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There are 4 general types of Japanese rice.

Japanese Chicken Nuggets is called Karaage in Japanese. This is an oven method to cook Karaage.

This is Japanese style Spaghetti Napolitan blog.

Here's a recipe for those days when you want something nutricious but not too filling.

Here is a new recipe from my friend Yumiko Nikaido who lives in Tokyo - it's called Hayashi rice - this one is perfect for those chilly autumn nights when you want something warming and hearty.

My recipe this week is here - peppers stuffed with pork and seasoned with my Teriyaki sauce.

The Japanese have a love of abbreviations and so it is with this dish - "tendon" is the short form of "tempura donburi",

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

This bibimbap isn't very spicy but just right.

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...

This quick and easy recipe is great for weekdays.

Easy recipe for coconut flavoured chicken curry.

I like to think my latest recipe holds true to the origin of the poke bowl in that it is very much a fish dish.

Thai Green Curry 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 time I get together with a Thai friend and some of our mutual pals and cook up enough Thai green curry to feed an army! We've all developed our own little twists to our Thai friend's "old school" recipe. My twist is to make the curry less hot and a little sweeter - a little more like a Japanese curry, you might say. That's not

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

Fried Scallops in Breadcrumbs 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 (particularly on the northern island, Hokkaido, where they are so abundant). For those who don't fancy eating raw shellfish, hotate are also found in Japanese yakitori bars where they're usually served grilled or fried in butter. Now I can eat scallops every which way, but the way iIlike them best is deep fri

Thai fried minced Pork with Basil - Pad Gaprao in the local tongue. When my friend Pam makes this recipe.

I used carrot and celery as burdock root isn't that easy to find where I live in the UK as it is in Japan.