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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Pork pot roast and scallion salad 煮豚と葱のサラダ

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This is another variation of small dishes using nibuta/yakibuta  煮豚／焼豚. This is based on a recipe from Otsumami Yokocho page 33. To ...
Sunday, May 29, 2011

Sweet red bean and rice cake ぜんざい

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This is obviously not Izakaya food at all and is probably the ultimate antithesis of it. I never thought I would be making this dish. But ...
Friday, May 27, 2011

Hanger steak with port wine reduction and wasabi ハンガーステーキのポートワインバターソース山葵味

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This was a celebration of sorts. We started the evening with my crab cakes (made from all jumbo lump crab meat without any assertive seas...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Stewed "Kakuni" Pork belly, the 3rd time is the charm 豚の角煮、三度目の正直！

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As I mentioned, the new gourmet grocery store that recently opened near us has a much nicer meat section. To my delight, they had pork b...
Monday, May 23, 2011

Grilled branzini シーバスの焼き物

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A new gourmet grocery store opened a few weeks ago. It is actually within walking distance. The store has been extremely popular, creating...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Fried shishamo in sweet vinegar 揚げシシャモの甘酢漬け

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This is a variation of " nanban " 南蛮, which is deep fried fish or meat marinated in sweet vinegar with red (hot) pepper and vege...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Chicken wings simmered in soy sauce and vinegar 手羽の酢醤油煮

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This is another variation on the ever popular bar/Izakaya chicken wing dish . I bought a package of chicken wings that had six wings in it...