Even if you’ve never had Japanese food in your life, you’d still probably have heard of the term ‘teriyaki’. The dish teriyaki chicken is one of the most common dishes served at Japanese restaurants big and small around the world, that is other than Japan. In more recent years though due to its world-wide popularity, […]…
So, which one do you think came first, the chicken or the egg? this is an age old dilemma where there’s still no answer. Whatever the answer might be, I love both equally. The runny yolk of a beautifully cooked egg and that tender juicy meat of chicken…they’re both heavenly in my opinion. In Japanese, […]…
A friend commented to me once “it doesn’t seem like Japanese people like to eat leafy salad. It’s either potatos or cabbage.” “I love Japanese potato salad,” I replied “so it’s fine.” “No it’s not, to be called a salad, there has to be more green things in it!” She replied. So my friend’s a […]…
Have you ever bought a pack of cookies or some other food and thought to yourself, I can make this, possibly even better? Country Ma’am’s matcha soft cookies is a pre-packaged cookie brand that’s very popular in Japan and I’ve even bought them from a Japanese grocery store in Melbourne. As it’s pre-packaged, you’d need […]…
If there’s one ingredient I’d pick that I can’t live without, it has to be tofu. Tofu, for those of you who are new to Asian cuisine, is made from coagulating (or curdling) soy milk from soy beans and then pressing the curd into blocks (it’s like cheese, except born from soy beans instead of […]…
Apologies for the periods of silence lately, there’s just been so much on my mind and there has been a lot of new and exciting things happening in my life. Hopefully I’ll be able to get back to regular blogging soon. The weather has been scorching hot lately. I love the sunshine and the good […]…
Even though it’s already mid Spring, sometimes it still feels like we haven’t yet left winter. The Melbourne weather is as unpredictable and unforgiving as ever and I felt the full force of it about a week ago in Tasmania where it rained like the world was about to end but we still had to […]…
I’ve been so busy in the last few days you’d be amazed. I’ve already been on 3 planes in the last week and about to board another one tomorrow morning. Although it’s been very tiring and hectic at times, it has also been quite fun and rewarding. For starters, I had my very first scuba […]…
The art of sashimi and sushi making has been passed down for nearly 2000 years in Japan and has gained widespread popularity, even in western countries. With a reasonable sashimi knife and a little bit of practice, any good home cook can master this technique, although you won’t be as good as real sushi chefs […]…
The flowers in bloom outside are tricking my mind into thinking the weather has turned warmer. As a result, I feel like I might be getting sick again since I’ve failed to bring a warm jacket on many occasions lately. My muscles are also aching like crazy from some heavy lifting work for our house […]…