Tag Archives: Japanese Foods

What is Takoyaki? Dotted throughout Japan are stalls and shops dedicated to a little ball-shaped snack made of wheat flour batter known as takoyaki. Filled with diced octopus (tako), tempura pieces (tenkasu), pickled red ginger (beni shoga) and green onion, takoyaki are the perfect street food. They are cooked in …

When we think about ‘fast food’, it’s likely that burgers, hot dogs, fish & chips, kebabs, or other processed takeaway foods will spring to mind – and we all know how unhealthy it is to consume such foods regularly! Of course, Western-style fast-foods are just as ubiquitous in Japan as …

What is Taiyaki? The first Japanese sweet I had ever tried was during winter in Setagaya, a suburb in south-western Tokyo. A local confectioner was making these little fish-shaped pieces of waffle, grilling them to shape on a specially designed mold. They weren’t expensive at all, around 100 yen or …

If you didn’t know it, sushi is vinegared rice. And six different kinds of sushi have come down to us from that vinegared rice. Now you may think that six doesn’t seem like a lot of variety, but within those six categories lie over one hundred different variations and examples …

You’ve had the experience of watching the bonito flakes dancing along the wafts of steam rising from simmering balls of the gooey batter cooking on the grill, right? That means winter is upon us and winter is truly the season for takoyaki. So together with family and friends, sit back …

Soba What is Soba? Made from buckwheat flour, soba is a traditional Japanese noodle dish and is considered to represent Japanese cuisine in the same way that sushi and tempura do. Easily underestimated because of the simplicity of its appearance, freshly made and eaten soba is genuinely one of the …

Tired and bored of the same chocolate you are eating? Well, there is this one brand of chocolate in Japan that promotes not just chocolate flavor but a bunch of delightful ones. Kitkat became one of the most interesting chocolate maker in Japan because of their scrumptious, interesting and tempting …

“Family Mart Limited Supply” Butter Fragrant Hot Cake Bun 2023 Family Mart has released a new sweet, “Butter Fragrant Hot Cake Bun.” From January 24, 2023 (Tuesday), it will be released in limited supply at Family Mart nationwide. The “Butter Fragrant Hotcake Bun” that will appear on “Hotcake Day” on …

What is Japan’s national dish? I am sure that many foreign people would answer sukiyaki – it has certainly been perceived as such for as long as I can remember. Then again, if a national dish was determined by its global popularity, sushi would top many people’s lists. The same …

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