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Tantan Ramen is know as Tantanmen in Japan.

Why not try making your own sushi at home? Futomaki sushi rolls also make great finger food at a party or other social event.

This is quite a modern recipe in Japan - I came across it on my last trip back home earlier this year.

This salad features some everyday fruits and vegetables - carrot, celery, raisins and some walnuts. The dressing combines freshly squeezed orange juice and rice vinegar along with some extra virgin olive oil.

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

Here's a quick and easy way to take your cheese on toast breakfast, lunch or supper to the next level - Wasabi Cheese on Toast

Dashi is the word the Japanese use for stock.

Miso soup is probably Japan's most frequently consumed dish.

Easy salmon Maze Sushi recipe Blog.

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.

Japanese spaghetti napolitan or Japanese Ketchup Pasta.

This is a vegan rice bowl as well as for mushroom lavers' dish.

Easy and tasty Miso soup with Oyster mushroom and sugar snap.

Asian style Chicken Lettuce Wraps There's something about sharing finger food like these Chicken Lettuce Wraps with friends and family. I don't know exactly what it is - maybe it's the closer interaction over a communal bowl that brings people closer and the atmosphere a little more intimate. Whatever the particular chemistry is, I like it and I make these kind of sharing platters on a regular basis, sometimes just for the family but always when I have friends over for a get

What goes into a Japanese Curry soup?

This is easy recipe for Chicken Sukiyaki Donburi.

Sweet Soy Aubergine Donburi If you read my recipe blog regularly, you probably know that I love aubergine. I think it is a much under rated vegetable here in the UK, unlike in Japan where it is one of the most popular vegetables in the kitchen. Aubergine is good for you, it contains high amounts of anti-oxidants as well as plenty of trace minerals and elemtns such as folate, copper, magnesium and iron. Aubergine is also very good at soaking up different flavours. In this r

How to make Large sushi Roll without using raw fish. I use Teriyaki chicken for this large sushi rolls and it works!

If you've been following my blog, (and I hope you have!) you'll remember that I have been growing Shiso and Mizuna salad. some Japanese salad veg this summer. In fact, it's been a bumper harvest and my shiso and mizuna just keep on giving! So here's a healthy salad using these two lovely leaves and some other veg topped off with some edamame - it's quick, nutricious and just the thing for a warm summer evening when you want something easy and light on your tummy. The recipe i

Shiso miso The Japanese love to have a selection of fermented and pickled foods to eat with their rice at dinner and today, I'm looking at one of the best - shiso-miso. It's a great way to give your miso a sweeter flavour. Shisomiso hails from Tohoku prefecture in northern Japan. The original version (where miso is mixed with sugar, sesame and/or crushed walnuts and wrapped in a shiso leaf, then fried) is quite salty but as it has become more popular in Japan, the flavours ha