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Patterned bowl with a poached egg, minced meat, nori, and chopped greens on udon. Set on a floral tablecloth, creating a fresh mood.

Taiwan Maze Udon

This dish is a derivative of Taiwan Maze Soba. You can use my recipe with either udon or soba (or even ramen) noodles and it will work very well

Japanese Summer dishes

Patterned bowl with sliced chicken, lettuce, tomato, and greens on noodles. Blue and white design, dark background, fresh and colorful. Hiyashi chuka.

Chicken Noodle Salad with Sesame Dressing AKA Hiyashi Chuka

On a hot summer day, a bowl of noodles might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of lunch or dinner.

Japanese Summer dishes

Grilled Japanese teriyaki salmon and vegetable skewers on a plate, alongside a fresh green salad with leafy greens. Vibrant colors, appetizing presentation.

Teriyaki Salmon Skewers

Teriyaki Salmon Skewers are great recipe for barbecue or oven cooking.

Japanese Summer dishes

Hiyashi Chuka, a white plate of cold noodles topped with sliced cucumbers, ham, egg, and crab sticks, sprinkled with sesame seeds, on a dark table.

Hiyashi Chuka - Japanese Cold Ramen Noodles

Hiyashi Chuka - Japanese Cold Ramen Noodles I live in the UK, so there aren't many days when the gets so hot that you can't stomach the...

Japanese Summer dishes

Chilled Japanese zaru soba noodles with dipping sauce and shiso kkaennip beefsteak leaf garnish by kurumicooks tasty easy healthy Japanese Asian and Fusion cooking and food for your kitchen

Chilled Japanese soba noodles / Zaru soba

Chilled Japanese Soba Noodles are called Zaru soba in Japanese. Zarusoba is easy and quick to cook and healthy dish as well.

Vegan dishes

A bowl of clear harusame glass noodles with sliced carrots, cucumber, and green onions, sprinkled with sesame seeds. Bowl is white and teal.

Japanese Harusame beanthread noodle Salad

Here's a light salad dish that's easy to make, healthy and, best of all, delicious!

Japanese salads

Berry fruit Kanten

Berry fruit Kanten Serving a chilled dish of kanten in Japan is a true sign that summer has arrived - when the mercury is into the thirties and the cicadas outside are in full song, there's nothing like a little bowl of chilled kanten and fruit to give you that, "ah...i needed that.." feeling. If you haven't heard of kanten, it's a seaweed based gel that is derived from red seaweeds. You could be forgiven for concluding that kanten is in fact, agar agar, but the two are a lit

Sweet and Dessert dishes