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Tomato and Egg Drop Soup Japanese Way

My Tomato and Egg Drop Soup is based on Chinese Tomato and Egg Drop Soup, except that I used dashi stock for the soup base. It has a clean and refreshing taste, with a gentle flavouring. The sourness from the tomato goes so well with egg in the simple broth.

The Chinese version of the Tomato and Egg Drop Soup uses lightly flavoured soup stock such as chicken broth or vegetable broth. Sometimes, it uses water instead of soup stock with flavouring ingredients. Garlic is also added to the broth in some recipes….

Hero shot of Plain chawanmushi with Starchy Clear Sauce.

Unlike my Chawanmushi (Savoury Egg Custard) recipe, Plain Chawanmushi with Starchy Clear Sauce contains nothing inside the savoury egg custard. It is a comforting dish, and you can have it just like a soup. A starchy sauce over the chawanmushi and a little garnish on top make the dish more appetising. Compared to my standard Chawanmushi…

Hero shot of Shiso Garlic Butter Pasta with Yuzu Koshō

As the name suggests, Simple Shiso Garlic Butter Pasta is a quick and easy pasta recipe that uses a plenty of shiso (perilla) leaves. The addition of a distinct Japanese seasoning, yuzu koshō, gives a touch of chilli flavour to the pasta. It’s almost like a Japanese version of pasta peperoncino, except that it has…

Today’s Bento, Chicken Patties Bento, uses pre-made dishes that can either be made a day to several days earlier or frozen. Although the main ingredient is pumpkin, crumbed deep-fried croquettes fill your stomach along with the chicken patties. Chicken Patties Bento is colourful and packed with different flavours. I had to make Chicken Patties Wrapped in…

Hero shot of One Pan Soy Butter Salmon with Mushrooms.

One Pan Soy Butter Salmon with Mushrooms is an easy dish to make, and is perfect for a weekday meal. The salmon pieces and Asian mushrooms are sautéed first, then coated in soy butter with a touch of sweetness from mirin. The flavour combination of soy sauce and butter goes so well with rice. Most…

Hero shot of Chicken Wingettes Karaage with Garlic Soy Dipping Sauce.

The uniqueness of Chicken Wingettes Karaage with Garlic Soy Dipping Sauce is that each piece of karaage is a tiny lollipop chicken made from a halved wingette. It is also unique that you eat this karaage chicken by dipping it in a garlicky soy-flavoured sauce, rather than marinating the chicken pieces to give a flavour…

Salmon Avocado Rolls are the 4th most popular sushi in Australia and the last recipe in my Sushi Rolls Recipe Series. As the name suggests, the fillings in my Salmon Avocado Rolls are raw salmon and sliced avocado. Salmon Avocado Rolls are one of the regular sushi rolls at Take Away Sushi Roll shops in…

Tomato and Egg Drop Soup Japanese Way

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