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A vibrant seafood stir-fry with rice, featuring shrimp, squid, bell peppers, and baby corn, served on a blue-patterned plate.

Chinese style Seafood Chukadon

Chinese style Seafood Chukadon I posted a recipe for Chinese style chicken chukadon earlier in the year and as it was well received, I...

Chinese Style dishes

Bowl of soup with meatballs, cabbage, and mushrooms in broth. Noodles are visible. Warm, savory setting with earthy tones.

Lion Head meatballs with Chinese leaves

This quick and easy recipe is great for weekdays.

Chinese Style dishes

Round daikon topped with dark miso sauce and sesame seeds on a textured, green-blue ceramic plate. Minimalist and appetizing.

Daikon in Miso sauce

Daikon in Miso sauce The daikon (AKA white radish or mooli) is a much beloved vegetable in Japan - you'll find it featured in many classic Japanese woodblock prints and today, people even make daikon into very cute food sculptures! Daikon isn't so popular here in the UK and that's a shame as it is considered a very healthy thing to eat (lots of fibre, high vitamin C and phosphorus and potassium.) It can also be made into many delicious dishes - daikon is especially good for s

Japanese Vegetable dishes

White rice and curry with vegetables and chicken in a white square bowl on a black surface. The chicken and coconut curry is brown with green and red accents.

Japan meets Goa on a plate - Chicken and Coconut Curry

Easy recipe for coconut flavoured chicken curry.

Japanese Curry dishes

Blue-patterned bowl with a colorful salad: miso salmon, edamame, yellow peppers, crab sticks, cherry tomato, and sesame seeds on black background.

My Miso Salmon Poke bowl

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.

Sushi, Chirashi, Poke Bowl, Rice

Chicken and vegetables in Thai Green Curry with purple rice on a blue-patterned plate, creating a vibrant and appetizing display.

My Thai Green Curry - with added fingers!

This is a quick and easy Thai green curry and less spicy version.

Japanese Curry dishes

Chicken Nanbanzuke

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

Japanese Chicken dishes

Fried scallops with cherry tomatoes, asparagus, and parsley garnish on a white plate. Bright, fresh ingredients create an appetizing look.

Fried Scallops in Breadcrumbs - the Japanese way.

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

Katsu dishes