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One of the few Japanese dishes that is eaten with a spoon, Chawanmushi is the appetiser that is almost always served in Kaiseki ryori. The egg is mixed with dashi, soy sauce, mirin and salt, then carefully steamed with various ingredients in it. The texture of the egg custard is so smooth and delicate.
The Japanese version of steamed dumpling, shumai (or shao mai) is quite easy to make. It only contains pork mince, onion and few typical Japanese seasonings, but it tastes so good.
Pork Shogayaki (Ginger Pork) is a thinly sliced sautéed pork with tasty sauce with ginger flavour. It's a very popular lunch menu in Japan.

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Mabodofu (Mapo Tofu)

Mabodofu (麻婆豆腐) is the Japanese name for “Mapo Tofu”, which is a Chinese dish from Sichuan province. Tofu and ground meat are stir fried with a flavoursome sauce. But the flavour of mabodofu is yet again modified to suit to the Japanese palette and not as spicy as the Chinese version of mapo tofu.

Mabodofu (麻婆豆腐) is the Japanese name for “Mapo Tofu”, which is a Chinese dish from Sichuan province. Tofu and ground meat are stir fried with a flavoursome sauce. But the flavour of mabodofu is yet again modified to suit to the Japanese palette and not as spicy as the Chinese version of mapo tofu.

Mabodofu was introduced to Japanese households widely in the early 1970’s. The flavour was already modified to suit to Japanese people and the person who introduced mabodofu was Chen Kenmin who is the father of the Iron Chef Chen Kenichi….

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A super easy meal with sashimi quality tuna is one of my favourites. Maguro no Zuke-don (Marinated Tuna on Rice) requires no cooking. Just marinate tuna slices and place them on the cooked rice, topped with garnish. I always wonder how such a simple dish could be so tasty. If you add a salad and a…

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Chikuzenni (Simmered Chicken and Vegetables) Two Ways

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Oden is a kind of hot pot consisting of daikon, potatoes, eggs, Konbu (kelp), konnyaku, and different types of fish cakes, simmered in lightly flavoured soup stock.

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Sweet and Sour Pork Meatballs (Subuta)

Sweet and sour pork usually uses cubed pork but this is a meatball version of sweet and sour pork. Onions in the meatballs give the meat more flavour and the sauce is not as strong as original Chinese sweet and sour pork.

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Japanese Pork Meatballs (Niku-dango) with Two Sauces

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Pork meatballs are deep fried, then coated in flavoursome sauce. By just changing the sauce, you will get quite different meatball dishes – one with sweet and sour sauce, one with sweet soy sauce like teriyaki sauce. Both are really tasty. I saw Nagi’s post, Oven Baked Italian Meatballs few weeks ago, where she talked about posting…

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Kakiage (Mixed Vegetable Tempura)

Kakiage is a type of tempura made with a variety of vegetable strips, often with seafood. This is a popular home cooking dish as it uses leftover vegetables to clean up the fridge for the week.

Kakiage is a type of tempura made with a variety of vegetable strips, often with seafood. This is a popular home cooking dish as it uses leftover vegetables to clean up the fridge for the week. Light and crispy kakiage is so delicious to eat just with tempura dipping sauce. But how about placing kakiage…

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