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I spent my last birthday in Japan and to celebrate, I went with my family to a local Chinese restaurant. This is what I ate there -...

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

Chicken Omu Curry.

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

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,...

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...

My latest recipe is a simple, healthy salad where Japanese daikon is the star turn. (Daikon translates simply as "big root" in English)...

If you've read any of my Japanese restaurant reviews, you may have seen my reviews of London's two okonomiyaki specialists, Abeno and...

Japanese Restaurant review

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...

I am a big fan of cod. It's known in Japan as tara although it doesn't possess the symbolic status in there that it has in the UK. Cod...

This is the one of Japanese curry recipe and I used meatball using Golden curry cubes.

A restaurant review.

I am sure I am not alone in being very, very partial to Gyoza. (AKA Chinese dumplings, AKA Potstickers.) I probably eat gyoza at least...

Non alcohol Christmas Kanten Jelly.

Sweet spring rolls for Christmas You don't need me to remind you that Christmas is fast approaching. Last year, for the first time I can...

Tonkatsu must be Japan's most popular meat dish.