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"Shio momi" Cabbage & Kelp salad.

Here's a really tasty way to enjoy cabbage....hello, are you still with me? Yes, cabbage. I know a lot of people associate cabbage with a...

Ebi Fry.

Here's one of Japan's favourite deep fried foods - ebi fry (pronounced "ebi furai" in the local tongue) - king prawns deep fried in...

Squid spaghetti with Ishiri sauce.

Here's a recipe I've made using my new kitchen friend, Ishiri sauce (if you haven't done so already, you can check it out on Youtube at...

Pan fried Cod with Ishiri & Lemon sauce.

If you checked out my latest Youtube tutorial on interesting Japanese foods, you'll know that I recently started using an unusual...

Teriyaki Salmon skewers.

I hope you checked out my "easy teriyaki sauce" post last week - it's a quick way to make a yummy teriyaki sauce without any of the...

Fried Mackerel with Rocket & Onion.

How may times have you been to eat out and ordered something that left you thinking, "I think I'll try to make that myself." Here's a...

My Sesame coated Salmon Fillets.

This week's recipe features fillets of salmon marinated in soy sauce & mirin then wrapped in a sesame coating. This is a combination that...

A little TLC anyone?

I hope you all had a great Christmas and saw 2020 in with lots of good things to eat and drink. If, like me, you ate more than you...

Marinated Turnip & Smoked Salmon.

We're approaching the end of January and for anyone out there on a diet or a detox, here's another healthy, light dish for you to try -...

Miso Udon Hotpot.

I've posted a number of New Year's resolution style, light and healthy veggie dishes in recent weeks but here's something different for...

Tendon with Prawns.

The Japanese have a love of abbreviations and so it is with this dish - "tendon" is the short form of "tempura donburi", meaning "tempura...

"Sappari suru" Turnip & Smoked Salmon.

Have you ever come across the Japanese term, "sappari suru"? It means "refreshing" or "cleansing" as in when you come home after a hot...

Cod Fillet Tendon.

Here's a recipe that you could call, with just a little stretch of the imagination, "Japanese fish and Chips". You get a fillet of cod...

Tuna Ochazuke in Minutes.

Ochazuke may just be Japan's oldest dish. I blogged about instant ochazuke recently and that reminded me that I should publish some more...

Salmon & Tuna Poke bowl

Poke dishes are on a roll at the moment, aren't they? Unlike pokémon, poke bowls didn't originate in Japan but from Hawaii, where...

Chinese style Seafood Chukadon.

i posted a recipe for Chinese style chicken chukadon earlier in the year and as it was well received, I thought I'd create another...

Chirashi Sushi made easy.

You might remember I posted a Japanese style poke bowl recipe a little time back. Here is what I would call a close cousin to the poke...

Japanese salt baked Salmon.

Baking food in salt (often but not exclusively fish) has a long history in Japan. Apparently, it goes back several hundred years to the...

My Miso Salmon Poke bowl.

Poke bowl dishes are a bit of a think these days, aren't they? As I've said before on my blog, the origins of the poke bowl are a lot...

Ishikari Salmon & Miso stew.

Here's a winter fish hotpot (or nabe in Japanese) recipe from Japan's northernmost island, Hokkaido. This is a traditional Japanese meal...

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