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 […]
Last weekend was the annual Tsukuba Matsuri (festival). This is not to be confused with the Tsukuba Matsuri that I mistakenly thought was on last month, and looked like being a very lonely, one man sort of festival until someone pointed out my mistake. This was the real thing.
Although the photo above, doesn’t really show […]
It is officially Matsuri (festival) season in Japan now. The rainy season is almost over and on the weekends, the air is booming with the fireworks that signal a matsuri.
The sights, sounds and smells of a Japanese Matsuri are just great. The familiar music, the traditional food and the timeless sight of kids having a ball, is a sort of tonic […]
If you are stuck on a cold rainy corner of any busy Japanese city, there are three things that are likely to come to mind:
How do I get warm
How do I get something into my stomach
How do I do it without standing in one of the unending queues that lead to just about every place that […]
Pakaura (similar to Indian and Pakistani pakora) is a popular street food in Afghanistan. They can be made with various vegetables such as cauliflower and eggplants; this one is made with pre-cooked potato.
1 1/4 cups besan/chickpea flour
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon ground coriander seed
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
4 large red boiling potatoes, peeled and […]
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