Beef Furikake Rice Seasoning: Tsukudani Shigureni
The other day when I went shopping at a supermarket, a Furikake (rice seasoning) product from Marumiya caught my eye and intrigued me. Because until then, I had never heard of the Furikake name,...
Category: Recipes
Umegayu: Okayu Rice Porridge with Umeboshi Plums
For today’s lunch, I bought 2 instant food products at a 7 Eleven convenience store. One is my favorite cup ramen from Nissin I introduced before in this article, Nissin Mouko Tanmen Nakamoto, while...
How to Make Japanese Oil Noodles with Taberu Rayu
When you hear Japanese oil noodles, you might think that the dish is greasy or oily. But what I introduce here, “Abura Soba (油そば)”, literally meaning “oil noodles” in Japanese, is not oily but...
Imo Karinto: Japanese Candied Sweet Potato Snack
Have you ever heard of “Karinto (かりんとう)”? Karinto is a Wagashi confection made from wheat flour dough deep-fried in oil and candied with brown sugar. The fried dough stick is regarded as a Dagashi...
Torokeru Cheese and Addicting “Akuma no Toast” Recipe
In many countries, cheese comes in many varieties and in Japan, there is a processed cheese product meant to be melted by heating, which is generally called “Torokeru Cheese (とろけるチーズ)”. Torokeru Cheese (とろけるチーズ) In...
Akuma Meshi & Akuma no Onigiri Devil’s Rice Recipes
A few years ago, a rice bowl dish called Akuma Meshi (悪魔めし) became a popular topic on Japanese social media. And based on the recipe, the convenience store chain Lawson developed an Onigiri rice...
Sasa Mochi with Sweet Kinako (Kinako Mochi Recipe)
As you may know, the traditional Japanese food, Mochi (餅), is a plain rice cake made of glutinous rice called Mochi Gome (餅米). Mochi is available in various forms, and the sweets made with...
How Japanese Teriyaki differs from Western’s
According to the article 照り焼き on Japanese Wikipedia, now, “Teriyaki (照り焼き, テリヤキ)” has become a popular dish in many countries. But it seems that those served outside of Japan are somewhat different from Japanese-style...
