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This is a quick Ramen recipe using store bought soup and noodles, but the toppings are homemade. With a little bit of effort to make good toppings, you can enjoy great ramen almost like the ones you order at restaurants.
Tataki kyuri is a simple but unique cucumber salad. By smashing the cucumbers, the dressing penetrates into each piece. Ginger and soy sauce in the dressing gives this salad a Japanese touch.
Katsu-don (カツ丼), is a very filling main dish. A bowl of rice topped with tonkatsu (deep fried crumbed pork cutlet), onion and beaten egg, cooked in dashi with sweet soy sauce.

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Pork Marinated in Sake Lees (Pork Kasuzuke)

You need to allow for a day or two to marinate but other than that, this is very simple to make Pork Marinated in Sake Lees (Pork Kasuzuke). Sake lees is highly nutritious and makes a flavoursome marinade.

Pork Kasuzuke cooked on a griddle pan look appertaining with burnt lines. Served with mizuna and carrot salad.

I posted a couple of marinated fish dishes, both of which are quick to make, although you need to marinate the fish at least the day before. In case you haven’t seen them yet, here are the links: Saikyo Yaki Fish, Japanese Salmon Mirin-zuke. Today’s recipe is no exception, even if sliced pork is used instead of fish….

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Pickled Turnip (Senmai-zuke)

Thinly sliced turnip is marinated in sweet vinegar with konbu and chilli. Crunchy turnip with sweet and sour flavour – it’s great with rice and goes well with drinks as nibbles. 

Pickled Turnip (Senmaizuke) is a Kyoto specialty food. Thinly sliced turnip is marinated in sweet vinegar with konbu and chilli. Crunchy turnip with sweet and sour flavour – it’s great with rice and goes well with drinks as nibbles. The traditional senmaizuke uses turnip like my recipe, but you can make it with daikon (white radish) too….

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Omurice (Japanese Rice Omelette)

Japanese kids’ favourite dish, omurice (Japanese Rice Omelette) is another Western-influenced Japanese dish. It is basically an omelette with ketchup-flavoured chicken fried rice inside it.

Japanese kids’ favourite dish, Omurice (Japanese Rice Omelette) is another Western-influenced Japanese dish. It is basically an omelette with ketchup-flavoured chicken fried rice inside it. The word ‘omurice’ or ‘omuraisu’ (オムライス) is a typical Japanese-made English dish. It’s made by combining omelette and rice. The Japanese way of pronouncing omelette is ‘omuretsu’ (オムレツ) so they…

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Braised Burdock (Kinpira Gobō)

A typical Japanese home cooking dish, Braised Burdock (Kinpira Gobō) is a vegetable side dish. Burdock root and carrot are cut into matchsticks and cooked in a slightly sweet soy sauce. It is very fast to make and can be made ahead of time.

A typical Japanese home cooking dish, Braised Burdock (Kinpira Gobō) is a vegetable side dish. Burdock root and carrot are cut into matchsticks and cooked in a slightly sweet soy sauce. It is very fast to make and can be made ahead of time. For this reason, it is often served in a bento box….

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Daikon Salad with Pickled Plum Dressing

Very simple but refreshing salad that takes no time to make. Salty and sour pickled plum adds a unique flavour to the dressing, which goes so well with Daikon Salad.

Very simple but refreshing salad that takes no time to make. Salty and sour pickled plum adds a unique flavour to the dressing which goes so well with Daikon Salad. Combined with soy sauce, the dressing has a typical Japanese touch. This is one of the salads I had at an Izakaya (Japanese Style Tavern)…

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Rice with Bamboo Shoots (Takenoko Gohan)

You can enjoy the distinct flavour of bamboo shoots in this dish, Rice with Bamboo Shoots (Takenoko Gohan). To preserve the delicate flavour of the bamboo shoots, I simply cook them with rice in a lightly flavoured dashi stock.

This is one of my favourite rice dishes. You can enjoy the distinct flavour of bamboo shoots in this dish, Rice with Bamboo Shoots (Takenoko Gohan). To preserve the delicate flavour of the bamboo shoots, I simply cook them with rice in a lightly flavoured dashi stock. It is so simple to make. Use konbu…

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Bonito Tataki (Seared Bonito)

Bonito Tataki (Seared Bonito) is the representative sashimi dish of Kōchi prefecture. When the bonito skin is seared and charred, it gives an appetising aroma to the sashimi. Slice the fillets thicker than usual sashimi slices and eat them with ponzu dressing.

Bonito Tataki (Seared Bonito) is the representative sashimi dish of Kōchi prefecture. When the bonito skin is seared and charred, it gives an appetising aroma to the sashimi. Slice the fillets thicker than usual sashimi slices and eat them with ponzu dressing. Last week, I posted a different tataki dish, Japanese-Style Kingfish Tartare (Kingfish Tataki)…

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