After our first hanami 花見, we were expecting bad weather and rain.  However,  luckily, we had a second nice day of hanami and I made anothe...

Because it got warm quickly, three of our cherry trees blossomed one after the other. The first one is dropping petals already, our main tre...

Good tofu is difficult come by here.  There was a Kyoto-based tofu maker called “ Kyozen-an ” 京善庵 which used to produce good quality tofu w...

It is the season for “ Hiyaoroshi ひやおろし” or “Akiagari 秋上がり” sake. As I mentioned in the previous post , this type of sake is bottled in the...

I was trying to use up a kabocha カボチャ we got recently from Weee. Then, I saw this recipe on Youtube . It was named poetically as “golden gri...

We like mushrooms. Our favorite is shiitake. Maitake 舞茸 or hen-of-the-woods is also great. Although it may not be one of our absolute favori...

My wife is partial to spinach soufflé. Previously I made it the  traditional way  by separating the egg yolks and whites. Then making a béch...

This is on the theme of “ stir-fried tomato and egg ”. We also added fresh wood ear mushroom  which made the crunchiness of wood ear quite a...

My wife ordered some small appetizers from Harry and David. We were already going to order dried fruit medley from them to make fruit cakes ...

I made this dish for lunch one day from what we had on hand and what we need to finish before it went bad. I just winged it without any part...

This is another version of multiple small appetizers dishes. I used the divided plate with space for 9 dishes. But I had more than nine to s...

This is another installment of 9 appetizers served on 9 divided plate . There are a few repeats but no store-bought items.  Among these 9 it...

When we order broccoli using our grocery home delivery service, we usually get three giant heads (see picture below). It is not possible to ...

“Udon” うどん are thick Japanese noodles made from wheat flour, salt and water. I’ve  posted many udon dishes  over the years. We usually use d...

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 ...

This is continuation of the duck eggs we got from Weee . Since we do not want to worry about a potential Salmonella problem, I pasteurized t...

While I was browsing Weee Asian grocery website , I noticed that in addition to the  quail eggs  which we like to get regularly, they also h...