Japanese Food

Japanese Curry in 5 Easy Steps
Learn how to whip up Japanese style curry almost instantly
Japanese curry or kare is delicious, filling and very easy to make. Mildly spicy and a tad sweeter than traditional curry, Japanese style curry is a household staple and common school lunch fare in Japan. Curry rice (kare raisu) or curry served along side fluffy white Japanese rice is a favorite among children and teens in particular. My husband and I love eating Japanese curry rice on occasion. Because of the instant curry roux's processed nature, we can't have it too often so it's consider...

Japanese Snacks You Can Buy Online
Shop for okashi (Japanese snacks) from the comforts of home.
Looking to buy Japanese snacks online? You've come to the right place! Entering a konbini (convenience store) in Japan can be an overwhelming experience. If you're like me, you'll want to try everything! I've sampled a large variety of Japanese okashi through the years so please do allow me to help you narrow down the choices. Below is a selection of popular japanese snacks and candy that, in my opinion are worth the extra pounds (or waistline inches). I can't possibly list them all so I ju...

Easy Sukiyaki Recipe
Try Sukiyaki (Japanese Beef Hot Pot) at Home!
Whenever I visit my in-laws in Kyoto, one thing I always enjoy is making and eating sukiyaki. Some sukiyaki ingredients may be a bit hard to find outside of Japan but substituting is fine--every place you go in Japan seems to prepare sukiyaki differently anyway. Here is a basic recipe for sukiyaki that you can experiment with and enjoy. If you try the recipe and enjoy it, or have your own variation that you would like to share, please do so in the comments area below. (Photo credits. All of ...

Crazy Japanese Food!
Something Fishy This Way Comes!
Living in Japan, I cannot help but sample all of the different food that is here. And what I have discovered is probably one of the most food crazy cultures in the world! The Japanese love food, love fresh food, and will eat nearly anything! So I have put some information here to guide you, dear reader to some of the most interesting food I have found in the land of the rising sun!

Cohorts In Cuteness - My Favorite Bento Blogs
Makers Of The Cutest Food On The Planet!
When I first started noticing pictures of cute bento lunches popping up online, I became intrigued and wanted to learn more about the adorable mom-made Japanese meals in a box. It was all a bit overwhelming for this American mom who has a hard time boiling water, but I was determined to find new ideas to make fun and healthy lunches for my girls. What I found was a community of fun-spirited women that embraced me with kindness and offered a wealth of knowledge, information, ideas and inspirat...

Yum Japanese Food
I Love Japanese Food
Back in the Philippines, I remember when I first taste sushi at first I did not like it because it was raw. Then I tried it again and dip it with japnese soysauce and wasabi it was really good. I started going to Japanese restaurant and discovered that their food is really tasty and deliciuos.

Umeshu - the wonderful Japanese liqueur
Learn all about Japanese Umeshu
Umeshu is a Japanese liqueur with more than 1,000 years of history. It is made of Ume apricot, alcohol and sugar and very popular in Japan. There are more than 300 private Umeshu labels and many households also make their own liqueur. The purpose of this lens is to share knowledge about Umeshu in generals, Umeshu labels, their producers and to show how its production works. Umeshu was brought from China to Japan as a medical drink in the eight century. In 1697 the dictionary of Japanese food...