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...

 This was a lunch we had one day. We had leftover frozen octopus rice or “Tako meshi” たこめし made from a kit we got from the  Rice factory . ...

I have posted many dishes using octopus which we got from different sources . We like octopus legs (boiled and frozen) from D’artagnan  and ...

I am fond of octopus and I’m always on the look out for a good and  reliable source. Our Japanese grocery store usually has it but I’m not g...

This is nothing new; just a continuation of frozen and boiled Spanish octopus from Great Alaska Seafood . This is a good example of how an o...

I have to admit that I really like octopus (tako) and am on a constant prowl to find places to get decent tako. I have gotten octopus from a...

 We have been getting Japanese rice from the New York Rice factory . It may be hard to believe (we our selves are somewhat incredulous) that...

 For New Year's eve, we started with this sashimi. I ordered Atlantic  tuna toro 鮪とろ, octopus leg 蛸, and ikura イクラ (all frozen) from Cat...

The year 2020 was a quite taxing year. We hope things will get better in 2021, although we are, by no means, out of woods. Because of Covid,...

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 &...

Whenever we get frozen sashimi salmon from Catalina offshore products , I have to come up with several ways to serve it since having it as o...