So yay, a rice dish means I finally get to rant about Japanese rice! Well… I guess I should introduce this dish first. So かやくごはん (Kayaku Gohan) is a pretty simple dish. You can just put all the ingredients into the rice cooker and walk away for 20 minutes! Its a pretty good winter dish, [...]
Surprise double feature! 茶わん蒸し and から揚げ
Life made a surprising turn this week and our good friends Suyong (Dr. Susu) and Eric (Maru-Chan) popped in for my Japanese cooking night. It was both exciting and nerve wracking as I had yet to cook my blog food for anyone other than Jon. Add on to that the fact that Suyong is from [...]
筑前煮 – Chicken with root vegetables.
As promised, this week I bring you 筑前煮 or chicken stew with root vegetables. This recipe features an assortment of root vegetables. Carrots(にんじん), Lotus Root (れんこん), Burdock Root(ごぼう), and Taro (里いも). For those of you familiar with Hawaiian and Pacific cuisine, Taro is used widely in many dishes. Most popularly taro is the main ingredient [...]
