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One of the most popular sandwiches you can buy (no surprise perhaps) is Japanese egg mayo sando. Try out this Japanese Egg Mayo Rolls sando

Here is a recipe for people like both Japanese curry and Omu Rice. Its called Chicken Omu Curry.

Omurice This is a dish that is as simple as it's name suggests but popular the length and breadth of Japan. Omurice is the perfect dish in many ways. Put it in front of any child (young or old) and it will disappear in double quick time before your very eyes. Not only is Omurice popular but it is also - along with Chahan - one of the best ways I know to use up leftover rice that's been hanging around in the fridge for a few days. Just as handy, Omurice requires no special i

Osumashi with Egg, Shiitake and Leek I can't think of a more quintessential Japanese light healthy meal than a small bowl of "osumashi with egg, shiitake and leek" clear soup and a bowl of rice, served in a lacquered bowl. Picture the scene - it's warm, rather muggy but you need some nourishment. So you slice some shiitake and leek, make up a consomme style dashi base and cook for a few minutes until the vegetables are softened. Stir in a raw egg for each serving (It will co

Quail egg croquettes I'm quite partial to a Japanese potato croquette now and again - they remind me of my childhood in Japan, so they're a little trip down memory lane. Over time, I've developed a few twists on the standard croquette and here is one of them - quail's egg croquettes. My family used to eat quail's eggs a lot when I was a child but they have become less popular in Japan which is a shame because they are as versatile as a chicken egg (although I do admit that pe

Steamed tea cup is a literal translation for what the Japanese call "chawanmushi". (chawan = tea cup, mushi = steamed)

Japanese comfort food, tenshindon. Its easy to cook and tasty dish.

Japanese Egg Roll / Dashmaki Tamago Here's my latest recipe - Japanese Egg Roll / Dashimaki Tamago - this is much like your standard Tamagoyaki but with dashi stock added to provide a little more savoury flavour and no sugar. The target here is a savoury, soft, almost oozy egg roll with a silky texture and slightly umami flavour - that's why you add the dashi stock. No sugar means this recipe is less sweet (and less calories). The other trick to getting this egg as soft as y

Here is a classic Japanese dish called Oyakodon that you'll find in homes and restaurants throughout the country.

Tofu & Egg Donburi If you haven't already noticed, I am a big fan of one bowl donburi dishes (a donburi being a bed of steamed rice on top of which a variety of accompaniments are piled.) A little while ago, I posted a recipe for Oyakodon (AKA Mother & Child donburi), which has a topping of chicken and egg. Here is a non-meat alternative substituting tofu for the chicken. The key with this dish is to cook the tofu long enough so it takes up a little of the flavour of the s

How to make Tamagoyaki and Shiso Uramaki Sushi Rolls. Tamagoyaki means Japanese Egg Omelette and Uramaki means inside out sushi roll.

I used S&B brand Torokuru curry cubes for making Japanese Egg and Lentil Curry.

Vegetable Tamagoyaki Here's a recipe that really takes me back to my childhood. I've never been an early riser but if there was one thing guaranteed to get me out of bed and ready for the schoolday, it was my mum's vegetable tamagoyaki or egg roll. Just the smell of it wafting up the stairs and into my bedroom would wake me up! These days, I'm still not an early riser but I still love my vegetable tamagoyaki (which literally means " fried egg roll"). The technique of getting