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Sanma kanzume
2007-10-19 14:33:00
Sanma kanzumeJapanese are good at develop instant food. Such as Ramen, or frozen food.But as well as them, canned food are also convenient are delicious in Japan :pThis one is canned Sanma Kabayaki.Sanma is one of cheapest and delicious fish here. Kabayaki means "grilled with soy sauce and sugar".You can find this in ebery Japanese groccery worldwide, eat it with Japanese rice :D

Yu-dofu
2007-10-17 15:31:00
Yu-dofuAs I said before, agedashi-Dofu and Yu-dofu are my favorite dish using tofu.Actually I don't like Hiyayakko(raw tofu) :pTofu(displayed as "dofu" sometimes) is bean-curd according to my dictionary, but I guess youguys have ever been to Japanese restaurant tried it already.When I eat yudofu, I need to prepare 2 pan. 1 for boil tofu, and another for cook sauce.Simply you just boiled tofu with hot water with konbu(seaweed broth) for a couple of minutes after boiling. tofu can be eaten as raw.In another pan, pour a half cup of soy sauce, a quater of Mirin, and a quater of Japanese sake(if available. if not, use water instead) and Japanese instant buillon(not maggi!). Boil them toghther. After damping a fire, add Katsuobushi(can't find in my dictionary. please google it) and chopped onion spring. Complete!I ate it yesterday, and will eat it later. The sauce is so delicious :D

Character of Japanese snack
2007-10-15 14:27:00
Character of Japanese snackThis is one of my favorite snack in Japan. But I don't eat snack as snack but when I drink beer. Yes this one is best match for beer.As you see on the package, this is taste of Endou-Mame. One of bean.Don't you think the character displayed on the package funny?I laughed when I saw it :p
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Traditional breakfast
2007-10-14 13:51:00
Traditional breakfastThis is one of most popular combination of Japanese breakfast.These days bread breakfast is also popular among young generations, but I prefer rice breakfast rather than bread, boiled egg and orange juice.On weekday, since I have to wake up early so I don't eat breakfast(sometimes ochazuke only lol), but I love to eat like this on weekend.Rice and Miso soup are necessary, I choose which fish I ate from various line-up.I like sake(salmon), saba(chub mackerel), aji(Japanese horse mackerel), hokke, and yellowtail as grilled.At this time, I ate saba.If it's not enough, I bring Nori(seaweed), Tsukemono(pickles) or raw egg from fridge :Dprobably the breakfast served at hotels in Japan looks like this. But if you prefer English breakfast, they will have it.
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Salmon Sashimi
2007-10-12 13:28:00
Salmon SashimiOily and tasty taste andbeatiful texture it has.I love all sashimi, especially oily fishes.Yellowtail, tuna(not back side), salmon, yellowfin are my favorite. But cheapest is Salmon. Otherwise so expensive :(we can find "save 50%" salmon sashimi after 6PM at market, so I usually perchase it :pSalmon sushi is also great.

Instant Mentaiko Pasta
2007-10-08 13:35:00
Instant Mentaiko Pasta THese days, most of all convenience store sell instant Mentaiko pasta(Microwave cooking).Sorry to attach dirty picture. I took mistake :|If you come to Japan, and I think everyone will go to convenience store, take this and enjoy Japanese traditional(?) pasta :DRemember, cut seaweed is always beside mentaiko pasta :)
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Nikujaga
2007-10-06 13:21:00
NikujagaWell this is one of traditional Japanese food and girls learn how to cook at the first time in thier lives.Simply just boil ingredients, but it is popular Japanese cuisine.Have you ever heard about "Iron chef America" and Chef Morimoto?I don't remember which channnel is the TV program broadcasted, but I saw it every week in the Philippines :)The original is Japanese program "Ryori no tetsujin" and remaked in US and broadcasted as "Iron chef America". So we all know the system of the show.Well, if you know Chef Morimoto's restauraqnt, you can go there and order Nikujaga with Matsuzaka beef!I was so surprized when I heard about it, but maybe they still serves it there :)At least, they had it when they opened the restaurant ...

Nikuman
2007-10-05 14:12:00
NikumanThis is nikuman and I guess you have ever seen it in your country.I eat this for quick breakfast or snack when I'm in rush or drinving.I don't know what is inside of the skin made of flour, but there are various Chuuka-man(means chinese bun or like that Nikuman belongs to it).Nikuman is cooked ground meat and vegetables inside skin.Anman is bean jam inside.Curry man is Japanese curry inside.Pizza man is pizza taste ground meat inside :pYou could see this everywhere in Japanese convenience store on winter.Now Winter comes near, so they are beginning selling them. I love it ;p

Agedashi Tofu
2007-10-04 12:41:00
Agedashi Tofu This is Agedashi tofu.Agedashi means deepfry or something like that.Tofu is .....tofu I hope you know that. I don't know how to say in English :pSimply dredge a little bit potato starch onto tofu and deepfry it.Sauce is Ponzu. Have you ever heard about it?It is one of most popular sauce in JApan and each family has stock in their fridge.It is made of soy sauce and sour liquid(i.e venegar, lemon juice, like that) and some other seasonings.Various kinds of ponzu sold in the market in Japan, and we often use it for dishes.I love Tofu, and this one and Yu-dofu are my favorites.I will eat Yu-dofu twice in a week on winter, so I think I will introduce later :)
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Nilaga
2007-10-02 14:07:00
NilagaOK, I begin blogging from now on, moving hosting account have done smoothly :)This is "Nilaga" and not Japanese cuisine but Philippine cuisine.Actually, it is my favorite Filipino dish. I lived there for 2 years so I think I have tried most of all Filipino dishes, I love some of them.If you can find Filipino restaurant in your country, I recommend you trying Nilaga, Adobo, Pancit lomi, kinilaw(marinated tuna). They are my favorites.The maid san worked at my condo told me how to cook nilaga, but I can not find most important seasoning for nilaga in Japan.It was cold "Patis" in the Philippines, I think it is one of fish sauce.Well so First you need to prepare potato, cabbage(chinese cabbage can be behalf), , beef or pork, maggy, black pepper, and fish sauce.Boil all and add seasoning. Thats all :pI will introduce some foreign cuisine that I experienced and still remembering how-to-cook sometimes.I love them!
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Notice
2007-09-27 13:22:00
I will move domains to another hosting account that includes images attached to this blog soon.Therefore, images will be temporary unavailable to be displayed for a while, I think I will be back in a week :p
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Yakisoba
2007-09-26 12:43:00
YakisobaNo need to explain if you ever come this blog :pIngredients are thin sliced pork, cabbage, carrot and soba and sauce.I think Yakisoba sauce is unique taste of Japan, it is used for various dishes.Okonomiyaki, Yakisoba, Tonkatsu and more...If you see it at Japanese grocery in your country, you shoul try. Every Japanese like the sauce :)

Kimchi nabe
2007-09-24 13:33:00
Kimchi nabe"Nabe" means Hot soup and ingredients in pot. There are various nabe in Japan, especially eaten on winter to make our body hot.Kimchi nabe is one most popular nabe in Japan.Ingresients are thin sliced pork, tofu, onion spring, chinese cabagge, and chive.It's on autumn in Japan and winter in coming, I think most of post will be describing about nabe soon :)
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Yakitori
2007-09-23 13:29:00
YakitoriOne of my faorite sidedish for beer, Yakitori!Simply, break down chicken into each piece and grill on charchol fire.This one is unpopular part of chicken(I don'T exactly know which part is it) so very cheap at market :)Which part of chicken is expensive in your country? In Japan, Chicken thigh(I still unablte to pronounce this word) are popular and expensive, breast is almost a half plice of thigh.I agree, thigh is juicy and delicious for any kind of cooking, brest are only used for deepfried.For Yakitori, breast are not delisious at all. Thigh are most popular.Butyou know, Chicken skin and Sunagimo(I don't know how to say in English) are also popular.My favorite ingredients for Yakitori is chicken skin. Crispy!

Kanikama tempura
2007-09-22 13:26:00
Kanikama tempuraFirst of all I need to explain what "Kanikama" is for you. I saw it in the Philippines and called "crab stick".It is just like fish sausagethat tastes LIKE clab. Actually there are no club meats inside :pNecause clubs are so expensive because it is so pupular among Japanese here, someone developed the way to try crab taste at a low plice.We all are looking for eats on crab on Japanese resraurant on winter, but usually eat this at home.As a ingredients of salad, is the way Japanese eats it usually, but we cook it into tempura :pI tried it recently in th Philippines for the first time, and knew it is delicious and how crab stick should be cook!Crispy and tasty, but remember that you need to buy expnsive crab stick if cook it into tempura. Cheap one is not good for tempura but as ingredients of salad.
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Satoimo & baby squid Nimono
2007-09-20 13:28:00
Satoimo & baby squid NimonoHave I already described about nimono?It is traditional cooking way for Japanese. "Ni" means boil up in English this time.So what is the seasoning for boil up ingredients with?Well, I am not sure you can get it in your country, you may need to buy dashi, soy sauce, Mirin, and Japanese sake(rice wine).Just mix 3 cup of dashi, 4 tablespoon of soy sauce, 2 tablespoon of Mirin and Sake. If you like sweet, add more sake or mirin.Now, you can begin boil up ingredients.Most of begetables and fish can be cooked into Nimono, such as the combination of potato, carrot, burdock and chicken.The above photo is Nimono of baby squid(less than 5cm) and Satoimo.Satoimo is not delicious if not cook with seasoning, but it becomes great when boiled up with seafood :p
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Mentaiko Pasta
2007-09-18 15:40:00
Mentaiko Pasta :p No need to explain. I have written about Mentaiko Pasta more than 3 or 4 times on this blog.My and Most of Japanese's favorite pasta.Pasta with cream or ketchup is most popular in your country isn't it?Japanese absolutely favor Mentaiko Pasta :DAs dinner, lunch, or side dish for beer, it's anytime favorite to me!
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Jumbo curry
2007-09-17 13:23:00
Jumbo curryYesterday, I went to curry restaurant that reently opened.They are dealing discunting curry fair for 1 month from their opening day, I knew it via TV.The above photo is most expensive curry at the restaurant and costs 1500yen($12) usually, but we can eat it as 1000yen for now.It contains 500g of steamed rice(too much for Japanese), 2 tonkatsu,2 sausage, 1 egg and 1 shrimp fry.I ordered it and the staff brought it, and I said "Hey it is absolutely too much for me! Are they kidding me?" but, when I saw a man at the back of my table, he is eating curry same mine. So I realize it and begun eating.Since leaving foods that YOU are the one order is rude in Japan, I ate it all of them. So I had heatburn all day long yesterday :(Next time I go there, I will try smaller size. But unless the problem about ampount of rice, I don't think the curry totally better than other restaurant.I recommend you to go to Indian restarant if you will come to Matsuyama city :p
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Instant pasta
2007-09-15 13:44:00
Instant pastaWell, Japanese are very good at developing instant and delicious food.As you know, world first instant noodle are developed by Nisshin, Japan's most famous instant noodle supplier.Cupnoodle series are popular among Asian coutries. I didn't see much Nisshin products in Thai, but so many in the Ohilippines.I think more than 100 kinds of instant noodle made by Nisshin are sold in the Philippines.Nisshin has instant Ramen,Yakisoba, Udon, and spagetti already, and all of them are delicious for me.But these day, Nisshin launch instant Ramen and Pasta can be cook witout hot water!Just pour a little cold water and put it in microwave, it willl be delicious pasta in 3 mins.So I tried, but I prefer original that need be cook with hot water :(But I think Nisshin improve the texture of noodle soon.They do great jpb evrytime for us.

Kimchi udon
2007-09-14 16:00:00
Kimchi udonThis is udon with kimchi.Kimchi is Korean's original but so popular in Japan.With rice, with yakiniku, with soup, gyoza and even with noodles, we like to put together. Ingredients are kimchi, egg, onion spring, this sliced pork, and kimchi and udon.A little bit spicy but I usually add much chili to make it more hot :pKimchi is so spicy in Korea but sweet in Japan. We cant eat very spicy foods :(
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Brief lunch
2007-09-12 11:48:00
Brief lunchThis is luch that I cook by myself on weekend.Well, I'm lazy to cook usually so go out for luch, but when I don't have much money to do it, I prepare at home.The rice is always in rice cooker at mt home, so I just need to cook some dish and soup.Miso soup is instant. Just tear package of mixed seasoning and dried tohu and seaweed, yakisoba is just need to be poured hot water.Haha I just need to spend 5 minuets to prepare :p
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Katsudon
2007-09-09 13:28:00
KatsudonThis is Katsudon. I think I have already introduced about "Katsu" or "Tonkatsu". They are same."Don" means bowl. In Japanese, every food served in bowl are names "xxxx-Don".Here are example.Gyudon ... thin sliced beef boiled with sweet soy sauce on steamed rice.Tendon ... Tempura on steamed rice.Oyakodon ... Chicken and half cooked egg on steamed rice.Kaisendon ... Fresh seafood on steamed rice(or Sushi rice instead).There are a lot of restaurant serves only "xxx-don" in Japan, workers goes there on lunch to eat quick and save money :p
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Imotaki
2007-09-08 13:41:00
ImotakiI don't know very well about food life of guys lives in Tokyo, but Imotaki is king of "Food of Autumn" in my hometown.Since Japan has 4 beatiful season, most of vegetables has their unique season to be most delicious.Imo is potato in Japanese, but some kinds of potato exists in Japan. Aroid is cooked into Imotaki.In Japan, especially around my hometown, aroid become most delicious on Autumn, all of us enjoy Imotaki on autumn every yeah and realize that autumn comes.I hate summer in Japan because it is too hot recently, I hope autumn comes soon :p

Bazil Pasta
2007-09-07 12:57:00
Basil Pasta Haha noodle comes again. I think I replace the title of this blog to "Noodle lover in Japan" :DRecently I write blog with my cellphone but sometimes security pop-up appears to often. And any activity(writing, reading, editing) about blog is locked somehow.I think Blogger take some countermeasure to fix it.Well. It is Bazil Pasta for dinner. It didn't make me full but I want to be hungry soon again to drink beer :pNow I'm getting tight than before ;p

Curry Udon
2007-09-05 16:18:00
Curry UdonAs I said before, I like curry.Thai curry(thin curry) is best for me, but I think I prefer curry udon than that.Simply, curry udon is curry withudon instead of plane rice.Udon is not popular among people live in Tokyo, but I like any kinds of Udon.But, as far as other Japanese cuisine, the most simple way is the best for us.sometimes I really want to eat curry udon, but I choose ordinary udon for daily eating :pI wrote it about a couple days ago, dashi udon is best for me.Tempura make udon dashi oily and tasty :D
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Hiyashi chikuwaten udon
2007-09-04 14:52:00
Hiyashi chikuwaten udonHey I'm eating udon nearly everyday ;pI thought the Autumn comes but summer still last.When I feel hot, I cannot eat rice on lunch.So I went to Udon restaurant."Hiyashi" means "cold""Chikuwaten" means "Chikuwa tempura"you know chikuwa tempura is as good as other tempura but cost so cheap! So popular among guys don't like to pay much on lunch.I ordered "Oomori" that means "double size" or "Large" to staff works there, but it still cost only 3US$.It made me full and satisfied :D

Viking restaurant
2007-09-03 12:53:00
viking restaurantI went to viking restaurant last Sunday.I'm not sure that I could call it "viking".I mean pay some money and can take unlimited foods from a lot of dishes.It is "viking" in Japanese.This restaurant locates in Dogo area, so needless to say, when you eat at restaurant, you can get free Onsen ticket :pA lot of old people loves staying all day long at Dogo.Onsen and foods makes us refreshed :D
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Sanma
2007-09-01 15:05:00
SanmaWhen we find Sanma in market, we realize that autumn comes.Sanma is the name of fish on above photo, I don't know what do you foreigner call it.The taste is fishy and tasty. Also cooked into Sashimi or Sushi.Because of the develop of aquaculture, we can eat it unless the climate. But we know that we can eat delicious sanma only on autumn. On spring or summer, not dlicious at all :(If you are in Japan or will come to Japan on September or October, I strongly recommned you to eat Sanma with plane rice and Miso soup. Our favorite :D

Udon
2007-08-30 14:39:00
UdonToday my mum cooked hot Udon.Because the autumn comes in Japan(begins end of September usually) and climate is getting cooler that before.I ate Udon for lunch today and tonight. But I still want toeat it tomorrow :pUdon tastes so simple, so Dashi and ingredients are most important.I love Udon with chicken and burdock. Have you ever tried it? Recommeded!

Bento
2007-08-28 14:32:00
BentoI ate bento tonight because I was not hungry at the time.I think I ate too much in Yoshinoya :pThis bento box includes Udon and mini Sushi.I like Udon as well as Ramen, so I choose this one. There are "save 50 yen" seal on the cap.So I'm hungry now and will eat much oily foods and beer.It makes me more fat but I can't help drinking alcholic drink and high choresterol side dish again :(
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