This is another variation of octopus carpaccio . In this iteration, instead of using balsamic vinegar I used  balsamic glaze which makes it ...

This year, two of our cherry trees (shown in the picture) kept their blossoms for several days, which gave us an opportunity to have multipl...

This is another presentation of small dishes (#1) I served one evening as starters. They are perfect little nibbles to go with sake. On the...

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...

Our source of quality sea urchins “ Maruhide ” 丸秀 has made some changes after the original founder’s daughter took over some time ago. I not...

This was the second dish we made using shad roe. Since we like “tarako” pasta  たらこパスタ (using Japanese udon うどんnoodle), we decide to try “sha...

I usually make this from “tarako” cod roe  たらこの煮付け. Since we got some shad roe, I figured the same recipe should work and tried it. I also a...

Although fish roe are very popular in Japan, it is not common in U.S.. Few exceptions are, of course caviar , bottargo , and shad roe . We p...

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...

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...

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...

This is on the theme of multiple small appetizers served in a multi- divided  plate. We got delivery of some Japanese vegetables which inclu...

Last year, we got “Hoshigaki” 干し柿 or dried persimmon from “ Japanese taste ”.  Since “kaki” 柿 persimmon is harvested in the fall and process...

We had a lunch yesterday of  mochi rice cake and cheese  焼きチーズ餅 and some side dishes. Today is the end of the first week of the new year cal...

So finally, we busted into the osechi box for the New Year’s day evening feast. Like we did before, I decided to use “ Tsugaru-muri ” 津軽塗り l...