Regional name differences and variations of this and similar dishes and who invented this dish etc are quite complicated . In Hokkaido 北海道 w...

Hijiki  ひじき is one of the several "kaiso" 海藻 or sea vegetables (sounds better than "seaweed") which has been a part of ...

Well, I am, again, deviating from the Izakaya theme. This is a type of a Bistro cuisine but apparently some Japanese bars  serve this type o...

This is another quick dish and variation of a sauteed "Hanpen" fish cake . This time, I used butter instead of olive oil and s...

The Japanese eat anything which comes out from the sea and also like combining slimy food with slimy food (double slim or, sometimes, triple...

We harvested "aoume" 青梅 or unripe green plum last weekend for 2010 umeshu. Although I posted umeshu when I bottled the ...

When we had our  wine party/tasting, I made pizzas as a starter. They were a big hit but were eaten so fast we did not have a chance to tak...