A recent trip into central London took me to what might just be the world's largest chain of curry houses - CoCo Ichibanya. I wasn't...

Chinjao Rosu, like Gyoza and Ma Po"s Tofu is a Chinese origin dish which is so ingrained now in Japanese food culture that many Japanese...

Take a look at the menu in any Japanese yakitori restaurant and you will be bound to see "Tsukune" on sale. "So what exactly is a...

Most people probably don't associate curry with the Japanese but a recent food survey in Japan suggested that curry and rice is the...

Here's my latest easy fusion creation. Fish Finger Musubi. I think I can safely claim to this dish being a Kurumicooks original - I...

If you read my recipe blog regularly, you probably know that I love aubergine. I think it is a much under rated vegetable here in the UK,...

A little while ago, I posted a review of what used to be London's sole okonomiyaki specialist restaurant; Abeno in Bloomsbury....

I wouldn't describe myself as a big meat eater but every now and again I do like to indulge in a good steak. One of my favourite ways of...

My latest recipe is a simple, healthy salad where Japanese daikon is the star turn. (Daikon translates simply as "big root" in English)...

I recently ate out at OKAN, a specialist okonomiyaki restaurant on London's Southbank. My co-diner ordered this dish - Freid Soy Lotus...

If you've read any of my Japanese restaurant reviews, you may have seen my reviews of London's two okonomiyaki specialists, Abeno and...

My most recent "tried and tested" Japanese restaurant visit took me to the foodie hub of Islington in North London. Islington has become...

SPAM ...hmmm... it conjures up all sorts of reactions, doesn't it? In the UK, SPAM or "luncheon meat" as it also used to be called, was a...

I am a big fan of cod. It's known in Japan as tara although it doesn't possess the symbolic status in there that it has in the UK. Cod...

Hand on heart - this is currently my favourite family curry. It's a perfect winter curry dish and although a little more time consuming...

Ma Po's Aubergine

My most recent eat out experience took me back to one of my favourite London places - Soho. I never need an excuse to go there but as I...

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...

I am sure I am not alone in being very, very partial to Gyoza. (AKA Chinese dumplings, AKA Potstickers.) I probably eat gyoza at least...

Christmas will be with us soon so I hope all my readers have a throughly enjoyable time after such a difficult year. I enjoy all the...