Ok I’m finally doing an Okonomiyaki post. Ever since I started my blog, a year and a half ago, I’ve been asked over and over about posting an Okonomiyaki recipe and I promised I would, someday. I make it often and when I do I always post photos on Twitter or Facebook and get so…
As most of you know I spent the majority of my life growing up and living in Tokyo. I first moved to Japan at the age of five and have spent a total of twenty eight years in Tokyo and counting. My husband and I are now living in both Tokyo and Seattle, our two…
There was always Kimchi (Korean spicy fermented cabbage or turnip) around when I was growing up. I feel very fortunate to have been exposed to Japanese and Korean cuisine from a very early age. Actually I can’t remember a time when there wasn’t Kimchi around our house. My Mom always had at least two types…
This is my favorite Japanese dish ever. I am serious. I still remember the first time I tried this dish. We were at my Mom’s friends’ restaurant that was ten minutes away from where we lived in Japan. They owned a traditional, Japanese restaurant that was very popular in our neighborhood and always packed with…
Oyako-don literally means parent-and-child Donburi (chicken and the egg, get it?) or a Japanese rice bowl in which chicken, egg, green onions and other ingredients are simmered together and served on top of a big bowl of steaming hot rice. Donburi are always one of the first dishes I eat when I go back to…
