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Now and again, I get the urge to spoil myself with a nice steak.

Chinese inspired dishes are normally labelled "chuka" which means "chinese-style" and this recipe is one such dish - Chinese style chicken donburi.

Ochazuke Hello everyone. You might have seen a post I made in January titled, "..a little detox anyone.?" The recipe was for " ochazuke " - a simple dish consisting of a bowl of rice in hot water with some fish and vegetable toppings. Ochazuke must be the oldest dish in Japanese history - it certainly goes back 1,000 + years. Apparently, it began because people hit upon the fact that they could make cooked rice that was a few days old more palatable by re-hydrating it. So, th

This is easy and quick to make Japanese Curry fried Rice recipe blog.

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 quick and easy sweet potato salad recipe.

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

Easy and quick recipe for Kimuch Fried Rice.

This is easy and quick Edamame Salad.

This bibimbap isn't very spicy but just right.

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

Takikomi rice Rice hasn't alway been a cheaply available staple in Japan. Centuries ago, rice was an expensive commodity, so much so that the Japanese used to bulk out their precious rice using other cereals or grains such as barley and millet, cooking everything together in one pot. That was how the idea of Takikomi rice (literally, "boiled together meal" , in English) took form. Nowadays, of course, people still add things to their rice but for health and flavour reasons no

This quick and easy Fennel and Pear Salad isn't Japanese salad but I love it.

How to grow your Edamame at home.

Wasabi Rocket I don't know if you're well acquainted with wasabi rocket. If you are, maybe like me, you are a recent convert. Earlier this year, I was looking through my seed catalogue to see what new additions I could make to my little vegetable garden and, low and behold, I came across wasabi rocket. "Rocket leaves that taste like wasabi," I thought, "now that's something I have to try." So, the order went out to my seed supplier and I had a few hundred, tiny, grain-like wa

This is easy poke bowl recipe.

Chinese style Seafood Chukadon I posted a recipe for Chinese style chicken chukadon earlier in the year and as it was well received, I...

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

This quick and easy recipe is great for weekdays.