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Ebi fry is bread coated prawns or shrimp.

If you checked out my latest Youtube tutorial on interesting Japanese foods, you'll know that I recently started using an unusual...

Teriyaki Salmon Skewers I hope you checked out my "easy teriyaki sauce" post last week - it's a quick way to make a yummy teriyaki sauce without any of the nasties (stabilisers, emulsifiers etc) that you get with a shop bought sauce. Here's a great way to use teriyaki sauce - teriyaki salmon skewers. Summer is beach barbecue time in Japan and this is a firm favourite, especially if you want something a little lighter over your charcoal than steak. Of course, you don't have to

Fried Mackerel with Rocket and Onion How may times have you been to eat out and ordered something that left you thinking, "I think I'll try to make that myself." Here's a recipe for a dish that is most often found in Japanese pubs (known as "Izakaya") although it's also popular in Japanese homes these days as well. The fish is mackerel, which despite its well known health benefits, gets a bit of a bad wrap for the fact that it has a reptilian-looking skin and is, well, perhap

This week's recipe features fillets of salmon marinated in soy sauce & mirin then wrapped in a sesame coating. This is a combination that...

Ochazuke with Salmon I hope you all had a great Christmas and saw 2020 in with lots of good things to eat and drink. If, like me, you ate more than you probably should have, you might feel in need of a little tummy physiotherapy, so over the next few weeks, I'll be posting a few lighter recipes to help you get back on the straight and narrow. The recipe featured here is Ochazuke with salmon. Ochazuke in Japanese simply means a dish that involves pouring water, dashi stock or

We're approaching the end of January and for anyone out there on a diet or a detox, here's another healthy, light dish for you to try -...

Turnip & Smoked Salmon Have you ever come across the Japanese term, "sappari suru"? It means "refreshing" or "cleansing" as in when you come home after a hot day and you take a shower and then maybe enjoy a cold beer. "Sappari suru" describes this dish of salted turnip, onion and smoked salmon perfectly - it has a lovely combination of salty and smoky flavours and the crunch of raw turnip and onion. The onion is pre-soaked in water to extract any bitterness. In Japan, I'd us

Cod Fillet Tendon Here's a recipe that you could call, with just a little stretch of the imagination, "Japanese fish and Chips". You get a fillet of cod fried in tempura batter served on a bed of the staple Japanese food - steamed rice. Of course, it wouldn't be a Japanese meal without some vegetables and here you get slices of sweet potato, carrot and rocket - these were my choices from the larder - you could use other combinations that take your fancy. No salt' n 'vinegar

Tuna Ochazuke Ochazuke may just be Japan's oldest dish. I blogged about instant ochazuke recently and that reminded me that I should publish some more diy ochazuke recipes - instant ochazuke (the stuff you get in packets) takes no time at all - the quality of the contents is variable but in the end, you get what you pay for. But you'd be surprised that making ochazuke yourself is also a very quick process - you're less than 10 minutes away from a little (or large) bowl of go

This is easy poke bowl recipe.

My easy version of Chirashi Sushi that I made for this post is a little different.

Baking food in salt (often but not exclusively fish) has a long history in Japan. Apparently, it goes back several hundred years to the...

I like to think my latest recipe holds true to the origin of the poke bowl in that it is very much a fish dish.

Fried Scallops in Breadcrumbs Scallops, or hotate in Japanese, are one of my favourite sea foods. In japan, these are popular in their raw state as sushi or sashimi (particularly on the northern island, Hokkaido, where they are so abundant). For those who don't fancy eating raw shellfish, hotate are also found in Japanese yakitori bars where they're usually served grilled or fried in butter. Now I can eat scallops every which way, but the way iIlike them best is deep fri

pan fried Cod in Yuzu and Butter sauce For all you cod lovers out there, my good friend Yumiko Nikaido's latest recipe should get your vote - pan fried cod in a yuzu butter sauce. (I only have to write those words and my mouth starts to water!) This recipe is deliciously simple (and of course, the reverse is true as well.) Just season your cod fillets with a little salt and pepper, shake over a thin coating of flour and pan fry both sides until browned. Remove and then melt

Authentic Sushi Bowl is easy to make.