Baguette by itself is obviously not Izakaya food but as more Western-style food is served in Izakaya, baguettes are often served (For e...

Marks's book has a Japanese style Clam pasta dish (p121). This is a much simpler version but the idea is the same. We are not sure h...

This is one of the rather classic home cooked or Izakaya dish. Pork "kaku-ni" 角煮 has an origin in China and reportedly came into ...

This another example of making-a-dish-from-whatever-we-have. We had a left over grilled chicken thigh with salt . I decided to make a small...

I promised to post "Umeshu" 梅酒 previously . After all, I named my blog "on wine and food" so it is appropriate to talk ...

Sliced duck breast with Ponzu sauce 鴨とネギのおろしポン酢 (Mark's book p145) Japanese consider scallion or "negi" 葱 and duck or "...

Spinach with creamy black sesame sauce ほうれん草のごま和え(Based on Mark's book p76) Spinatch with mustard soy sauce ほうれん草の芥子醤油 In general, ...