Simple Japanese Recipes
A fun ice cream flavor using a favorite Japanese snack: POCKY! This Honey and Strawberry Pocky Ice Cream tastes like frozen nostalgia. Have you had Pocky before? They are biscuit sticks that are coated in different flavors of frosting (like chocolate or strawberry) – and have been one of Japan’s […]
Who’s a fan of cold noodles? This modern, refreshing, and bright Sweet and Spicy Scallion Somen Salad is great served cold. I always go on about how udon is my favorite Japanese noodles but do you know what my second favorite is? It’s somen! What is somen? Somen are white […]
These steak rolls glazed in a light teriyaki sauce will be the star of any bento! I’m always trying to find ways to keep bento lunches interesting since I make them daily for Roy. To be honest, I fail most of the time and make them really simple and “boring” […]
A refreshing, authentic tuna poke. I grew up eating poke – Hawaiian style. I remember when the mainland poke trend blew up in Los Angeles, I was so confused about it since it was very different from the poke I was used to. One of the main differences is that […]
Chicken adobo is a Filipino favorite and easy to make! This is not a Japanese recipe but a classic Filipino dish that I make quite frequently. I learned this recipe from a Filipino dad and it definitely is one of my favorite chicken adobo recipes since it has a lot […]
Yakisoba (焼きそば) is a type of Japanese stir fried noodles in a sweet and savory sauce. It’s one of Japan’s most popular street foods (and my favorite Japanese street food). When people think of Japanese noodles, they will most likely think of soupy noodles like ramen or udon. My favorite […]