Kaisen Don is a Rice Bowl which some different Sashimi are placed on Sushi Rice. Normally, it’s served at Sushi restaurants and popular for lunch. If you find fresh raw fish and make sashimi or can buy sashimi and sushi rice, you have already done to make Kaisen Don. Above photo is using sashimi of […]
Now it’s October. The weather is getting cooler and leaves turn to yellow. It’s the scene of autumn in Japan. In autumn, we can enjoy many kind of harvest. Chestnut and Rice is one of them. These days, we can see the word “Shin-mai (Newlu harvested rice)” at stores. When I heard the word “Shin-mai,” […]
I sometimes find a Japanese word “Bento” on the web even it English site. It means lunch box and seems to be a international word such as “Karaoke” etc. Last week, I had a business trip by train (Shinkansen) to Hyogo prefecture where is next to Osaka. When I have a trip by train and […]
Negi Char Siu is a very simple food which stir Char Siu (roast pork) and Leek with oil. It is using Ra-yu (Chinese Chili Oil) and Sesame Oil, so it’s very spicy and a good snack for beer. I sometimes make this when I made Char Siu because I love beer! One of bad (or […]
Agedashi Tofu is a kind of Tempura which fries Tofu. But cooking method is a little different from regular Tempura. You may have found this at Japanese restaurants or Izakaya restaurants (Japanese casual restaurants). It’s one of Japanese home foods and is easy to cook, but I feel it is something sophisticated. As you can […]
Sashimi Konnyaku is a food to eat not cooked Konnyaku. The taste of Konnyaku is very light, so we usually put some Sumiso sauce which is combination of Rice Vinegar and Miso. Probably, readers of this blog may not know about Konnaku. According to Wikipedia, it is eaten only in Japan, China, Korea and Myanmar. […]
Sanma (Mackerel Pike) is a typical seasonal fish in fall in Japan. However it is served as sashimi, grilled with sea salt (Shio Yaki) is the most common and popular as a home food. Sanma comes from sea of Okhotsk and closes to Japan in fall. It means they come from north. So Hokkaido or […]
Now, it’s already mid of September. According to Japanese traditional calendar, fall has been come already more than one month ago. However it’s still hot these year due to probably global warming, it’s too much hot this year. I sometimes want to eat something cold and nutrient rich. Soba (Japanese Buckwheat) is one candidate. It’s […]
