When I am cooking for one, the main thing on my mind is “How am I going to get out of this with as little work as possible?” A very important part of this is washing up. In other words, the less pans you use to cook, the less washing up to take care of.
This is a quick […]
My wife is overseas for a week and my kids are not interested in eating what I cook for myself (that is reasonable because I am not interested in what I cook for them either - boring for my three year old and mushy for my toothless one year old) so it is solo cooking again […]
I think Chesu has worked out what these seriously big cooking implements are all about:
“They’re Godzilla-sized coffee stir sticks!
I can just imagine Godzilla and Gamera, enjoying a cup of coffee and giving pointers to the thing from Cloverfield…”
I think I have the same picture in my mind as you do Chesu.
I’ll email you to get […]
When you see octopus that looks very red like this in the sashimi bar of a Japanese shop, it usually means that it has been vinegared. This means that as well as being deliciously chewy and salty it also tastes kind of pickled.
To make this simple salad all you do is slice the octopus fine, […]
These sesame sweets came from a sweet shop in Beijing earlier this week. They would have to be one of the most delicious and chewy things i have ever tasted. Close up, they shine sort of like opal, and they taste like sweet sweet sesame. The chewiness is something to be experienced. My daughter, 2 […]
I have found an amazing vegetarian Japanese cooking book that might interest you. You’d be surprised how little true vegetarian cooking goes on in Japan. A friend of mine asked about this so I found this beautiful book and thought you all might like it.
It isn’t all traditional Japanese food, more of a synthesis of […]
Once again, my photography doesn’t do the subject justice. What you see here is a Genuine Slovakian Olesniky. Cooked with genuine Slovakian techniques by a genuine Slovakian friend in my little Japanese kitchen
Here is the basic concept, but be warned there is a lot of adjustment to taste going on throughout the procedure.
A few potatoes
half […]
Tonight at my house was ginger pork night. A time of great celebration and anticipation. This was my best version yet. 5mm thick pork loin quickly fried with onion and mushrooms and then dowsed with a mix of sake, mirin, fresh ground ginger, soy and sugar.
It came out of the pan and onto a bed […]
This is the third type of choco pan that I had in mind when I wrote about the three types back here. This one has to be the lowest level of choco pan. Simply a long life type bread stick. Dry and tasteless. Dipped in chocolate. These guys exist on the shelf next to cookies […]
Lisa from Lunchbucketbento was on the same wavelength as me when she picked this one other type of choco pan. Have a look at her description in the comments to this post. You can understand what she is talking about if you look at where I took a bite in the photo. It has a swirled […]
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