Do you know the dilemma: am I hungry or not? Well, I am referring to a situation when you know you should eat something but you know eating something heavy will kill you. It happened to me a while ago and I came up with the idea of cooking teriyaki salmon with rice. And that…
Category: Japanese food
37 Japanese curry (カレー)
Yesterday morning, I have been requested to prepare a dinner containing soft, slow cooked beef. I gave it a thought and what appeared to me as a perfect idea was Japanese curry. Comforting, slow cooked, containing soft beef and so delicious! Have to admit, I was surprised how authentic it tasted! Last time I had…
23 Japanese yakitori chicken (焼き鳥)
Yakitori chicken is probably my favourite izakaya food. Simple&tasty, there is no need for more. Yakitori translates as grilled chicken, served on a skewer. There are quite a few kinds of yakitori, the one I made at home is bite-sized pieces of chicken thighs with scallions. Very easy and quick to make, good idea for…
17 Japanese chicken&egg bowl: oyakodon 親子丼
Oyakodon is amazingly simple and delicious Japanese dish. Literally means: ‘parent and child donburi (rice bowl)’, how cute! You don’t need extraordinary cooking skills or rare ingredients to make that dish. 頑張って！ Recipe: Maco-san. thank you! INGREDIENTS: chicken thighs 2 eggs onion 3 tablespoon of mirin 2 tablespoon of soy sauce 1 table spoon of sugar dashi stock…
14 Japanese omelette: 卵焼き (tamagoyaki)
last recipe from ‘cooking with Keiko-san’ collection ^^ Keiko-san! thank you! Tamagoyaki is a type of Japanese omelette, making that is definitely fun! it might not seem easy but believe me, everybody can learn how to make it. INGREDIENTS 3 eggs cold water salt oil HOW TO MAKE? 1. Beat the eggs with salt and a…
10 Miso soup with pork: 豚汁 (tonjiru)
another dish from ‘cooking with Keiko-san’ collection. and it’s not the last one yet! ^^ Olivia, I know you’ve been waiting for that for ages, ごめんね。so, especially for you: recipe for tonjiru you love so much! INGREDIENTS: 10 cm daikon (white radish) small piece of ginger 2 stalk spring onion 1 carrot 200g pork 1…
8 Japanese side dish: おひたし (ohitashi)
it’s been awhile, i know. being back in poland it’s not an easy thing to do ^^ this time, ohitashi (おひたし). ohitashi means boiled green-leaf vegetables, served usually as a side dish in Japanese cuisine. that’s the 3rd recipe from ‘cooking with Keiko-san’ collection. easy and delicious. enjoy! INGREDIENTS: 1 package of mizuna (called also…
7 Japanese dish: 天ぷら (tempura)
it’s another dish from ‘cooking with Keiko-san’ collection. it seems like it’s been forever since we cooked together. I’m back in Poland now, tensai - still in Japan. feels so weird to post on this blog, by myself. consulting only with tensai, on fb. but we’re not giving up! in the Internet era, everything is…
5 Japanese rice dish: 炊き込みご飯 (takikomi gohan)
aho’s Japanese student, Keiko-san knowing that we have a cooking blog, proposed that she can teach us how to cook some Japanese dishes. so today, we spent all day on cooking together. starting from shopping for ingredients, on explaining recipes ending, Keiko-san helped us with everything. we made many Japanese dishes, but this time we’re…
sushi train: the adventures of くら寿司
since the exams and writing end-of-the-semester reports took all my free time, I had no other choice than introduce some Japanese food which is not made by me. Kura Sushi is a chain sushi restaurant, train-sushi, actually. One of the most popular in Japan. For ¥100 you can have two pieces of sushi. Maybe it’s not the…
2 Japanese hot pot: nabe
when it’s really cold outside and not much warmer inside your house, there is one perfect thing which can warm you up. nabe - a Japanese ‘hot pot’ dish. So what do you need to make that heavenly dish? Not much, actually. Nabe is awesome for at least few reasons: it’s easy to make, cheap,…
1½ yaki udon (midnight snack)
If you’re a student and have no money. And, in addition, you’re so hungover that you’re not able to leave your bed for a whole day - we have a solution! Tensai came back from work around midnight and found me still in bed, dying of hunger. But since he brought chuhai and vodka (and…
