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Chocolate desserts probably wouldn't be high on your list if you were asked to name Japanese foods but the Japanese actually consume more...

It seems difficult to believe now, but time was when butter was almost unknown in Japan. I admit I'm going back a few years but even in...

Easy recipe for coconut flavoured chicken curry.

Now that the days are growing shorter and the nights a little chilly, my thoughts turn to warming autumn drinks and there's nothing...

Have you ever seen the very entertaining "Paul Hollywood in Japan" series? Yes, that Paul Hollywood , the celebrity chef and baker. He...

One of the wonderful foods I have discovered since i came to live in the UK is (somewhat ironically) Thai green curry. From time to...

Chicken Nanbanzuke Here's a recipe from my good friend Yumiko Nikaido who lives in Tokyo. The dish is called chicken nanbanzuke . The word "nanbanzuke" translates roughly as "southern style taste." The nanbanzuke method of cooking originated on the southermost of Japan's main islands, Kyushu, where it was learned from Portugese traders several centuries ago. In Portugal, the method is known as escabeche and consists of a vinegar marinade usually combined with olive oil a

Here's a winter salmon miso hotpot or Ishikari nabe in Japanese recipe from Japan's northernmost island, Hokkaido.

Katsu dishes are uber-popular in Japan.

Sesame and Soya Milk Hotpot When I first came to England (nearly thirty years ago, OMG!), soya milk was something you found in health food shops and just about nowhere else. Today, things are very different - you can find soya milk stocked in just about every supermarket and you have a choice of a whole heap of brands and flavours. I use soya milk as a dairy substitute and I also use it in cooking, so I thought I would put a soya milk dish on the website. Using soya milk in

Why not try my Japan-Hawaiian fusion dish - the Teriyaki Chicken Poke bowl?

Bang bang chicken is a very popular Chinese dish in Japan.

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...

Massaman curry is really a fusion dish being part Thai, part Indian and part Malay.

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...