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Fried aubergine/eggplant slices on a ceramic plate with cherry tomatoes. Black chopsticks rest on a blue stand. Whole eggplant in the background.

Fried Aubergine-Eggplant and Beef Patties in Teriyaki sauce

You start with a large aubergine (eggplant), one of Japan's most popular vegetables - called nasu in Japanese

Japanese Beef and Lamb dishes

Two rice burgers with lettuce, tomato, and cheese on a wooden board. The setting is indoors with a blurred background, evoking a fresh vibe.

Japanese Rice Burger

Rice burgers were a great idea, especially if you found dry, spongey burger buns a bit of a disappointment.

Japanese Beef and Lamb dishes

Two crispy korokke with sauce on a plate, garnished with three cherry tomatoes and green leaves, set against a neutral background.

Oven baked Sweet Potato Korokke

Every food store in Japan sells them and mums in every kitchen turn them out in their millions every week.

Japanese Vegetable dishes

A colorful stir-fry with beef, peppers, carrots, and green onions on a blue-patterned plate. Chopsticks on gray placemat.

Stir fried Beefsteak with Miso and Sesame

This dish is a simple stir fry using either rump or sirloin steak and this recipe comes hot off the press from my good friend Yumiko Nikaido, who always has her finger on the pulse of new recipes coming out of Japan.

Japanese Beef and Lamb dishes

Plate of rice and curry with meatballs, broccoli, and carrots. A "Golden Curry" box is visible in the background. Fork and spoon on side.

Golden Meatball Curry

This is the one of Japanese curry recipe and I used meatball using Golden curry cubes.

Japanese Curry dishes

Stir fried Corned Beef and Sugar snaps

Stir fried Corned Beef and Sugarsnaps This recipe takes me back to when my first English language cookbook was published in 1994. The book was called 'Japanese Cooking for Two' and this recipe - "Stir Fried Corned Beef and Sugar Snaps" was one of the recipes inside. You might be thinking that corned beef doesn't exactly sound Japanese but it has quite a history in Japan - there is even a Japanese Corned Beef Day - April 6th! Corned beef became popular after the end of the Se

Japanese side dishes

Japanese beef bowl gyudon by kurumicooks tasty easy healthy Japanese Asian and Fusion cooking and food for your kitchen

Japanese beef bowl AKA Gyudon

My recipe this week is a Japanese classic - Japanese beef bowl AKA Gyudon - which translates rather simply as "beef bowl".

Japanese Beef and Lamb dishes

Sliced beef with sauce on a salad of spinach, cherry tomatoes, and broccoli on a white plate. Vivid colors, appetizing presentation.

Japanese Steak Salad with Onion sauce

This quick Japanese Steak salad is served with Japanese Onion Sauce.

Japanese salads

Rice topped with green herbs beside beef stew with mushrooms in brown sauce on a white plate. Hayashi rice. Warm, inviting colors on a dark table.

Yumiko Nikaido's Hayashi Rice

Here is a new recipe from my friend Yumiko Nikaido who lives in Tokyo - it's called Hayashi rice - this one is perfect for those chilly autumn nights when you want something warming and hearty.

Japanese Beef and Lamb dishes