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 […]
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RSS feed for this sectionJapanese Grilled Mackerel Pike (Sanma Shio Yaki)
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 […]
Simmered Sardine with Umeboshi (Iwashi no Umeboshi Ni)
What is the most hard to eat Japanese food for you? Many foreigners may answer Natto or Umeboshi. I agree those answer because these two foods have very unique features. As you might knwo, Natto is fermented soy beans and has strong smell, Umeboshi is pickled plum and tastes very sour. Today, I would like […]
Eel-Unagi Rice Bowl (Unadon)
It’s July 22nd, 2013, today. This day is called “Doyou no Ushi.” We have a custom to eat Unagi (eel) at this day since Edo era (1603 – 1868). This custom is to hope that we can spend days on health even hot summer. The day of Doyou no Ushi is come to just before […]
Salmon Teriyaki (Sake noTeriyaki)
Actually, the season of Salmon is fall. But we can buy it because farming salmon are in the market all the year. One day, I wanted to eat something Teriyaki. However I know the salmon in fall is much better, I cannot find anything than salmon which is good for teriyaki at that day. I […]