We used to grow garlic chives or “nira” ニラ in our herb garden but it failed in two ways: 1) the garlic chives were very fibrous except when ...

This is my third attempt at making “ shumai ” 焼売 dumplings.  In the previous 2 attempts the dumplings fell apart when I cooked them and I en...

Like the last year, we put the New Year’s decoration including “Kagami-mochi” 鏡餅 and dragon or “tatsu 辰” zodiac figurines shown in the pictu...

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...

This is on the theme of multiple small “otoshi” appetizers. Previously we used a  5 segmented plate to serve 5 appetizers.  A few days ago, ...

This an impromptu stir fry of udon noodles or “Yaki-udon” 焼きうどん I made for a lunch one day since we had cooked udon noodles. We did not have...

We really like  crab cake s and make them every-now-and-then.  We bought an 8oz container of pasteurized lump crab meat some time ago and de...

This is not a new dish just a variation on an established one but the variation came out rather nicely. Since we received fresh wood ear and...

This is another variation of Japanese potato croquette . I have already posted quite a few variations on this potato theme previously. I got...

It is morning of the first day of 2023. The past year was marked by many events; not the least of which is the still lingering COVID-19. In ...

We have been taking out omakase sushi and sashimi 刺身と寿司おまかせ from Tako Grill since March of 2020 after it closed for dining-in. I have poste...

I have posted quite a few tempura dishes . But I have  not made tempura for a long time. My wife wanted to have chicken kara-age 唐揚げ and I ...

 My wife found 4 frozen good-sized shell-on shrimp from Great Alaska Seafood, lonely and tucked hidden under a number of other items in the ...

 This is an impromptu dish I made one weekend for lunch. We bought a bottle of carrot juice sometime ago with the intension of making the ca...

This is our effort to clear up some frozen seafood inventory that has been in our freezer “long enough”. Among the items in danger of exceed...