Receive recipes, product reviews, and travel guides straight to your inbox. Subscribe!
Yakiudon is a Japanese stir-fried udon noodle dish with thick chewy noodles, golden-seared tofu, and a savory soy-chuno sauce. Learn udon noodle types, tofu pressing tips, sauce deep-dive, variations, and FAQ. Ready in 30 minutes.
This year I’ve read and listened to more books than usual. Some that changed my life. Books have helped me get through some of the hard times this year and grow. Just like the books Whole and The China Study did in 2016 when I was unable to walk. Here are a few I wanted to share…
Iridoufu (煎り豆腐) is Japanese scrambled tofu — crumbled and stir-cooked with seasonal vegetables in a light dashi broth. It’s one of those quietly essential dishes in Japanese home cooking that most people outside Japan have never heard of, but once you make it, it earns a permanent spot in your rotation. We kept this version…
Can you guys guess what that might be? And also, what is a belief? Belief is going to be one of the things that cause many people to struggle, myself included. False or limiting beliefs specifically. So that we’re on the same page, what we’re going to do is define what a belief is. Specifically,…
Today we will make another rice bowl recipe that you can make at home. This time, we will use chicken, egg and of course, steamed rice. What is oyakudon? Oyakudon is a chicken and egg rice bowl wherein the chicken is simmered together with dashi, mirin, and shouyu and then with egg. Its very simple…
Today, what we’re gonna be doing is making a mizuna salad using shiokoji and some other ingredients like extra virgin olive oil, some champagne vinegar, and some freshly-squeezed lemon juice, and maybe some salt, and a little bit of white pepper. What is shiokoji? Shiokoji is fermented rice with salt and adds a natural umami…
You might be wondering what the missing ingredient could be. This is the recipe that we talked about on Tuesday. The recipe for the Japanese cooking club serves four people, but it can certainly be scaled if you want it to. And you see there in the very first line, I put a bunch of…
Today, what we will be making is a simple and quick Japanese-style pasta salad using macaroni pasta. Macaroni salad, Japanese-style What makes this macaroni pasta unique is that we’re using quite a lot of ingredients. I usually don’t put all these different seasonings in. But I thought the flavor turned out quite good Also, Japanese…
Are you curious about what makes a perfect cup of Japanese tea? Today, I’m going to be talking about 15 ways that you can make your next Japanese tea drinking experience amazing! And even though we are going to be talking specifically about Japanese tea, you can actually apply some of these tips and techniques…
Today, what we’re gonna be doing is making a Japanese-style salad dressing. One of my favorites because it has onion! Sometimes, I like to put a little bit of chicken in, or a protein, like tofu, into the salads to make it a complete meal But today, we’re just gonna do it as a side…