Salad diaries with Japanese seasonal greens & herbs / 旬の食材のサラダ&和え物✨ Happy Tuesday✨ Salad diaries…✨ With Japanese flavors✨ Very simple & quick idea ■Kaki (oysters) × kaki (persimmons) salad (pic1-4)In Japanese, oysters and persimmons are both called “Kaki”- characters are different (牡蠣&柿), but sounding just the same.Enjoying...
Colorful✨ Homemade Chirashi Zushi (or Sushi) /五感でいただく、季節のちらし寿司 Homemade “Chirashi Zushi” (Or, Chirashi Sushi) This time, chirashi zushi with my remaining nigiri sushi ingredients +α.“Chirashi= Sprinkled / Scattered” Sushi (like in French liaison, S changes to Z… “nan-no-koccha / whatever”!) I used 80% of...
Homemade Nigiri Sushi with fresh sashimi / お家で握り寿司パーティー Happy Sunday✨ Nigiri sushi, with fresh seafood✨Prepare sushi rice (vinegar, sugar, and a bit of salt), make it into small oval sized rounds, and place ingredients on top… How’s: 🍣❤️🍣❤️🍣 本日は、日本でのご飯の喜びを、握り寿司で表現です。 初めてほたてを握り、なるほどこういう切り方をするのか、と勉強になりました。母の家庭菜園からちょこちょこ葉っぱやお花など拝借して、賑やかに。 握り寿司、きっと20グラムちょっとのお米がちょうど良いのかと思いますが、ついつい若干多めに。ぽってりした大ぶりめなお寿司、先日、和食展で見た江戸時代のお寿司を思い出します😂
Oyster Takikomi Gohan – seasoned cooked rice / 牡蠣の炊き込みご飯 Happy Saturday✨ One of my favorite Japanese food- “Takikomi Gohan”, rice seasoned & cooked with ingredients.When back in Japan while season, I love takikomi gohan with oysters.So rich in umami… I love love oysters… You can...
Grilled cutlass and Mushroom potage / 太刀魚のふわふわグリル&キノコのポタージュ Happy Thursday✨ Random pairing, but satisfying cooking & a meal✨ ■Grilled cutlass (scabbard) fish🐟I had much different menu on mind, but the moment I saw the beautiful cutlass fish at a grocery store, I just instantly...
Juicy Tomato Sukiyaki with loads of mushrooms / ジューシーなトマトすき焼き Happy Wednesday✨ Simple sukiyaki dinner at home (sweet and savory Japanese hot pot dish with thin sliced beef), in my grandmother’s sukiyaki pot🥘✨I like to put tomato in my Sukiyaki, so fresh & juicy✨ Super quick...
Homemade Kimchi with homemade yangnyeom / シンガポールで自家製キムチ Happy Thursday✨ Since my first challenge last year, my fourth batch of homemade kimchi.Still a beginner, but I see why people keep making them at home- it’s much fresh & adjusting to your liking is a...
Quick “Asazuke”, Tsukemono pickles with Nappa & Yuzu / 柚子でさっぱり白菜の浅漬け Happy Wednesday✨ A very quick and easy idea of Tsukemono – Japanese pickles with Napa Cabbage.This time, the simplest of all – “Asazuke” -a type of Tsukemono where the veggies are simply marinated in salt water....
Ohitashi, simmered veggies & chicken in dashi broth / 焼き蒸し鶏もも肉&葉野菜のお浸し Happy Monday✨ How I finished the local greens after the porridge the other day.Super simple& healthy, with Japanese umami✨✨ In a “Ohitashi”- a typical way how my grandma / great grandma used to prepare typical Japanese...
“Nana-kusa-gayu”Porridge with mochi & local greens / シンガポールのローカル野菜&京都のお餅で七草粥 Happy Thursday✨ Back in Singapore- though I miss my homeland Japan – so cozy and nice to be in my kitchen✨ Thank you for those who commented to my story a few days ago… correct answer...
[travel] Authentic Washoku adventure in Kyoto – 京都で季節料理&お出汁のラーメン Happy Monday✨ My eats in Kyoto. I used to learn traditional fine Japanese cooking for several years in Tokyo… but I understand the whole concept of Washoku (authentic Japanese cooking) is all condensed in Kyoto, the...
Seasonal Wagashi at Toraya Akasaka, Tokyo / とらやさんで生菓子&おうどん Happy New Year’s eve✨ I believe in the Japanese notion of “ichigo ichie/一期一会”- once in a lifetime encounter, which is the base of Japanese tea ceremonies. In the same way, I am so grateful of all...