This Chawanmushi recipe is always a success and super easy to make. I remember the first time I tried Chawanmushi (Japanese Steamed Egg) – I was in Japan for the very first time, dining at a Michelin star restaurant. It was served in a very …
This past Mother’s Day, we made Yuzu Panna Cotta as our Italian-Japanese fusion dessert for our respective mothers. We were inspired to make this dessert because a friend of ours recently had this dessert when she was travelling abroad and it sounded so good that …
This Matcha Swiss Roll Cake with White Chocolate Cream Filling provides the perfect balance between the slightly bitter taste of matcha along with the sweet taste of the white chocolate cream filling. We stumbled across this flavour combination and got inspired for the decoration of …
We love Miso Black Cod. Every time I go to a Japanese restaurant, this is the default dish that we order. While searching for a recipe online, Nobu’s recipe was clearly the most popular one. As always, I cross referenced this recipe with several others to …
I love eating Japanese Steamed Pork Bun (Nikuman)! They taste very similar to the ones you get at Chinese dim sum restaurants. I always found the idea of making them a bit intimidating because I don’t know what goes into making steamed buns.. I’ve only …
I remember the first time I saw melon pan on cookingwithdog (a japanese cooking channel on youtube), I thought this bread was melon flavoured. Surprisingly, it did not contain any melon at all. I believe it got its name based on the way it looks, …
Several years ago, we posted about a Japanese Strawberry Shortcake recipe on our blog which we thoroughly enjoyed. Since then, we have discovered a much better recipe that yields a cake that is much softer than the previous one. As one of our most popular …
This weekend marks Team J’s 7th anniversary. In order to celebrate, I decided to make a Japanese dinner since J loves all things Japanese. I will be featuring all the dishes that I made on the blog as part of the #JapanWeek series. I’ve been …
Nothing is more refreshing and cleansing than having a refreshing Yuzu sorbet as dessert. The great thing about sorbet is that it’s perfect for those that are lactose intolerant, and it typically enhances the flavour of whatever fruit sorbet is being made. The other day, …
If you have been following us for quite some time now, you’ll know that we love to cook Japanese food. If you do too, you may have noticed that most of our recipes ask for the same Japanese ingredients as they typically form the foundation …
