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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?

Inside Out Egg Sushi Rolls Have you ever been to a sushi bar, seen inside out sushi rolls on the counter and wondered, "Who had the idea to turn a sushi roll inside out?" Or maybe,"How does the chef do that?' If you have, then read on..... So, Inside Out Sushi Rolls are Japanese, right? Well, not exactly...in fact, you don't often see uramaki (as they are called in Japanese) on the menu in a sushi bar in Japan. That's because, as the name California Roll might suggest, they

This is easy recipe for Chicken Sukiyaki Donburi.

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

Soy & Sesame stir fried Konnyaku My latest recipe features a root which is a little bit controversial - konnyaku. While the name konnyaku might not be familiar unless you are Japanese - you might have heard of it by its many other exotic names - Konjac, Devil's Tongue, Snake Plant, Elephant Yam or Voodoo Lily (my absolute favourite.) Why controversial? Well, both the American FDA and the EU banned confectionary products containing konnyaku - which was believed to present a

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