Hand on heart, this is the easiest, quickest way to make a delicious dish of pasta that I know. The dish features that delicious Oba, smoked

I was watching a commercial on tv the other day - Weight Watchers, maybe - I don't recall exactly. In the commercial, a woman is told she...

I don't think there is an easier way to get into making your own sushi than this recipe. You don't need to know how to fillet fish or...

As you probably know, the Japanese diet is quite well regarded as being high in vegetables, both raw and cooked. The Japanese prepare...

If you enjoy Japanese food, you might have heard of the name Onigirazu before. What is an Onigirazu? Basically, it is a parcel of rice...

Sukiyaki grade beef with other sukiyaki ingredients As a Japanese living in London, I am always struck by the big cultural difference in...

It's July, so I think we can agree (in the northern hemisphere at least) that salad days are here again. So here is an unusual but no...

On a hot summer day, a bowl of noodles might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of lunch or dinner. But did you...

Teriyaki sauce is, IMO, one of Japan's great contributions to world cooking. It's so versatile - you can use it on any meat, vegetables,...

Think "wasabi" and you might think that this delicious mustardy root is for sushi and sashimi and the story ends there. It's true that...

Every Japanese loves a korokke - Japan's take on the French croquette. Every food store in Japan sells them and mums in every kitchen...

My latest Japanese restaurant review took me to a place I've visited a couple of times before with friends - Machiya near London's Soho -...

If you use my recipe site regularly, you might have seen my recipe for Japanese Spaghetti Napolitan. The origin of the Japanese version...

I went to a restaurant not long ago - Machiya - in London's West End. One of the items on Machiya's menu was Kinokodon, which translates...

"Onigiri" - the humble riceball - is as old as rice cultivation itself in Japan and may just lay claim to being the world's original...

As you probably know, the venerable sandwich was invented a couple of centuries ago by an English aristocrat, the Earl of Sandwich. He...

If you are looking for possibly the easiest way to make a delicious meal out of a couple of pork loin steaks, you just found it! Japanese...

This has to be one of the simplest and tastiest chicken dishes ever. Five minutes of prep plus ten minutes of cooking and you have a...

This dish is deceptively simple. Three vegetables in a stir fry..yes, so far, so simple. Okay, so you get three of your five-a-day...

They say that true love is hard to find. But when it comes to food, it isn't really so hard, is it? Take, for example, the time when you...