This is the second version of nine small appetizers served on the nine space divided plate. Although it was not intentional it turned out th...

“Nishime” or “ Nitsuke ” 煮付け, 煮しめ is a type of traditional Japanese cooking method in which food items are simmered in seasoned broth. I hav...

Canned mackerel or “saba-kan” 鯖缶 is a very popular canned fish item in Japan and is readily available in the U.S. Upon inspection, of the ca...

We have been enjoying the items from the Sushi Taro osechi box. After indulging in a serving of wonderful dishes from the box which go perf...

Happy New Year 2022! The pandemic still persists with the Omicron variant making it debut and spreading so quickly just when we thought thin...

This is a sort of standard dish using squid. I made this dish using the half of the squid package from Vital Choice . I posted a similar dis...

I started going back to our Japanese grocery store agai n. The last time, I got a fairly good hamachi sashimi . This time, I hit the jack po...

We are getting fresh whole fish from Hmart which has a wider selection at lower prices than other grocery stores in the area. We particularl...

When it comes to what we eat and how we prepare it, we sometimes find ourselves in a rut. For example, almost every week I get a filet of sa...

Although I secretly aspire to come up with 6 appetizers to start a meal like we enjoyed at two special izakayas, " Suiko " 酔香 or &...

This is another frozen item forgotten in our freezer. My wife drew my attention to a package of frozen capelin or shishamo シシャモ. Although I...

Since I got maitake 舞茸 (hen of the woods) when I got matsutake 松茸 from Oregon mushrooms, this is the second dish I made from the maitake. T...