Our Adventures in Japan

saw this recipe on television and wanted to try Serves 2: from “Sakurai Ariyoshi the Yakai Kitchen” 1 block momen tofu (hard), drain and cut...

Host Mom messaged me the other day whether we would like beef or grapes I told her whatever she chose we would be grateful to receive Then s...

even if I just came back from Hawaii, I was craving kalbi, the kind we have in Hawaii looked in one of my cookbooks and found a recipe for t...

I saw somewhere that Inose sells their beef stew every Tuesday. So, since I was in a rut as to what to eat/cook, we walked over to Zoshiki ...

Not sure what made me crave beef tomato, but I did so, luckily there was a recipe for it in this cookbook that I have. Beef Tomato : makes 2...

We had a little "scare" over the weekend. Friday, a co-worker in Satoshi's work group got a call from a family member. Apparen...

Tried some new recipes yesterday. Mio's Sauce by Mio Matsui 6 tablespoons sesame oil 10 tablespoons shoyu (soy sauce) 6 tablespoons sake...

Tried Mother Meat Plaza's Beef Curry yesterday. It doesn't look like there is much meat in there but there was a lot and it was me...

Rainy season started Wednesday and it rained all.day.long. Tuesday night though, we had this...globe zucchini stuffed with pearl barley, q...

Saturday, after Satoshi's German class, we had lunch at Mansaku, which specializes in Miyazaki cuisine. Which if I'm not mistaken, ...

We've talked about rolled or stuffed cabbage before... here . Well, I saw a "not" rolled cabbage on a commercial and have be...

The other day I was craving sweet sour meatballs, luckily, there was a recipe in one of the cookbooks I have. Barbecued Meatballs makes 12...

Sometimes when you taste something, you know exactly how to make it again when you get home. Such was the roasted onion dish we had in Awa...

Boy, the rain sure does make things dreary. Not really wanting to cook, I flipped through my cookbooks and looked for something easy. I ...

You ever have a bottle of wine that you didn't really like? That was me the other week. We visited MIL and she had a box of wine that ...

I had told you that Kirk's post , had me craving all things teriyaki. And even though I had had a teri burger , it still wasn't th...

Sorry it's been quiet here. Satoshi went back to work today, so I'm back blogging... On the 2nd, we visited MIL, she was in goo...

The last item left in our fukubukuro from the mystery tour was the Omi gyu (beef from Omi). About 100 grams each. I didn't read the i...

Luxe Tajimaya , which we visited back in 2009, opened a little counter inside the JR Osaka Ekimarche. We recently tried their kurogewagyu ...

I recently came across a recipe for ginger syrup in the September issue of "Elle a Table". The first recipe showed how to make t...