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Fruit sandwiches, known as "fruits sando" in Japan, are a very popular snack/light lunch and ubiquitous across the country's cafes and convenience stores.

Japanese simmered Burdock and Carrot - Kinpira Gobo Here's another dish to give your body a nutritional boost - simmered burdock and carrot, which in Japan, is called " kinpira gobo ." Kinpira can be translated as the cooking technique of "saute + simmer". Gobo is the Japanese name for burdock root, which in the UK is best known as one half of the cordial, dandelion & burdock. Burdock is native to northern Europe and East Asia so it's no surprise that it has a long history in

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

This is Kanto style Sukiyaki.

My family are big fans of Japanese savoury pancakes (AKA Okonomiyaki) so it's a regular on our table at lunch and dinner.

Japanese style Chahan with Chicken which is fried rice.

Tofu Katsu is vegan friendly Japanese dish. If you love Tofu, Tofu Katsu is for you.

Popular sushi rolls recipe.

Fried Udon noodles with Pork I sometimes wonder why people order takeaways when can they make the same meal more quickly, healthier and cheaper with a minimum of fuss effort. Here's a great example that makes a super lunch or supper - stir fried Udon with Pork. I am not going to lay claim to this as a Japanese dish - you can find it served all over East and South East Asia. It's ready in under twenty minutes (and I'm sure it'll be wolfed down at the table in less than half th

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

Marinated Turnip and Choy sum I don't think there can be any doubt that the Japanese love their veggies - it's not uncommon for a Japanese dinner to include 2 or 3 separate marinated or pickled vegetable side dishes for the diners to consume. In the uk, the government advise a 5 - a - day regime for eating vegetables and fruit - in Japan, that's a whopping 13 - a - day and that's only the vegetables! One vegetable that is really commonplace on a Japanese table is the kabu

"Sauce Katsudon" which means that your katsu will be delivered in a bowl perched on a blanket of shredded cabbage laid over a thick bed of rice.

Seafood stick Uramaki Sushi rolls Here's another "looks difficult but it's really not" recipe - seafood stick uramaki . Now, uramaki, as you'll already know if you're reading my blog, means "inside-out roll" and they're also known in the US as a California maki or California roll because that is where they were first made. The story goes that a sushi bar owner in California was struggling to get the locals to eat nori seaweed - obviously, if you don't want to eat nori, sushi

Here's my recipe for Kakiage Tempura Soba - this combines tempura battered vegetables and shrimps and buckwheat soba noodles all served in a bowl of soba noodle broth

Here's my latest Japanese berry fruit sandwich - raspberries and blueberries held in a layer of sweet whipped cream and ricotta cheese.

This is a healthy Japanese salad recipe with Ponzu dressing.

Try this recipe- the breadcrumbs and the seasoning in this recipe lift the Aubergine (Eggplant) Katsu to another level

Ah, natto....that great divider of opinions. Are you a lover or a hater, or just a, "never tried that before" kind of person? If you've...