Instant Cup Oshiruko Soup with Mochi from Imuraya
One of the Oshogatsu (お正月: Japanese new year) traditions is eating Mochi (餅: plain white rice cake), and at this time of the year, you can see various Mochi products in stores. Instant cup...
Category: Soups
Nagatanien Ramen Chazuke: Ochazuke Soup Base
Nagatanien (永谷園) is a Japanese food maker whose main products are Ochazuke Nori and Furikake, which are essential to our meals. Those rice seasonings have been evolving year by year, and the other day,...
Kaga Hanafu-Wan: Osumashi Soup Base in Wafers
At the Omiyage fair, with Sendai Zunda Mochi and Hagi no Tsuki, one more thing called Hanafuwan (花麩椀) aroused my curiosity, and I picked it up in the end. Hanafuwan is an edible souvenir...
Omochi Soup: Instant Ozoni from Maruchan
Happy New Year, Everyone. 2022 Has Come! I celebrated the new year with instant Toshikoshi Soba, and I had a homemade Ozoni soup for breakfast on the first day of the year. As you...
O-Shiruko: I Tried Making Red Bean Soup using Coffee
The other day, an online news article on a traditional Japanese winter dish called “O-shiruko (お汁粉)” caught my attention because the recipe introduced there sounded interesting. The Azuki red bean soup used black coffee...
Kaichu Shiruko: Wagashi Instant Monaka Oshiruko Soup
As you may know, “Shiruko (しるこ, 汁粉)” or Oshiruko is a traditional Japanese red bean soup often eaten in the winter season with toasted Mochi rice cakes. But with this “Kaichu Shiruko (懐中しるこ: Pocket...
The Difference: Asari vs. Shijimi clams
Often used in miso soup and widely enjoyed in households, Asari (アサリ) and Shijimi (シジミ) are both clams that are very familiar to Japanese people. That is why many of us can instantly tell...
Maruchan Instant Wonton Soup Classic Soy Sauce Flavor
In countries other than Japan, the representative flavor of Maruchan’s instant wonton soup seems to be chicken, but it is the Shoyu (しょうゆ) or soy sauce flavor that is most familiar to us Japanese....
