We can say that Japanese people are so in love with fried food, from karaage (唐揚げ), kakiage (かき揚げ) to satsuma age (さつま揚げ). There are so many dishes, right?! But that is not all! Today, we are going to introduce another fried ...

In Japan, the combination of fish and rice has become very common but still plays a very important role in Japanese food culture. You may know and eat Tai (sea bream) sometimes. However, do you know what is the meaning of this fish to Ja...

【What is Okonomiyaki?】 Okonomiyaki is a type of Japanese teppanyaki that uses flour, eggs, cabbage, and sauce. You can use your favourite ingredients such as chicken eggs, vegetables, meat, seafood, noodles, etc. as a dough. Then you c...

【What is Korokke?】 Korokke or croquettes are mainly made of mashed boiled potatoes, rolled into a bale shape or oval shape, coated with flour, eggs, and bread crumbs, and fried in a large amount of lard or cooking oil. The batter has a...

Japanese food always surprises us with a lot of amazing delicious dishes. Have you ever heard of tamago tofu (egg tofu)? Some people may think that it is a dish made by mixing eggs while producing tofu. However, this is not what that dis...

【What is Kaki mochi?】 Kaki mochi is a Japanese confectionery that consists of processing the okaki made from glutinous rice and roasting them until golden brown. It's a type of bite-sized Japanese sweet made from glutinous rice or moch...

【What is Kinzanji miso?】 Kinzanji miso is a kind of miso produced mainly in Chiba, Shizuoka, and Wakayama prefectures. Since Kinzanji miso was a preserved food for eating summer vegetables in the winter at the temple, it contains white...

【What is Shiraae?】 Shiraae is a sweet-flavored tofu salad in Gunma prefecture that looks like a white batter in which seasonings such as tofu, white sesame, and white miso are ground together and mixed with vegetables. Japanese used mu...

【What is Agedashi tofu?】 Agedashi tofu (known as deep-fried tofu) is a Japanese dish in which tofu is deep-fried after being coated with a batter or potato starch and served with dashi or soy sauce. Tofu is coated with potato starch an...

As one of the representative of Japanese traditional food culture, umeboshi is really popular among Japanese. You can catch its appearance in a lot of dishes or drinks in Japanese table. Today, in this article, we will find out about wha...