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Japanee savoury rice balls, locally known as onigiri or o-musubi could lay claim to the title of the world's oldest convenience food.

You start with a large aubergine (eggplant), one of Japan's most popular vegetables - called nasu in Japanese

Sakuraco - delicious Japanese gift boxes from Japan.

Here is a delicious dish for a chilly day - Salmon and Turnip Gratin.

Omusoba is another one of those Japanese fusion dishes where the title says it all...well almost...

Japanese donburi of stir fried pork and aubergine / eggplant flavoured with a rich, umami-full miso sauce.

This Tofu and Brown Rice salad with Wasabi Soy dressing is a delightful healthy dish with a Japanese flavour of dressing. This dish is also suitable for vegan.

Kanada-ya My latest "taste and see" review took me to St. Giles, WC2. St Giles is a little area hemmed in by Soho to the West, Bloomsbury to the North and Covent Garden to the South. St Giles itself is a bit of a hodge podge and compared to the illustrious areas that surround it, you could be forgiven for thinking that it lacks any identity. Fortunately, the same cannot be said of Kanada-ya. This ramen shop specialises in the southern Japanese speciality Tonkotsu ramen. The

Okonomiyaki is one os the Japanese street food.

Hiyashi Chuka / Japanese Cold Ramen is popular in summer.

Natto Just like marmite in the UK, natto is a food that divides opinions in Japan - you either love it or you hate it. So what exactly is natto? Basically, natto is made of soya beans fermented using natto yeast (bacillus subtilis) which I understand comes from rice straw. Natto is well known for its health benefits - if you want to find out more about this, you can find find lots of information on the internet - (personally, I make natto and I eat natto because I like it bu

Japanese meat balls - Niku Dango Here's a recipe which sounds better in Japanese, "niku dango", than in English - plain old meat balls! But Japanese meat balls - Niku Dango are actually far from plain - they're made of minced pork cooked in a sweet soy sauce. They'll grace any dinner table or you can just pop them in a lunch box for a nourishing midday meal. Alternatively, you can also put these on skewers & cook them over the barbecue. I've truly never come across anyone w