Cold Summer Noodles: Karami Daikon Beni Shoga Onsen Tamago Hiyashi Soba

August 7, 2010 5 Comments

Summer is blinkin hot in Kyoto, so this time of year we need meals that not only nourish but also cool. Cold noodles; soba, udon and somen are a staple. In addition to ice and cold, the Japanese like summer dishes to be quite salty and sometimes to include some kind of bitter taste. I developed this beautiful and tasty…

Spicy Cookbook: Scent of the Mansoon Winds

May 9, 2010 2 Comments

Scent of the Monsoon Winds. That is the piquant title of a new cookbook written by Michal Haines from New Zealand. And what a cookbook it is! A globe spanning cross-cultural collection of recipes, old and new, with the unifying element: spice. I had the pleasure of meeting Michal and her coffee roaster husband Chris when they visited Kyoto recently.…

KyotoFoodie-style Nikujaga Wagyu Tendon Beef Stew Recipe

December 25, 2009 11 Comments

Merry Christmas Foodies! This is my holiday season gift to our readers. It’s a recipe and I think a pretty good one! This is a classic Japanese home cooking dish: nikujaga. Nikujaga is based on Western beef stew and I have tried to give a novel Kyoto taste to it. This autumn I have been trying to perfect it and…

Donabe Yaki-kuri Gohan (Roasted Chestnut Rice)

October 7, 2009 9 Comments

Miwa’s Kyoto Kitchen Recipe An autumn favorite in Japan is kuri-gohan, or rice cooked with chestnuts. Chestnuts are in season now and Miwa got a bag full from Tamba. While roasting and peeling chestnuts takes some time, this is an extremely delicious dish, especially when cooked in a donabe earthenware pot. The flavors are simple and straightforward: rice, chestnut and…

Japanese Fruit: Aomikan Marmalade

September 29, 2009 15 Comments

Aomikan is a green tangerine that are available in Japan from around the end of August though September. There are simply tangerines that have been harvested a few weeks early. They are tart and tangy. I love peeling them, surprisingly the green peel gives way to juicy orange fruit. Aomikan are one of my two favorite citrus for eating and…

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