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Friday, November 30, 2007

Sukiyaki and oil stove


Sukiyaki and oil stove


In Japan, there are oil stove set at home on this season anually.

Since top of the oil stove become hot, we gather around it and put pan onto and eat :)

Sukiyaki is one of most popula nabe cuisine in Japan as well as shabu-shabu or Kimchi nabe that I introduced before.

Stirfly this sliced beef with soy sauce and sugar, and put vegetables and boil them. Ingredients will be tasty coating with the fat of the beef.

We usually prepare sauce for each nabe cuisine, but in case of sukiyaki, we put in into raw egg. It is just like sauce for sukiyaki :p


Thursday, November 29, 2007

Miso Ramen


Miso Ramen


Not Tonkotsu but I also like this ramen :)

Have you ever tasted Miso soup? There are so many foreigner like Japanese food, but only few guys like Miso or Miso soup.

It it one of mosttraditional ingredients of Japanese cuisine so we like it.

Ramen was imported from China but Tonkotsu and Miso Ramen are developed by Japanese, I believe.

Note that the noodle are not same. For tonkotsu, tight noodles are used, for Miso, thick are mostly used :p

I don't think there are only few restaurant serve it in overseas :(


Sunday, November 25, 2007

Just a simple yakiniku at home


Just a simple yakiniku at home


I want to go to Yakiniku restaurant on every weekend but if do so, I can't save money to do what I want to do :(

If I can't bear, just buy cheap meat at market. After 6 PM, most of meats are discounted.

As I said before, I believe that sauce is important for yakiniku. So research which one is most delicious prior to going store :p

The meats from NZ was not bad, but sauce made it delicious. Japanese beef are delicious but sold at foolish plice.

Friday, November 23, 2007

Milk seafood noodle


Milk seafood noodle


lol I'm introducing strange food again :p

This is Nissin's latest line up "Milk seafood noodle".

If you know about Nissin's seafood noodle ever, you can imagine taste of this.

I think milk added to ordinary seafood noodle, and maintain taste and this one made up.

I love seafood noodle, and also Milk seafood noodle :)

I strongly recommend this to you. But I don't think you can find it in your countries yet(or never).

If so, just buy ordinary Nissin's seafood noodle at Japanese grocery and add a little bit milk.

A lot of Japanese like eating it as so.

Monday, November 19, 2007

Tuna Gyoza


Tuna Gyoza


I think you have never tried this one.

Most of you would know what is gyoza, because it is one of most popular chinese cuisine. "Dumpling" in English.

Usually, inside of skin that is made of flour, there are mix of ground meats and chopped vegetables. But my mum replace it into tuna.

Not raw tuna as sashimi or sushi, I think you can find canned tuna(with oil) in every coutries. That is used for this case.

pick up tuna block and break it into flakes, mix with chopped onion, add salt and ground black pepper for seasoning.

Grill like as ordinary gyoza for a couple of minutes.

I like to eat this diped into ponzu, but probably other sauce can be used for this.

If you are one of person like gyoza, you must try it. I'm sure it make you surprised and satisfied :D

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Yakiniku


Yakiniku


Yes, long time has passed by since last time, we finally could eat yakiniku yesterday :D

We went to reasonable yakiniku restaurant, so the meats are not soft, tasty but it made us satisfied.

We believe that taste of sauce is important for yakiniku, not as other sauce i.e tonkatsu hot pot.

They serve delicious yakiniku sauce at burgain plice everyday. Just 1.5 USD for a beer, 2.5 USD per 1 plate of any meat.

I wish I could go back there as soon as possible :)

Friday, November 16, 2007

Chanpo men


Yakiniku


This is chanpon men that I intoroduced a long time ago :p

My favorite Ramen is Tonkotsu ramen, and the soup of Chanpon men are made by Tonkotsu soup.

Tonkotsu means bones of pork, crash them and boil for more than 12 hours with a various vegetables.

Chanpon men is add seafood into tonkotsu soup and boil together for a couple of minutes.

Generally, shrimp, squid, scalop are added.

Have you ever eaten Nissin's seafood noodle?

It is similar as Chanpon men that I sometimes order at Mmy favorite ramen restaurant :p

Can be found at every Japanese grocery in your country.


Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Saba no amazu


Saba no amazu


Saba is mackerel in English. Amazu is like sweet and sour sauce as you can imagine.

Simply batter mackerel and deepfry, and mix with the sauce.

I don't know if this sauce is original of Japan, but so popular. Every Japanese wives know how to cook it.

Just pour vinegar, soy sauce and sugar. After boiled for a couple of minutes, add potato starch to make it sticky.

Can be used for fried chicken, or pork. Chicken with sweet and sour sauce(Tori no amazu) is most popular in Japan :D

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Stirfried Pork and potato


Stirfried Pork and potato


Just easy side dish for beer last night.

I like fat of pork, because it is good combination with cold beer :D

I found guys drink beer with some side dish made by pork at every countries where I have ever been.

If I don't have any ingredient sin fridge, I just stifry thin sliced pork with salt and pepper, but this one is with potato.

It is served as french fry at burger shop near my home, but more thick than Mcdonald's french fry. I think both of them are french fry, anyway I like it :p

Stirfry them together and dip into Tonkatsu sauce with mustard.

Perfect for beer :D



This is yakisoba not as usual.

I think I have already wJapanese Yakisoba sauce,ritten about Japanese yakisoba before, but it may be brown color.

This one is white? Not taste of yakisoba sauce.

Called Shio(salt) sauce are used. These days it becomes popular for yakisoba.

When you try to cook Yakisoba someday and go to Japanese grocery, find various sauce similar, Otafuku sauce Ltd is recommended :D Biggest sauce maker in Japan.

Thursday, November 8, 2007

Yakisoba


Yakisoba


This is yakisoba not as usual.

I think I have already wJapanese Yakisoba sauce,ritten about Japanese yakisoba before, but it may be brown color.

This one is white? Not taste of yakisoba sauce.

Called Shio(salt) sauce are used. These days it becomes popular for yakisoba.

When you try to cook Yakisoba someday and go to Japanese grocery, find various sauce similar, Otafuku sauce Ltd is recommended :D Biggest sauce maker in Japan.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Expensive cheese


Expensive cheese


My mum had 5000 yen ticket can be used at mall yesterday, so we went to mall to buy some unusual sidedish and wine :D

So we bought mentaiko, sausage, cheese and red wine.

Mentaiko and sausage are as delicious as we ate, but this cheese is most delicious we have ever had! We both amazed with the texture and flavor and taste :D

The wine are OK, but it is too sweet for me :( So drunk beer with this cheese ;p

Friday, November 2, 2007

Chicken & tomato


Chicken & tomato


I don't know the exact name of this dish ;p but my mum sometimes cook this for my side dish.

Simple cut chicken breast into fillet and boile with canned tomato.

Seasoning are salt, pepper, sugar and ketchup and maggi.

Easy and fast food. Convenient for side dish for beer :D

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Kake-Udon


Kake-Udon


Well, November comes. In Japan, it's already on winter.

So Udon becomes my favorite noodle. It is better than Ramen when I want to make my body hot ;p

This is most simple udon, Kake-udon. Kake means pour.

Just boil udon and pour dashi onto it. So the taste of dashi is important for this.

On the udon, I add tenkasu, chopped onion spring, ground ginger and sesami.

It costs only 290 yen(2+ USD)! Much cheaper than Ramen.

Ramen is at least cost of 600 yen here and contains a little noodle, Udon is cheap and much :p