Food

Daikon radish salad with bean sprouts (moyashi) and spinach is a tasty way to get some more vegetables in your diet. The salad’s primary seasoning is made up of the magic combination of soy sauce, sesame seeds, vinegar, and sesame oil. Overall, the flavors are savory and the salad has plenty of interesting textures thanks […]

One of my favorite things to eat in the summer is cold somen. These Japanese noodles are light and refreshing and combining these with shiso, tomato and a bit of sesame oil makes for an easy and tasty meal. But wait… There’s more! We’re adding chicken too. But this is no ordinary chicken… This chicken’ll

Nikujaga literally translated is meat and potatoes. And this is one version you can make with dashi. There are all kinds of variations on nikujaga since it’s a popular comfort food. Like any stew or long simmered food, it will taste even better the next day. The best part about this aside from the flavor?

Today we’re making Japanese curry with chicken. From scratch. And, we’ll do it in less than 45 minutes! If you’ve never had Japanese curry before, it’s slightly spicy and slightly sweet with plenty of flavor to satisfy any curry lover.  All you need to make this a complete meal is a side of rice! Japanese

Simmered yellowtail is a beloved Japanese dish that’s perfect for warming up during the colder months. This traditional recipe uses the scraps and head of the fish, which are simmered to perfection with daikon radish in a flavorful broth until tender and delicious. The dish is typically served with steamed rice and garnished with green

There is nothing like a juicy rib-eye steak, properly cooked and properly seasoned now is there? I don’t eat meat as often as I used to so when I do I make it special. Today, we’re making Japanese style beef steak with shio koji. To finish it all off, we’ll be serving it with a

On today’s 8th live cooking show, we’re making Curry Udon. Curry udon is a warm and slightly spiced soup that is thick, not only in the sauce, but also the noodles. If you’ve never had it before, I’m going to show you how easy it is to make, so you can see for yourself, just

This Hiroshima style okonomiyaki is special to me because it reminds me of one of my trips to Japan. For this variation, we’re using yakisoba noodles and adding in a sunny side up egg. It’s best served hot off the stove and topped with Kewpie Mayonnaise, Okonomiyaki sauce and of course – aonori, katsuobushi, and

There’s nothing like making homemade dashi stock from katsuobushi and konbu. It takes roughly 10 minutes of active prep and 20 minutes of active ‘cooking’. Compare that to the all day cooking of traditional beef and chicken stocks, and you can’t really complain that it ‘takes too long’. Because it doesn’t. Dashi is full of