homecooking: Tako Meshi (Octopus Rice)

homecooking: Tako Meshi (Octopus Rice) タコ飯 Tako Meshi (Octopus Rice) Tako-meshi is a quick and tasty rice dish that combines octopus and rice with the flavors of ginger and shiso. If you have always wanted to try an octopus dish, but couldn’t quite muster the courage for raw, fermented, etc this might be just the dish to try!…
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homecooking: Chicken Tsukune Nikomi Udon, Hobo Nizakana and Nanohana

homecooking: Chicken Tsukune Nikomi Udon, Hobo Nizakana and Nanohana (鶏つくね煮込みほうとううどん、ほうぼう煮魚、花菜) homecooking: Chicken Tsukune Udon, Hobo Nizakana and Nanohana Chicken Tsukune Nikomi Udon: Udon, Japanese-style chicken meatballs and vegetables simmered in chicken stock-miso soup Hobo Nizakana: Red Gurnard Simmered in Sweet Shoyu-sake Broth Nanohana: Lightly Steamed Rape Blossoms with Sesame Sauce This is a wonderful, late winter dinner that starts with a rich, bone warming hearty soup.…
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Osechi-ryori: Traditional Japanese New Year Meal

Osechi-ryori: traditional Japanese New Year meal Osechi-ryori: traditional Japanese New Year meal Osechi (お節料理) is a traditional meal for the Japanese New Year (oshogatsu, お正月) that dates back to the Heian Period, more than 1000 years ago. There are various versions of osechi; from traditional to modern and even exotic (Italian, French, Chinese, etc), but all based on the meal being hozonshoku,…
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home cooking: Wagyu Roast Beef with Onion Shoyu Sauce Donburi

home cooking: Wagyu Roast Beef with Onion Shoyu Sauce Donburi (和牛ローストビーフ玉ねぎ醤油ソース丼) wagyu_roast_beef_donburi_kyotostyle-preview.jpg Wagyu Roast Beef Donburi is a recent invention of Paku and it kicks! This novel donburi features fine wagyu (Japanese beef) roast beef, on a bed mugi genmai gohan (barley brown rice) and fresh mizuna and topped off with a shoyu based onion sauce.…
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