Fresh water eel or “unagi 鰻” is a popular fish item in Japan and many restaurants specialize in eel dishes. At these specialized restaurants...

Whenever we do barbecue/roast in the Weber grill, we cook potatoes and parsnips with the meat. When we roasted pork last time, we ended up w...

Since the occasion called for it, I made a bento box which is something I rarely do. As usual, I used an adult sized two tier bento box . I ...

This is another inventory control dish. This time, frozen scallops and shell-on shrimp from “Great Alaska Seafood”. We had this as an ending...

This was the second  time we got fresh Japanese produce from Suzuki Farm. Last time, we got green yuzu or “ao-yuzu 青柚子” and made “yuzu miso ...

I got the idea for this salad of julienned vegetables from two separate sources. One was a segment on a food blog I follow about a tempura r...

As far as we are concerned the best way to enjoy the fresh Japanese cucumbers we got from Suzuki Farm (see picture), is to eat the chilled f...

Cold noodles especially cold ramen noodles or “ Hiyashi ramen 冷やしラーメン” and “Somen 素麺” are very popular summer lunches. Surprisingly I have ...

I would like to have fresh cucumbers (if available Japanese cucumber but American mini-cucumber is a great substitute). Usually American min...

This is another installment of 9 “otoshi” appetizers . I managed to fill all 9 spots with small dishes I made. Three fish dishes and 6 veget...

Firefly squid or “ hotaru-ika ” ホタルイカ is one of our favorites. Spring (April-June) is the season for it and we realized we have some from la...

Some days ago when we did our usual take-out sashimi and sushi from Tako Grill , I spotted a sake called “Ice Breaker”. I immediately recogn...

The other day while we were shopping at the near-by Whole Foods, my wife found a new item which is called “Teeny Tiny Cucumber” (picture #3)...

We really like the pickled daikon which I posted before. I am making it regularly. As I mentioned in the previous post, the marinade contai...

My wife got three relatively small Japanese sweet potatoes or “ Satsuma-imo ” さつまいも from Whole Foods.  She was vaguely thinking of making sw...

We got fresh wood ear mushrooms “Kikurage” 木耳 from Weee . In an effort make the mushroom last longer I go through several steps. I wash the ...

This year, we were fortunate enough not to miss having some fresh matsutake 松茸 offered by Oregon mushrooms  to celebrate the start of the fa...

Cold noodle dishes using somen 素麺, soba 蕎麦 and ramen noodle “Hiyashi chuka” 冷やし中華 or “ Hiyashi ramen ” 冷やしラーメン are common especially on hot ...

We started using quail eggs ウズラの卵 from fresh eggs that we boil rather than using canned ones since the quality is much better. We can get fr...

I am always on the look out for places where we can get good and specialized (especially Japanese) groceries. I have known about the on line...