Japanese pancake called “Okonomiyaki” is a typical home food, especially in west part of Japan. Current style of okonomiyaki is since after world war 2. So it doesn’t have long history, but the origin seems to be before the war. “Okonomiyaki” contains two words “Okonomi” and “Yaki.” “Okonomi” means favorite or as you like, and […]
Katsudon is one of popular don (rice bowl) foods. The cooking method is almost same with Oyakodon (chicken and egg rice bowl), but main ingredient is “Tonkatsu (Japanese pork cutlet) ” instead of chicken. Who developed this food is not clear, there are some stories. But it seems to be eaten since 1921, because one […]
I don’t know who developed this recipe. So it may not be a Japanese food. But when I was a child, my mother sometimes cooked. Recently, I found same recipes on a Japanese recipe site. So it seems to be one of popular foods in Japan. I have heard the reason why boiling with black […]
Dumpling (Gyoza) is originally Chinese food and also very popular in Japan as same as Ramen (Chinese noodle). I heard that in China usually dumplings are served as boiled, but in Japan baked style is popular. I like boiled dumplings and having it with ponzu, a sauce which mixes soy sauce, broth and some Japanese […]
I had a “Buta-Don” for lunch. “Buta” means pork and “Don” means bowl. “Don” foods are very popular in Japan and there are many types. It places cooked meat or fish such as beef, chicken, tempra, sashimi fish etc. on top of rice in bowl. Buta-don seems to be originated in Hokkaido area (northern part […]
