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When it comes to serving appetizer for a dinner party, I like to the idea of serving simple yet elegant dishes. Today’s recipe is this delicious Garlic Soy Marinated Albacore that looks fancy but incredibly easy to prepare. What is Albacore Tuna Albacore Tuna (shiro maguro) is sashimi-grade fish commonly used in sushi. It is very popular in Japanese restaurants due to the soft, buttery texture and mild flavor. Albacore differs from yellowfin and other tuna species because its meat is more white....

Before I talk about this delicious Green Tea Crème Brûlée recipe, I have one happy news to share with you. My recipes are being featured in the March issue of Singapore’s Food & Travel magazine! Thank you Food & Travel for the feature! By the way, if you are curious about these featured dishes, the recipes are already on the blog: Omurice, Spaghetti Meat Sauce, Ebi Fry, Hamburger Steak, Kuri Kinton....

Check out my awesome Pork Chop Marinade Recipe post for a larger discussion along with notes and tips. We’ll toss them on the grill for a gorgeous sear, then finish them off with a sticky homemade glaze made from pineapple, spicy gochujang, honey and brown sugar. These flavors are outstanding, and once you try these glazed pork chops, the recipe will surely find its way into your regular rotation. Let’s talk about how we make it, shall we?...

Gyoza wrappers (餃子の皮) are used to make Gyoza, Japanese pan-fried potstickers. Japanese gyoza wrappers imported from Japan are even smaller in size than what we can get in the US. Where to Get Gyoza Wrappers I use this Myojo brand Gyoza wrappers that I get from the refrigerator or freezer section of the Japanese grocery store. Unfortunately, they are perishable and not available online. You can purchase the gyoza wrappers in Japanese and Asian grocery stores, as well as local grocery stores....

Because I am happppyyyyy…clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth… Why the unnatural cheer you may ask? Especially since this be a savory dish and I am clearly not on a sugar high - well, it’s thanks to this little round up of Pakistani foodies on Instagram featuring yours truly along with some of her personal heroes. A HUGE thanks to Sadaf the talent behind Siddy Says for doing this!...

One of my son’s favorite Japanese food is Hayashi Rice (ハヤシライス). He has such passion for the stew that he can talk about how much he loves the tender beef and the delicious demi-glace sauce in great animation. It can be entertaining to watch a kid talk about food sometimes. There is so much excitement, and it warms my heart knowing that all the hours spent in the kitchen is greatly appreciated....

In Japan, many food companies offer tours of their factory. Throughout our travels in Japan, we’ve visited a fishcake factory, Kikkoman’s soy sauce factory, breweries, and shingen mochi factory. We enjoy visiting food factories with our children so they can learn and appreciate the various processes that go into creating the food we eat. When our long time partner Hikari Miso offered us a tour of their miso factory, we jumped on the opportunity to learn more about miso making....

Why you will love this Roasted Pork Tenderloin Recipe Oven Roasted Pork Tenderloin is one of the simplest, tastiest, impressive meals you’ll ever make! How easy you may ask? To make, we place the pork in a water/salt/ brine for 20 minutes which ensures 110% tender pork. They don’t call it pork tenderloin for nothing! While the pork is tenderizing, its Blackberry Hoisin Ginger time. This glaze takes only 5 minutes to make without any skill involved....

Miso soup is a staple in Japanese cuisine and is soup for the soul. We enjoy it almost every single day for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. As a Japanese home cook, I would also say that miso soup is probably one of the easiest soups you can make at home. There are many paths to making miso soup, but once you grasp the basics, you can explore and customize. This post aims to equip you with all the essential knowledge to make yourself a bowl of authentic miso soup at home any time of the day....

Hyoshigigiri (拍子木切り) is when you cut the vegetable into rectangular shape. Cut vegetables into 2 inch lengths. Then cut crosswise into ½ inch pieces. Lastly slice them into ½ inch thickness.

After I shared my recipe for the Japanese New Year mochi soup called Ozoni, I received a lot of feedback from my readers about the mochi that I added to this savory soup. They were surprised that I added it because they believe that mochi is a sweet food. That made me realize that Japanese and non-Japanese think of mochi quite differently. In this post, I’ll explain the difference between sweet mochi and plain mochi....

Like any chili pepper, grilled or roasted poblano peppers have a much different flavor than fresh, raw pobano peppers. The flavor is deeper and a bit sweeter. You lose the crunch but gain a fullness and impact you won’t get with other ingredients. You can roast your poblanos in the oven or over an open flame - Learn how to roast chili peppers here - but grilling works just as well....

I often get questions from readers about how I store cooked rice. I usually make extra rice so that we always have some extra cooked rice ready at hand. What’s the best way to store cooked rice? What’s the Best Way to Store Cooked Rice When you end up with extra rice in your rice cooker after a meal, you have several options to store it. Option 1 – Keep in your rice cooker with “keep warm” function on Option 2 – Keep at room temperature Option 3 – Store in your refrigerator Option 4 – Store in your freezer...

You’re lucky if you have access to fresh yuzu fruits! I hope you make something delicious with them. There are so many ways to make the best of these precious Japanese citrus, and I have some recipe suggestions for you below. What to Make with Yuzu Yuzu MarmaladeYuzu PonzuYuzu Miso DressingGreen Beans with Yuzu VinaigretteYuzu Sorbet What to Do with Yuzu Peels If the yuzu recipe didn’t require peels, don’t throw them away!...

Scoville Heat Units: 1,000-15,000 SHU Capsicum Annuum What is the Hungarian Wax Pepper? The Hungarian Wax Pepper, as its name suggests, originated in Hungary. Also known as the Hungarian Hot Wax Pepper, it is easily confused with the similar-looking banana pepper, but it is much hotter. The Hungarian Wax is harvested before complete maturity, while it is still yellow, and about 8 inches long and 2 inches thick. If left to mature fully, these peppers could grow larger and would turn red, and their heat level would increase considerably....

Happy New Year guys! How did you celebrate New Year’s? We just stayed in and had a pizza pajama party. Did you keep any New Year’s resolution? I didn’t keep any, but healthy and clean eating and a wholesome diet are what I want to continue focussing on this year as well. We are what we eat after all! Getting back to the post, for now, I’m happy to share this instant pot lentil curry | lentil and coconut curry....

When cucumbers are at their peak in gardens and markets, we often find a few lingering around at the kitchen counter. If you are in need of some cucumber inspiration today, I hope you try this refreshing Japanese Cucumber Salad called Sunomono (酢の物). This is one of the most popular appetizers at the dinner table in Japan, and it’s simple and very easy to prepare in a short time....

My friends and readers often ask what I usually cook when I am too busy, or when I’m too lazy to shop for fresh ingredients. Can you guess? It’s Japanese-style pasta! I’ve been making various Japanese-style pasta recipes since my college days. I always keep abundant spaghetti in my pantry for a quick meal. I’m excited to show you how to make my family’s latest favorite, Japanese-style Shrimp and Broccolini Pasta (海老とブロッコリーニの和風パスタ)!...

It is Day 3 of Fasting guys. For those of you who are not familiar with the concept, in the month of Ramadan, a month in the lunar Muslim calendar, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. In Canada that means a whopping 17 hour fast. No food, no water. For those of you familiar with fasts and keeping them, I hope yours are going well. This is my first year of Ramzan in a long time where both kids are in school and I have decided to take advantage of that to alter my regular schedule to include a nap....

It’s been a while since I baked bread or cake of sorts! However, I did try baking cakes in the Instant Pot. I originally made this really soft, and fluffy vanilla cake using a bundt pan. But when I tested that same recipe in my 7-inch springform pan, let’s just say it was a disaster. Bummer! I didn’t feel like venturing into baking another cake in the Instant Pot. It was interesting to note how the same recipe does not work well for different sized pans in the Instant Pot, even though the quantity is the same....