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Archive for September 2007

September 27th, 2007

BBQ Squid

The next in our series on Japanese Matsuri food is an easy, chewy, portable and slightly anti social food - whole BBQ squid.
The cook simply cleans and slices half way through the whole squid before throwing it flat onto the BBQ plate.  Depending on how long it has been on there it can either be raw and inedible, […]

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September 25th, 2007

Dungo Rice Balls

Above you can see Dungo in all its glory.  In this case it is the three balls on a stick that have just been grilled and are ready to eat.  Dungo are a very simple concept and not too much more complex to make at home.
Firstly you must mix fine rice flour (ground raw rice) […]

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September 20th, 2007

The full list of 50’s

Earlier in the week a lot of the sites in the B5Media home and dining crew put together lists of 50, based on the idea of warming up this Autumn.  Here is the most complete list I could come up with.  Please let me know if you find any more.
50 ways to Keep Your Pet(s) […]

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September 18th, 2007

50 reasons why a Japanese winter is hot

The B5 media Home and Dining crew are having a conniption with lists of 50 today.  More specifically, 50 warm ideas to heat up your autumn.  I’ve gone a little off topic by heading straight to winter because it looks like Autumn isn’t really happening here in Japan. 
I am trying to convince myself that this coming winter […]

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September 14th, 2007

Ramen at Home

Last night we had some friends over, including Ian from Australia.  He requested Ramen and so we got to it.  It ended up great but a little unconventional as we had way to many things and not nearly enough soup in the bowl.  Also in the rush (we were starving) nobody thought to take a photo […]

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September 12th, 2007

Tako Yaki -BBQ Octopus balls

Tako Yaki has nothing to do with the Mexican Taco that most of the world knows.  That is unless you include the mess that it makes of your shirt front when you try to eat it on the run.
Tako Yaki is BBQ octopus balls.  Now some would claim that octopus balls aren’t big enough to […]

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September 10th, 2007

Banana Chyoko

Today I am presenting one of the less classy of Japanese Matsuri foods.  It is something that no doubt you will see in many other countries as well, but I am not sure if you will experience such a fanatical following elsewhere.
It is Banana Chyoko (which of course is a chocolate banana).
What these fruit torturers […]

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September 8th, 2007

Japanese Frankfurts

Today I hesitated about posting about something so un-Japanese as frankfurts.  But I can’t argue with popularity.  Frankfurts and various kinds of wieners are very popular in Japan.  It is almost like they are fashionable at the moment but the words fashion and frankfurt don’t really fit in the same sentence.
At a Japanese Matsuri, there […]

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September 6th, 2007

Okonomiyaki Matsuri Style

 
There are a million and one ways to make okonomiyaki.  That is how it gets its name “As you like it” pancakes.  I will describe what I think is the most popular way to make it in bulk at a festival.
Start by laying out a series of cabbage piles all over the BBQ plate.  Let this […]

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September 3rd, 2007

Yaki Soba

This happy looking gentleman is a Yaki Soba crafts-person.  He makes hundreds of people extremely satisfied every day as he practices his art at an average Japanese Matsuri (even though there is nothing like an average for Matsuri).  I’m sure his is a distinguished profession and it is definitely in great demand, but it isn’t exactly rocket science.  In […]

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