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

Potato Mochi is an unique modern Japanese food.

Butternut Squash Gratin On cold nights, what better seasonal ingredient is there to warm empty tummies than a squash - or pumpkin, or kabocha - depending on what word you use to describe this beautiful gourd vegetable. I think it is safe to say that the Japanese are in love with their variety - the kabocha - in Japan you can eat it in many ways and they are all delicious. Most Japanese think of the kabocha as an indigenous Japanese vegetable but in fact, it is an import, in

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

Marugame Udon Ah, what a joy to wander around on a sunny Sunday morning in streets full of people out having a good time - good riddance...

Our restaurant review.

Super easy stir fried beansprouts recipe.

This is quick easy Rice Salad with Thai flavour.

Easy Temari Sushi balls recipes using smoked salmon.

Japanese Spinach & Sesame "Goma Ae" This is, in my humble opinion, one of the best Japanese vegetable dishes you will ever try. It's very nutricious, low calorie, requires only a few ingredients and can be ready in under 15 minutes. Not only that it is one of the tastiest Japanese vegetable dishes I know. Sesame - both black and white - finds its way into a lot of Japanese dishes - it's used as a garnish (like this recipe where tosted sesame is used) as a salad dressing and

Yurinchi / Chinese Sweet and Sour Fried Chicken is usually made using chicken thighs with the skin on.

This is one of the popular Chinese style China Rosu in Japan.

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

Here is a recipe for people like both Japanese curry and Omu Rice. Its called Chicken Omu Curry.

Tasty and easy steak donburi rice bowl recipe.

Simple and easy Daikon SaladRecipe.

Japanese savoury pancake is called Okonomiyaki in Japanese.

SPAM Musubi 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 mainstay of every lunchbox. Then, along came Monty Python with their SPAM comedy sketch and it became a bit of a joke to ask for SPAM to eat. Over on the other side of the world, people think of SPAM in a very different way. In South Korea, people love SPAM and serve it up in lots of different ways - in fact, one of Korea's nat

Easy to make Ma Po's Aubergine recipe blog.

Non alcohol Christmas Kanten Jelly.