Stir-Fried Eggplant Pork Miso Don is a fulfilling dish. Pork and eggplant are tender. The combination of Eggplant, Pork and Miso is great. Also I added Taberu Rayu which is fried garlic flakes with chili oil to this dish in order to have a stronger taste. “Eggplant” in English means

Takikomi Gohan is a very popular food, and especially eaten in fall in Japan. You can add and/or substitute fall ingredients like Kuri (Chestnuts) and/or Satsumaimo (Japanese purple sweet potato) instead. Some of you may be wondering what Takikomi Gohan is. Takikomi Gohan is Japanese seasoned rice with

Would you like to cook a super easy and tasty dish at home? If so, spicy stir-fried pork is for you. Pork has a tender texture. You can enjoy eating this dish with rice. This dish looks like a Chinese dish. However, I used a Yakiniku no tare (Japanese BBQ

Agedashi Tofu is a comfort food as well as a very popular food on the Izakaya (Japanese Pub) menu in Japan. I remembered that my mother made this dish a lot at home when I was in Japan. Agedashi Tofu is a tofu coated by Katakuriko (Potato Starch), deep-fried and

Sake Nori Bento is one of the traditional bentos in Japan. You would see it at convenience stores, Bento shops, grocery stores, department stores and so on. Bento is a meal which we can take-out and carry. Japanese people bring Bento as a lunch to schools, workplaces and so on.

Ichigo Daifuku is one of the most popular Japanese sweets (Wagashi, 和菓子 in Japanese) in Japan. The combination of Ichigo (Strawberry), Anko (Sweet red bean paste) and Daifuku (A small round Mochi) is so good. Sweet and a little sour flavors from Ichigo Daifuku would melt in your mouth. We

Japanese people cook stir-fried meat and vegetables a lot. You can substitute ham or bacon for sausage. Also you can use any leftover vegetables in your refrigerator. This dish is very easy to make. You can eat it with cooked rice and/or miso soup for breakfast or lunch as

“Harumaki” in Japanese means “spring roll” in English. Spring roll is very popular in Japan. Spring roll is originally from China. Egg roll is a Chinese American dish. Apparently, egg roll is similar to spring roll but these are different dishes. I thought I made spring rolls filled with shrimp

Some of you may have never heard of a burdock root before. “Gobo” in Japanese means “Burdock root” in English. Burdock root is a plant and native to Northern Asia and Europe. Japanese people often use the burdock root as food. Burdock root has been used as a medicine and

This Butter Soy Sauce Rosemary Steak is so easy to make using only a frying pan. It has a rosemary aroma, a sweet savory flavor, a very juicy, and a tender texture. Butter soy sauce flavor is very popular in Japan. We also have butter soy sauce flavored potato chips

Asian Style French Toast Sandwich is very easy to make and you can cook it on only a frying pan. It is not that sweet like a typical French Toast, but it’s so tasty. It is good to eat for breakfast or lunch. This sandwich would fulfill your stomach

“Tonjiru” is a kind of miso soup which is very famous in Japan. “Ton” means “pig” and/or “pork” in Japanese. “Jiru (Shiru)” means “soup” in Japanese. My mother often made this soup when I was in Japan. Each region and/or family has different recipes and ingredients. It has

Ebi Pilaf is a common food in Japan. Especially, we eat Ebi Pilaf for lunch. When I was an elementary school student, I had this dish as school lunch. “Ebi” means “Shrimp” in Japanese. “Pilaf” is originally from Turkey. “Pilav” means “Pilaf” in Turkish. Original Turkish recipe is stir-frying fresh

Chocolate Brownies are very popular to bake in Japan. The key ingredient is a Japanese pan cake mix. This ingredient is very versatile and can be used not only for the Japanese pan cake, but also brownies. It makes cakes and brownies soft and fluffy. I will introduce the chocolate

Cheese Sake Fry is good to eat with white wine. Japanese people eat salmon a lot in general. “Sake” means “salmon” in Japanese. Salmon is one of the most popular fishes in Japan. You can see salmon not only on Sushi, but also inside Onigiri (rice ball), on Donburi (A

Sui-Gyoza Soup is popular to eat especially in winter in Japan. This dish will warm your body up in cold weather. Also the dish has a lot of vegetables. Gyoza means potstickers and/or dumplings in Japanese. There are several types of Gyoza in Japan such as Yaki-Gyoza (Pan-fried Gyoza)

Yakibuta tamago meshi is from Imabari city, Ehime prefecture, Japan. This dish is a very popular local food in Imabari city. This dish was originally “Makanai” (A meal provided to employees instead of customers at a restaurant in Japanese.) and it was only roast pork with sauce. A restaurant named

Stir-fried chicken is a common dish in Japan. The combination of chicken, potato and cheese is very good. However, you can substitute the chicken with any kind of meat. I just used the chicken this time since I have a lot of leftover chicken in my refrigerator. The key ingredient