The most famous Japanese chili oil with crunchy fried garlic
When it comes to new types of Japanese seasonings and condiments for steamed white rice, it can be said that Taberu Rayu (食べるラー油) is a pioneer of such products. Taberu Rayu is known as...
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Best Ume plum paste product used as seasoning for various foods
Umeboshi (梅干し) is a traditional Japanese food known as pickled Ume plums. The pickled Ume plum is generally so salty and sour that we Japanese usually eat the food along with boiled white rice....
How to keep Soy Sauce, Miso, Mirin, Ponzu Sauce fresh for a long time
Today Japanese seasonings, such as Soy sauce, Miso soybean paste, Mirin sweet cooking rice wine, and Ponzu sauce, have come to be used for cooking in the world. But aren’t you unsure of how...
The difference between Nama Shoyu and Shoyu (common soy sauce)
A kind of Japanese soy sauce called Nama Shoyu (生醤油) became a big hit a few years ago in Japan. As you may know, the Japanese word, ‘Shoyu (醤油)’, means ‘soy sauce’.On the other...
How to use Shio Kombu (Japanese salted kelp)
Seaweed is commonly used for cooking in Japan. Especially,we Japanese use soup stock made from Kombu seaweed, or kelp, for various Japanese dishes, including hot-pot dishes and noodles soups. Apart from the use as...
Plain yogurt can make cheap Miso soybean paste much tastier
Boiled white rice and Miso soup are comfort foods to us Japanese. As the soup name indicates,Miso soup is made by dissolving Miso soybean paste in soup stock. Most of us eat Miso soup...
Shichimi Togarashi from Yawataya Isogoro,a famous spice shop in Nagano
I live in Niigata Prefecture that adjoins Nagano Pref. So some supermarkets in the city where I live handle specialty foods of Nagano. Actually,I went to a supermarket near my house to buy foodstuffs...
The 3 easy ways to make tasty Japanese-style Wafu Steak Sauce
Have you ever eaten or heard of Wafu beef steak? Though the word,’Wafu (和風)’ literally means Japanese-style,what does the Wafu come from? It especially comes from sauce,condiment and topping by which the Japanese-style beef...
