Our Adventures in Japan

Since Satoshi was sick I thought “sharing” nabe (hot pot) was risking me getting whatever he had, so I made each of us a bowl of tan tan men...

Ichiriki with good friend G! Lots to catch up on since from before the pandemic. It was my first time here, the food was delicious. It was n...

We recently tried these huge gyoza called Ken-chan gyoza. They are made in Tokyo and the wrappers are quite thick. I thought the gyoza snob ...

Yosenabe literally means collection hot pot. You put whatever you want into the hot pot. I cooked half a daikon, 1 carrrot, 1 "stick...

Recently we tried mizore nabe. Mizore in Japanese means sleet. Grating the daikon makes it look like "sleet". I peeled then ...

The weekend was forecast for the coldest front in many moons. The weather dude even forecast that Okinawa may even get some snow! Whoa?!...

Awhile back, I made mille feuille in my frying pan with a cover. On a recent trip to visit MIL, I asked Satoshi to look for a donabe (cla...

Yesterday, it rained all.day.long. We stayed indoors, and had our zuwaigani (snow crab) which we received from the mystery tour for dinne...

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....

I made this dish awhile ago, but I thought I would post about it today since it is raining and the temperature has started to drop here. Thi...

It's the day after Christmas and Satoshi is back to work. Santa brought us some great gifts. We really appreciate our family and friends...