Unlike Superman, Ultraman, Anpanman and all of the other superheroes, Nikuman is just plain lazy. You will often find him lying around in a glass cabinet in a convenience store or in the front of a specialist nikuman shop. He is often found in the fridge or the freezer of a supermarket and will benefit […]
This is the last post I will be writing in my loose series on Matsuri food (but I am heading to another Matsuri this weekend so I reserve the right to go back on my word). I have left this to last, because I wasn’t sure that I should let the world see the bad […]
Now before anyone jumps down my throat to tell me that this is not what they are called… I know. What I don’t know is what they are called. These guys are available at festivals all over Japan and I expect to bump into another crowd of them this weekend at the University of Tsukuba Festival, […]
Some would say that I am scraping the bottom of the barrel of classic Matsuri food, by writing about potatoes. However, I’ve decided that I owe it to you all to write this, not so much as a recipe, a description or even a cultural message, but more as a warning.
These potatoes are steamed in […]
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, […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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