I used yam to cook “okonomiyaki” last time, and still it remained. After consideration what I would cook…, I cooked “Isobeage” at this time. It is called isobeage that foods wrapped with seaweed and fried. “Isobe” means beach. Seaweed are there, so I think this style cooking called the name which has “isobe.” However tempura […]
Ohagi or Botamochi is a same food. Botamochi is served in spring, on the other hand, Ohagi is served in autumn. They are named after flower “Botan (peony)” and “Hagi (bush clover).” Today, it is March 20th when the day is middle of equinoctial week (Ohigan). We have ohigan week in spring and autumn every […]
Japanese chicken BBQ is called as “Yakitori.” If you have come to Japan, many of you had enjoyed it at “izakaya” restaurants where serving alcohol and foods (mostly Japanese foods). It is very popular foods and most restaurants serving it is not expensive. (But some “yakitori” restaurants are expensive.) Normally you can choose two different […]
When I eat something first time and feel it’s very delicious, I cannot forget that experience even it was in a child. Do you have similar experience? Spanish mackerel is one of my favorite fish. It is called as “Sawara” in Japanese. The kanji of sawara contains two characters “fish” and “spring.” Now spring is […]
Japan is surrounded by the sea, so we can enjoy various sea foods. Prawn or shrimp is a popular sea food and is used in many kind of foods like ebi fry (deep fried prwan), tempura, sushi, chawanmushi (Japanese egg custard) etc. The food of above photo is very simple one. It is grilled with […]
