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Sea Bream Ochazuke If you've heard of ochazuke , you may know it is one of Japan's oldest forms of cooking. There is no exact equivalent meaning in English but roughly ochazuke means "put with tea" although "steeped in tea" might have a better resonance with English speakers. Anyway, linguistics apart, ochazuke as a dish probably started life with the use of water rather than tea. Until recent times, rice was a precious commodity and leftovers would have been recycled into o

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

Here's another recipe using the Japanese superfood - Natto. In this recipe, I use natto in a popular Japanese sushi dish - Gunkan Maki....

Temaki sushi - "hand rolled sushi" - is a great party food for adults or kids. Everyone can get stuck in and roll their own sushi with...

Here's an "uramaki" inside out sushi roll recipe for you to hone your sushi skills! "Uramaki" literally means "outside roll". I think the...

Here's another "looks difficult but it's really not" recipe - seafood stick uramaki. Now, uramaki, as you'll already know if you're...

Ah, natto....that great divider of opinions. Are you a lover or a hater, or just a, "never tried that before" kind of person? If you've...

I hope you enjoyed my Seafood stick California rolls (Uramaki inside out rolls) recipe that I posted a while back. Now, here's another...

Here's my latest inside out California sushi roll dish. This time, I've made Natto California rolls - so, natto and cucumber with some black sesame sprinkled on the rice.