• Baked & Fried Sweets Matcha

    Matcha Crepes with Chestnut Cream

    Matcha Crepes are easy to make. Use your crepe recipe and just add Matcha Powder to it. I recommend to sift Matcha Powder and mix it with other dry ingredients, so that you won’t end up having small green bits in the crepes. Makes 4 Servings (8 Crepes) Ingredients 1 cup Plain Flour1 tablespoon Matcha …

  • Vegetables

    Barley & Cherry Tomatoes With Basil Pesto

    I love Barley. I add it to soup. I make salad with cooked Barley. I even use it for sweets. This is another super easy dish. Just mix cooked Barley with fresh Tomatoes and Basil Pesto! Makes 1 to 2 Servings Ingredients 1 cup Cooked Barley2 to 3 tablespoons Basil Pesto8 Cherry Tomatoes *cut in …

  • Beef Ramen

    Beef & Bok Choy Ramen Soup

    This is a super quick & easy Ramen Noodle soup. The soup is thickened with Potato Starch. You may wish to add other Vegetables and Asian Mushrooms. Ramen Noodles (OR Chinese Egg Noodles) can be replaced with Udon Noodles or Rice Noodles. Makes 2 Servings Ingredients 2 servings Ramen Noodles OR Chinese Egg Noodles150 to …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets Bread

    My French Toast

    You don’t need a recipe to make French Toast. Just mix Egg(s), Milk and Sugar, and soak the Bread slices in the mixture and cook with Butter in a frying pan. The following is just a suggestion. My advice is to cook it covered, and slowly at very low heat. Makes 1 to 2 Servings …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets

    Crispy Coffee Meringue

    Here is another recipe to use up your leftover Egg White. As this recipe is for 1 Egg White, you can easily multiply based on the number of Egg Whites. I am not a big fan of Meringue as it tastes just sugary, but Coffee Meringue is absolutely delicious. It melts in your mouth. Enjoy …

  • Somen & Hiyamugi

    Sir-fried Rice Vermicelli

    I used to cook this dish using already seasoned Dry Rice Vermicelli in Japan. A company called ‘Kenmin Foods’ produces delicious Rice Vermicelli products. I recently saw the products on the internet and I was nostalgic. I tried to cook the dish using commonly available unseasoned Dry Rice Vermicelli. I seasoned it simply and the …

  • Baked & Fried Sweets Sweets

    Coffee Butter Cream

    This ‘Coffee Butter Cream’ can be used for icing or filling for cakes and cookies. This cream becomes fairly firm when chilled. Ingredients 60g Unsalted Butter *softened1 cup (about 150g) Icing Sugar1 pinch Salt2 teaspoon Instant Coffee Granules *mixed with 2 teaspoon Hot Water2 teaspoons Rum *OR Bourbon, Brandy, etc.1/2 to 1 teaspoon Milk *only …

  • Chicken

    Chicken Breast Shogayaki

    ‘Pork Shogayaki’, or Ginger Pork, is one of the most popular dishes at Japanese eateries. If you don’t eat Pork with any reasons, try this Chicken Breast version. You must thinly slice the Breast Fillet, so that Chicken would be cooked quickly. Makes 2 Servings Ingredients 300g Chicken Breast Fillet(s)2 to 3 teaspoons Oil Sauce1 …

  • Egg Vegetables

    Bok Choy & Egg with Oyster Sauce

    This dish is supposed to be cooked with Oysters and Bok Choy. In Japan, fairly large Oysters removed from the shells are available for cooking. Here in Melbourne, Oysters are always in the shells, rather small, and they are to be eaten raw. They are very expensive. So, I use Eggs instead of Oysters, and …

  • Clear Soup Egg

    Dropped Egg Clear Soup

    When I was a little girl, this soup (Egg only!) frequently appeared on our family’s dinner table. My family was poor, but my sisters and I always ate nutritious meals. I credit my mother for that, and Eggs must have been a great source of protein for her to cook. Today I added Prawns to …

  • Okonomiyaki

    Oven-baked Okonomiyaki with Ham & Egg

    It takes time to cook ‘Okonomiyaki’, especially when you make many. When I cook it for whole family, I bake one large Okonomiyaki in the oven. Today’s Okonomiyaki is about 40 x 30cm. Such a jumbo Okonomiyaki can’t be flipped over, but I don’t need to to do so as I bake it in the …

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