Meat dishes

..Meat and the Japanese..

As a Japanese living in London, I am always struck by the big cultural difference in attitudes towards the eating of meat between the UK...

..Japanese Curry soup..

When you think Japanese curry, you probably think Japanese curry cubes and who would blame you? Most of the Japanese curry recipes you'll...

..Chicken Sukiyaki Donburi (Chicken Suki-Don)..

You probably associate the word "sukiyaki" with beef - that is after all a classic Japanese meat dish and one of the first dishes that...

..Yurinchi..Chinese Sweet & Sour Fried Chicken..

I spent my last birthday in Japan and to celebrate, I went with my family to a local Chinese restaurant. This is what I ate there -...

..Tsukune Japanese meatballs..

Take a look at the menu in any Japanese yakitori restaurant and you will be bound to see "Tsukune" on sale. "So what exactly is a...

..Chicken Omu Curry..

Most people probably don't associate curry with the Japanese but a recent food survey in Japan suggested that curry and rice is the...

..Steak Donburi with Wasabi Butter sauce.

I wouldn't describe myself as a big meat eater but every now and again I do like to indulge in a good steak. One of my favourite ways of...

..SPAM Musubi..

SPAM ...hmmm... it conjures up all sorts of reactions, doesn't it? In the UK, SPAM or "luncheon meat" as it also used to be called, was a...

..Golden Meatball Curry..

Hand on heart - this is currently my favourite family curry. It's a perfect winter curry dish and although a little more time consuming...

Ma Po's Aubergine

Can you resist a Tonkatsu?

Tonkatsu must be Japan's most popular meat dish. It's a relatively recent addition to the country's national menu having only become...

Picture perfect Gyoza

One of the great culinary gifts of China to Japan must be gyoza or as the Chinese say, jiaozi. In the West, gyoza go by the name...

Corned Beef Katsu

We all make errors of judgement. When my husband first suggested I make a katsu using corned beef, I thought..well, I thought a number of...

..Stir fried Corned Beef & Sugarsnaps

This recipe takes me back to when my first English language cookbook was published in 1994. The book was called 'Japanese Cooking for...

Miso marinated Pork loins

If you like pork, chances are that the pork loin will be one of your favourite cuts. The meat is one of the leanest pork cuts you'll find...

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 idea of hot food. In Japan however, summer...

..6 Japanese restaurants in London - a review..

This is a review of 6 Japanese restaurants in London's West End in 2019. All my restaurant reviews are unsponsored.

Okonomiyaki..Japanese savoury pancake with bacon..

Whenever my sons visited Japan when they were children, this was the first thing they wanted to eat on arrival - Okonomiyaki. Of course,...

Ma Po's Tofu.

i need to get this out of my system. Why do search engines not allow an apostrophe? It's sooo annoying. Why do I ask? Well, so many...

Japanese beef bowl (AKA Gyudon)

My recipe this week is a Japanese classic - Gyudon - which translates rather simply as "beef bowl". I'll be the first to admit that...

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