Initially, I thought I did not post this item.  Since a search of my blog did not yield anything. But it turns out I posted  this item many ...

We were served this dish at our friend's home while we were in Japan. It is a pork belly dish but quite different from my usual " K...

This was an on-the-fly recipe I came up with one evening. We had our usual frozen yellow fin tuna block thawed. Although I have made quite ...

This is a variation of what I posted some years ago . For some reason, our regular grocery store stopped carrying shiitake mushrooms.  So, ...

The purpose of this post is to show our new acquisitions from Japan. These items are from Kyoto. I served mackerel simmered in miso . T...

This is the second attempt at figs in sesame sauce. This time, I removed the skin and steamed them instead of grilling them. This one came o...

We usually do not go to expensive restaurants when we visit Japan. We end up in Izakayas or similar establishments. Only a few exceptions oc...