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Fried chicken with green onion garnish, mixed greens, and cherry tomatoes on a blue patterned plate, set on a blue placemat.

Fried Chicken with Spring Onion and Lemon

Chicken breasts are a great high protein, low fat option for your diet.

Japanese Chicken dishes

Beetroot and Daikon Salad

This Beetroot and Daikon Salad recipe features three vegetables, beetroot, daikon and green beans.

Japanese salads

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

Spring rolls on a blue plate, with a person dipping one into sweet chili sauce. Dark background with green leaves.

Thai style oven baked Spring Rolls

I have always been a devotee of the traditional fried spring roll.

Thai and Vietnamese Style dishes

chicken meatballs, shiitake mushrooms leeks onions in miso nabe in a pot with orange handles. black background.

Miso Nabe Hotpot with Chicken Meatballs

Miso Nabe Hotpot with Chicken Meatballs recipe is easy to prepare and makes a great sharing nabe hotpot for a cold evening.

Japanese Winter Dishes

Halloween-themed pumpkin muffins with ghost and mummy icing on black slate, surrounded by orange and green candies, on a beige background.

Halloween Pumpkin Muffins

The pumpkin on the other hand, is a central part of Japanese cuisine - it goes into everything - soups, pickles, mixed rice and tempura.

Celebration and Party dishes

Two rice burgers with burger, cheese, and nori on a wooden surface. Close-up with minimal background details.

Burger Musubi

how do I make these Burger Musubi and what do you need to make this recipe?

Japanese light meals

Yakisoba wrapped with Omelette drizzled with mayo and sauce on a white plate, garnished with herbs. It rests on a textured cloth beside chopsticks.

Omusoba

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

Japanese light meals

Fresh salad with shredded daikon, cherry tomatoes, sesame seeds, and seaweed nori on lettuce leaves. Served on a white plate, red pattern mat.

Daikon and Tuna Salad with Sesame Dressing

Japanese salad, Daikon & Tuna Salad with Sesame dressing.

Japanese salads

Glass bowl with a colorful salad of cauliflower, red peppers, celery, chickpeas, and cilantro with cumin & honey dressing in a glass bowl on a dark countertop. Two metal spoons beside it.

Chickpea and Cauliflower Salad with Cumin and Honey Dressing

The two main ingredients in the salad are, as the title suggests, chickpeas and cauliflower.

Japanese salads

Patterned bowl with sliced chicken, lettuce, tomato, and greens on noodles. Blue and white design, dark background, fresh and colorful. Hiyashi chuka.

Chicken Noodle Salad with Sesame Dressing AKA Hiyashi Chuka

On a hot summer day, a bowl of noodles might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of lunch or dinner.

Japanese Summer dishes

Grilled Japanese teriyaki salmon and vegetable skewers on a plate, alongside a fresh green salad with leafy greens. Vibrant colors, appetizing presentation.

Teriyaki Salmon Skewers

Teriyaki Salmon Skewers are great recipe for barbecue or oven cooking.

Japanese Summer dishes

Colorful salad with cherry tomatoes, yellow peppers, cucumbers, tofu, brown rice and sesame seeds on a white plate. Fork beside, bright setting.

Tofu and Brown Rice salad with Wasabi Soy dressing

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.

Vegan dishes

People stand outside a restaurant with a blue awning and a sign reading "MACHIYA." A wooden bench and information board are visible.

Machiya Restaurant, SW1..a review

My latest Japanese restaurant review took me to a place I've visited a couple of times before with friends - Machiya near London's Soho

Restaurant Review and Culture

Stir fried sugar snap peas, mushrooms, and corn on a white plate, garnished with parsley. Set on a red and white patterned tablecloth.

Stir Fried Sweetcorn, Sugar snaps and Shiitake

This Stir Fried Sweetcorn, Sugar snaps and shiitake dish is deceptively simple.

Japanese Vegetable dishes

Pumpkin gyoza, fried dumplings on a white plate with a small cup of yellow sauce. Patterned blue and red tablecloth in the background.

Pumpkin Gyoza with Mango dip

Pumpkin Gyoza with Mango dip With Halloween just around the corner, here's a pumpkin recipe that you can prepare in advance and serve on the day at your Halloween party. Now, you might be thinking - aren't gyoza savoury? Mango dip...really? Don't you gyoza serve with a mix of soy sauce and a little vinegar? And you would be right....or, you'd me right most of the time . But I invite you to think a little bit laterally and think about what a gyoza is exactly. Basically, it's

Celebration and Party dishes