sauce, you ask? Well, a lot of things actually as teriyaki sauce isn't really Japanese at all...

The daikon (AKA white radish or mooli) is a much beloved vegetable in Japan - you'll find it featured in many classic Japanese woodblock...

So what exactly is a Hamburg steak? I hear you ask. The answer is very simple. Take away the bun from a hamburger and you're left...

For all you cod lovers out there, my good friend Yumiko Nikaido's latest recipe should get your vote - pan fried cod in a yuzu butter...

I think it's beyond dispute that we need to maintain our five-a-day veggie regime especially now we are enduring the dark, chilly days...