Our Adventures in Japan

The other day I was reading an article written in Japanese online and the author talked about a Japanese brand of kim chee that does not use...

Found some nice sized kabu (turnips) at the market. I used a little more than half of one for our dinner the other night. I sauteed some...

After seeing Jalna's post on Kochujang "sausage" , I had to try. It was a nice way to use the surplus of kochujang I have in...

I saw this done on a television show but adapted it. Super easy kim chee gyoza : adapted from Hirano Remi's recipe : makes 2 30 gyoz...

It wasn't too cold last night, but it had been awhile since I've made nikujaga (literally meat and potato). On a recent foodie s...

Recently had the bulgogi bento from Palama Market. I've written about it before here , it's still $5.50+tax. For some reason, I w...

Wednesday, it rained all.day.long . Perfect soup weather. I made a batch of Kim chee chige (minus the pork), using up what veggies I ha...

We checked out Tatsuo's during one of our errand running. Located at the beginning of Sand Island Access Road, turn right as soon as y...

You won't find many nabe (hot pot) dishes on this blog for three reasons...on weekdays, most times Satoshi and I eat at different times....

Been seeing tweets about grilled cheese sandwiches so one day for lunch I made a grilled cheese with pesto sandwich. Brushed on olive oil ...

If you are familiar with popular singers in Japan, you'll know that "kimu taku" is a nickname for SMAP 's Kimura Takuya . ...

Since I didn't want to throw out the oil right after frying the andagi on Saturday, I decided to make some wonton for our dinner yeste...

The weather has been gloomy. Dark, humid and gloomy. Some days it rains, some days just overcast. I've been envious of those people bl...

And here I thought that Spring was coming...not! The other day the weather here took a 180 degree turn and went back towards winter. In Tok...

I wanted Satoshi to try the kim chee sandwich that I had tried at Tougarashiya the other day, so I made one for him. When I went to the Co-...

Still addicted to kim chee...this dish is a re-creation of something Satoshi and I had at the River Cafe in Umeda. Kim chee potato salad. Th...

Yesterday, in the early morning, we were jolted awake by a teeny earthquake. I am normally a light sleeper so I normally hear and feel thes...

Let's start off with the disliking....Satoshi's nephew, he asked me to "help him" write his speech (in English) for class ...

During the summer you can find hiyayakko (cold/chilled tofu) at izakaya (pubs) or as a side dish to a teishoku (set meal)...the traditional...

Do you have a middle name? I'm sure most of you do. Native Japanese do not and are surprised that we, Japanese Americans do. Most Japane...