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Blue-patterned bowl of egg drop udon noodles garnished with green sprouts on a dark surface. Chopsticks are beside the bowl.

Udon Noodles with Fluffy Eggs AKA Kakitama Udon

This Udon Noodles with Fluffy Eggs recipe is known as Kakitama Udon in Japan as which translated literally "stirred egg udon."

Japanese Winter Dishes

heart shaped sushi cake with mini tomatoes and heart shaped avocado on a white plate

Easy Sushi Cake

It's a very simple stir fry dish that's easy to create and very quick to prepare.

Celebration and Party dishes

Elegant dish with a smoked salmon circle, topped with avocado and cheese crisp, wrapped in seaweed, garnished with cranberries on a patterned plate.

Sushi style Smoked Salmon parcels

This Salmon parcel is a fusion cooking idea that I've used during the Christmas period as a starter for dinner with some success.

Celebration and Party dishes

Spring rolls on a decorative plate, filled with cabbage and meat, garnished with cilantro, set against a blue and gold patterned cloth.

Oven baked Spring Rolls

This blog item shows you how to make a batch of easy, quickly prepared Oven baked Spring Rolls.

Chinese Style dishes

Tukune, Chicken meatballs glazed with sauce, garnished with green onions, skewered on metal sticks, served on a floral plate against a dark background.

Tsukune Japanese meatballs

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

Japanese Chicken dishes

Omelet atop rich brown chicken curry with peas, corn, and meat on a white plate, garnished with parsley. Dark background accentuates vibrant dish.

Chicken Omu Curry

Chicken Omu Curry.

Japanese Curry dishes

..Fish Finger Musubi..

Here's my latest easy fusion creation. Fish Finger Musubi. I think I can safely claim to this dish being a Kurumicooks original - I...

Japanese Seafood dishes

..Sweet Soy Aubergine Donburi..

If you read my recipe blog regularly, you probably know that I love aubergine. I think it is a much under rated vegetable here in the UK,...

Japanese Vegetable dishes

Bowl of rice topped with steak and green onions in a blue-patterned dish. The glossy meat and fresh garnish create a savory look.

Steak Donburi with Wasabi Butter sauce

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...

Japanese One Bowl Meals

Daikon Ribbon Salad

Simple and easy Daikon SaladRecipe.

Japanese salads

Exterior of Sanjugo restaurant with neon signs and a person seen through the window. Brick facade and warm lighting set a cozy mood.

Sanjugo Japanese restaurant, London N1 --a review

Our review Sanjugo Japanese restaurant in London, N1.

Restaurant Review and Culture

SPAM Musubi

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 mainstay of every lunchbox. Then, along came Monty Python with their SPAM comedy sketch and it became a bit of a joke to ask for SPAM to eat. Over on the other side of the world, people think of SPAM in a very different way. In South Korea, people love SPAM and serve it up in lots of different ways - in fact, one of Korea's nat

Japanese light meals