Tekka Don vs. Maguro Don: Donburi Tuna Bowls
Donburi (どんぶり/丼), whose literal meaning is a bowl, is the Japanese word for rice bowl dish, usually abbreviated to Don (丼) when used in the dish’s name. When I think of Japanese seafood donburi...
Category: Rice bowl dishes
Natto Ochazuke: Easy Nutritious Recipe using Dried Natto
Originating from Japan, Natto (納豆) is a fermented soybean with a characteristic smell and slimy consistency, because of which many people can’t eat this soy food. Have you ever eaten the delicacy before? If...
Toge no Kamameshi: A Classic Ekiben Bento with History
Have you ever heard of bento boxed lunch being sold mainly at large train stations in Japan? It’s called “Ekiben (駅弁)“, and a large variety of Ekiben bento boxes, over a thousand! can be...
Chameshi: Green Tea Rice Recipe using Ito-En Oi Ocha
I wrote about Japan’s top-selling green tea PET bottle, Ito-En Oi Ocha (伊藤園 おーいお茶), in this article the other day. The Japanese green tea has a gentle, smooth taste and is very easy to drink. Besides,...
3 Easy Ways to Make Ochazuke Rice Soup
Some Japanese people like white rice steeped in miso soup, and like that, Ochazuke (お茶漬け) or Chazuke has long been a staple rice soup dish in Japan. For the unfamiliar, Ochazuke is a bowl...
