It doesn't need to be a baking hot summer's day to enjoy a kanten dessert like my berry fruit kanten cups. If you haven't come across...

Here's my latest onigirazu recipe for an easy to make lunch, lunch box, picnic or anytime pick-me-up. This one is filled with one hard...

Whenever my sons visited Japan when they were children, this was the first thing they wanted to eat on arrival - Okonomiyaki. Of course,...

if i ever go back to live in japan, one thing i shall surely miss from my life in the uk is the cheese. you see, japan doesn't really do...

here's my latest vegetable Japanese curry recipe. I used the hot version of "Golden" vegetable curry cubes for this dish. the vegetables...

My latest recipe is korea's favourite pancake - the pajeon (pa = spring onion, jeon = pancake.) At its most basic, the pajeon is a...

i need to get this out of my system. Why do search engines not allow an apostrophe? It's sooo annoying. Why do I ask? Well, so many...

If you read my blog, you'll know by now that I am a big fan of onigirazu - rice and nori wraps that you can make in 10 mins and eat for...

My recipe this week is a Japanese classic - Gyudon - which translates rather simply as "beef bowl". I'll be the first to admit that...

I can't think of a more popular Japanese food at the moment than curry. The thing with a Japanese curry is that you have to "get it" -...

My elder son is living and working in Tokyo at the moment and he sent me this recipe which has become his "go to" regular salad. It's...

Are you a sushi lover? Or does the thought of raw fish make you feel a little queasy? (I hope its the former not the latter!) But if...

I'm quite partial to a Japanese potato croquette now and again - they remind me of my childhood in Japan, so they're a little trip down...

Traditional japanese stock is called "dashi" which translates as "drawn out liquid" . Dashi uses combinations of fish and vegetable...

Japanese rice doesn't have to be a sidekick dish - mixed with flavourings and vegetables, it can be a one pot show stopper all by itself...

How so? you might be thinking. After all, chopsticks are just something you eat with, no? Well, no, to the Japanese, chopsticks (or...

Steamed tea cup is a literal translation for what the Japanese call "chawanmushi". (chawan = tea cup, mushi = steamed). I can't think of...

You might recall I sent you news of my first cooking class the other day. Well, here is the main meal that Penny, Frances and I made -...

Here's a Japanese recipe to put the humble but healthy cucumber on top of the taste chart - Wakame and Cucumber salad in a Japanese...

The Japanese love a curry. Or to be specific, the Japanese love a Japanese curry. In fact, the average Japanese gets through 70 dishes of...