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Zaru soba (cold soba noodles) is the best way to eat soba (buckwheat) noodles. Zaru soba is the simplest form of eating noodles and so fast to make. It is a popular summer dish in Japan of course but if you want to be like a connoisseur and enjoy the soba itself, then eat cold even in winter. Use konbu dashi to make it a perfect vegetarian dish.

Zaru Soba (Cold Soba Noodles)

Home-made temakizushi (手巻き寿司) looks fancy but is very easy to prepare Cut the sushi fillings, display everything on the table and let the crowd serve themselves. It is fun and great for a little party with family and friends.

Temakizushi (Hand rolled sushi)

Ozoni is a special dish that most Japanese households serve on New Year’s Day. It is a clear soup with cooked rice cakes and colourful ingredients such as prawns, shiitake, and mitsuba (wild Japanese parsley). Ingredients can vary and you can even make it vegetarian.

Ozōni (Clear Soup with Rice Cake)

Shime saba is a cured mackerel fillet that is great for sashimi as well as sushi topping. It is very simple to make and so tasty. All you need is mackerel, salt and rice wine vinegar. If you can get a very fresh mackerel, you must try this. No cooking, just marinating!

Shime Saba (Cured Mackerel)

Japanese potato salad is like semi-mashed potatoes mixed with vegetables, ham, egg and mayonnaise. Small pieces of carrots, cucumbers, onions, ham and eggs make it visually appealing. It is not too creamy, not too rich, but flavoursome. What makes this potato salad stand out is the mushy texture and the famous Japanese mayonnaise, Kewpie mayonnaise.

Japanese Potato Salad

The typical egg dish in Japanese cuisine, dashimaki tamago (出し巻き卵, Japanese rolled omelette) is made by rolling thin layers of egg in the frypan. The beautiful layers of the egg when sliced, and the sweet dashi flavour make this omelette so unique.

Dashimaki Tamago (Japanese Rolled Omelette)

One of the most popular Japanese hot pot dishes, sukiyaki (すき焼き) is great for get-together with friends and family. Cooking thinly sliced beef, tofu and vegetables in sweet soy sauce flavour over a portable cooktop on the table is so much fun. It is quick to prepare and so tasty.

Sukiyaki

Nothing is more comforting than onigiri (おにぎり, Japanese rice ball) wrapped in yaki nori (roasted seaweed sheet) with salted grilled salmon inside the rice! It’s such a simple food but it is so yummy that you can’t stop eating. Instead of salmon or other popular protein, you can add pickled vegetables or pickled salty plum to make it 100% vegetarian.

Onigiri (Japanese Rice Ball)

Instant Miso Soup

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Tempura

If you love pork, you must try this kakuni (角煮, simmered pork belly). The pork is so tender with lovely sweet soy sauce flavour, yet it retains the flavour of ‘pork meat’. It takes time to cook the pork until it almost falls apart but it is pretty easy to make.

Kakuni (Japanese Simmered Pork Belly)

Sakamushi (酒蒸し, steamed in sake) Fish is a very authentic Japanese dish and sometimes served in kaiseki-ryori (multi-course haute cuisine). In a nutshell: White-fleshed fish is steamed with plenty of sake (酒, Japanese rice wine). This is a very simple method of cooking fish but the flavour of fish is amazing. It will make you feel like you are having a dish at a high-class restaurant!

Sakamushi Fish (Steamed Fish in Sake)

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