In my last post, I talked about the delicious char-grilled unagi (eel) I had at an unagi specialty restaurant in Yokohama during my Japan trip. For those of you who are not as familiar with Japanese ...
I want to thank my dearest readers for reading my Japan Trip posts. I received a lot of feedback from you and I enjoyed reading them. I wish there are more stories to share about where I came from bu...
A couple months ago Tuttle Publishing sent me a copy of a cookbook, Easy Thai Cooking by Robert Danhi. As I consider Thai food is one of my favorite cuisines, I was very happy with this surprise gift...
Welcome back to my Japan Trip 2012 series. If you missed my previous posts, here’s vol. 1 and vol. 2 (Kobe & Osaka). Today we’re going to Hakone (箱根)! Hakone (箱根) is a town of 13,000 people and i...
While we celebrated Cinco de Mayo (Mexico’s Independence Day) last weekend, the Japanese celebrated the Children’s Day (formally Boys’ Day) on May 5th. Even though that was over a week ago, I d...
Dear readers, It’s been awhile since we’ve written a restaurant review on Just One Cookbook so we’re very excited to share this review with you. Before I jump into the restaurant review, I want to sh...
Today I’m honored to introduce my favorite new book called Lemongrass & Ginger Cookbook: Vibrant Asian Recipes. When the cookbook author Leemei Tan contacted me if I was interested to review her ...
In my Japan Trip 2012 vol. 1 post, I mentioned that we took Shinkansen (Japanese bullet train) from Yokohoama to visit Kobe and Osaka in western Japan. My best friend was getting married in Kobe so o...
When my family decides to eat out for dinner, we start asking each other “what do you want to eat?” including our children. My son usually responds immediately and says “Sushi! Sash...
Last time I went back to Japan in the spring time was about 5 years ago when my son was really small. We were really excited to go back in spring again hoping to catch sakura (cherry blossom) bloomin...
I hope you had a great weekend. We had our daughter’s birthday party over the weekend (our little princess turned 4!) and it was pretty a chaotic weekend for us. Due to jet lag, my son still ...
Hi everyone! We’re back to the US and had a great time in Japan! We’re trying to recover from jet lag and get back to our regular routine (which is really hard to do with the kids!). I wa...
While I’m visiting my family in Japan, I have asked several blogger friends to blog-sit for me and today’s sitter is Raymund from Ang Sarap (A Tagalog word for “It’s Delicious”). He...
While I’m visiting my family in Japan, I have asked several blogger friends to blog-sit for me and today’s sitter is Tobias from T and Tea Cake. Tobias is a food-loving university student...
While I’m visiting my family in Japan, I’ve asked several blogger friends to blog-sit for me and today’s sitter is Ray from Work with Ray. I love visiting Ray’s blog and I kno...
While I’m visiting my family in Japan, I have asked several blogger friends to blog-sit for me and today’s sitter is Charles from Five Euro Food. It’s been a truly wonderful experi...
While I’m visiting my family in Japan, I’ve asked several blogger friends to blog-sit for me and today’s sitter is Biren from Roti n Rice. Biren currently lives in Twin Cities, Min...
As Easter is around the corner, I thought of sharing an egg dish. This dish was requested by some of the readers and thank you for waiting! Tamagoyaki, literally means ‘grilled egg’, is ...
Today I invited my blog friend Katherine from Katherine Martinelli to Just One Cookbook as she just published her first e-cookbook called Puff Pastry at Brunch: 10 Sweet and Savory Recipes to Start Y...
Before I share my recipe today, I want to apologize for my delayed response with emails and comments lately. I’m usually pretty good at responding to readers’ recipe-related questions in...
When I first came to the US as a foreign student, I didn’t have a car for the first few months because I lived in a dormitory and my parents assumed that I would eat at the cafeteria at school,...
Daifuku is a popular traditional Japanese sweet; it is soft mochi with anko (sweet red bean paste) stuffing. There are many varieties of Daifuku, but it’s the same soft mochi exterior with dif...
Hi everyone! I normally prepare a post for Mondays but I’m postponing it until tomorrow (It will be Tuesday or Wednesday depending on where you are). This is going to be a special post so I h...
While the food blog community is sharing some Irish meals, Leprechaun cupcakes, and green food for St. Patrick’s Day this Saturday, I am singing a different tune and my post for today is focuse...
Anko, sweetened Azuki bean paste, is used in many Japanese confectionery. Personally, I love anything with red bean paste just like how some people are crazy about chocolate (I do love both). I wil...
Today I am really excited to introduce my blogger friend, Reem. She is the cook-baker-photographer-author behind this beautiful blog Simply Reem. I vividly remember my first thoughts when I first v...
I get sometimes asked by readers on how I take pictures and how I learned to take food photography. To sum it up, I’ve only been taking food pictures since January 2011 but I haven’t had...
Chirashi Sushi (we call it Chirashizushi in Japan) is a type of sushi. Although sushi is often misunderstood as just nigiri (a small block of rice topped with a piece of raw fish) or those interesti...
A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by a Canadian company which sells WAFU® Japanese Vinaigrette to see if I’m interested in sampling their dressing. The funny thing is this dressing is actu...
This week is ski week (no school) for my son’s school so I’ve been a little bit busier than usual with his activities. I will keep today’s post simple and short. Today’s rec...
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