Are you familiar with the dish called “hamburg steak”? It sounds like a traditional German dish, but this is a good example of a Japan-style western dish^^. I guess…

Spring is right around the corner. Within a few weeks, we can view some cherry blossoms while having nice Japanese sweets with green tea outside. Today, I want to share…

Have you ever heard of “age-manju”?  Age (pronounced like [∧ge] ) means “fried”,  and manju is a “bun with sweet bean-paste filling”. Sometimes it’s sold at tourist places and people…

A cooking aid that has been popular among house wives lately is the black aluminum foil developed and manufactured by Toyo Aluminum. One side of the foil is coated with…

  Looks yummy (*^_^*). Today’s Japanese recipe from “Cooking With Dog” is buta no shoga-yaki (= pork sauté with ginger sauce). In Japan, buta no shoga-yaki is very popular regardless…

  Miyazaki prefecture-born nikumaki-onigiri, is a rice ball wrapped with thinly sliced meat, and has been very popular since a couple of years ago. It is a delicious fast food…

  Needles to say, pasta is a true Italian original. We Japanese love pasta, and there is a surprisingly large amount  of Italian restaurants in Japan. Today, I would like…

Using low-calorie mayonnaise, you can draw pictures on crepe-style fried egg!     This technique was shared in a Japanese recipe sharing website, COOKPAD.Recipe by みっこぶー   “Mayonnaise Imprint Technique…

I guess many people enjoyed the onigiri recipe from “Cooking with Dog” (^^)! So today, I would like to introduce another simple recipe for a Japanese dish. It’s called “agedashi tofu”….

One of the online videos that were talked about the most in Japan last year is “How to Make York Inside Out Boiled Egg.”     With this method, the…

You might have had many celebrations this past holiday season.  How many parties did you attend?  Did you enjoy them very much? Japanese people also throw many parties this time…