Chazuke (Rice with Green Tea) Recipe
Cha è¶, or ocha means tea in Japanese, and chazuke è¶æŒŹă or ochazuke is a traditional Japanese dish made by pouring green tea over cooked rice with savory toppings. Itâs...
Cha è¶, or ocha means tea in Japanese, and chazuke è¶æŒŹă or ochazuke is a traditional Japanese dish made by pouring green tea over cooked rice with savory toppings. Itâs...
What's Cold Brewing? Did you know that you don't need hot water to make tea? There is a method of steeping tea called âcold brewingâ, where you put tea leaves...
Let's make cheese buns from scratch in just about 30 minutes! Itâs surprisingly simple to make. Use one bowl, stir well and bake! No yeast, no baking soda needed. Do you know...
What's Yomogi ? We can see this plant growing in March-April in Japan.  It is called Yomogi (Japanese Mugwort). Yomogi or Japanese mugwort (Artemisia Princeps, belonging to Asteracease) is related...
In Japan, we have a classic thick, starchy sauce called "an" (ăă) which we eat with vegetables, seafoods, and tofu.Iâll introduce you to the thick sauce using minced chicken and Kudzu...
"Cocoa dusted almonds" and "Chocolate covered almonds"... many people love these snacks. Let's make delicious almonds with a Japanese twist using Hojicha powder!   Hojicha powder  Hojicha is roasted green...
Kuzuko (èçČ) in Japanese, Kudzu/Kuzu powder and sometimes translated as Japanese arrow root in English, is starch from the root of the Kudzu plant that grows wild in the mountains of...
Sakura (Cherry blossoms) is going to bloom soon, around the 19th of March, here in the Kanto district, Japan, according to the sakura forecast. Pink, pink,pink.... lovely pink decorations are everywhere...
I would like to introduce a dessert called è±è± (Douhua), which is a Chinese dessert made with soft Tofu (bean curd) and syrup . I made it in a Japanese style. It's...
Japanese style syrup , Kuromitsu Kuromitsu (é»è) ,literally means black-syrup, is a key ingredient in traditional Japanese confections such as Anmitsu, Warabi mochi and Shiratama. Youâll see many products with Kuromitsu...
What's Nigari ? NIGARIâŠHave you heard of the word? If not, how about NIGAI, then? Buy Nigari from the Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Nigai (èŠă) means bitter in Japanese. Nigari (èŠæ±) came from this...
Do you know Tofu and have you eaten it?    Tofu, also known as bean curd, is a food prepared by coagulating soy milk made from soy beans.Tofu...
Did you know Hojicha (roasted green tea) goes very well with milk?  Hojicha (ă»ăăè¶)  If you like black tea or coffee with milk, Hojicha could be for you, even though you...