As we harvested 2 nice daikon in our garden and some nice chillies I decided to prepare them as pickles. It was a huge success and around 1 kg of pickles disappeared within 30 minutes… Ingredients: 500 gr of Daikon 3 chillies 2 tbsp rice vinegar 1 tbsp sake 1 tsp salt 4 tbsp sugar…
Author: The epicurean kitten
A quick Chimichurri recipe
Chimichurri is a south american sauce prepared with fresh herbs that matches well with grilled meats. There are many different ways of preparing it and best would be to chopΒ all the ingredient by hand. But I don’t mind using the food processor for a quick preparation (when the meat is on the BBQ already. This…
Soba Noodles Soup
Cold weather, so it is time for a noodle soup again, but I was in an experimenting mood. I mixed up a lot of different stuff… But first of all, here the recipe for the Soba Noodle soup Ingredients for 2: for the Kaeshi: 1/2 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup mirin 1,5 tbsp sugar for…
Japanese style Potato Salad
A nice recipe for a summer evening. Basically you can change the ingredients according your taste. Ingredients: waxy potatoes (you can choose the kind you like, just make sure they keep some firmness) carrots small cucumbers 1 small tin of corn ham (I used turkey ham) 2 hardboiled eggs Fresh Herbs 1 cup of japanese…
Vietnamese Vegetarian Fresh Rolls
We are growing a Holy Basil and as its getting huge we are always in search for new recipes. Yesterday I dediced to do some Vietnamese Fresh Rolls. Ingredients: Rice Paper Wrappers Glass noodles 1 carrot (I grated it, you can cut it julienne) 1 piece of fried tofu (cut in small cubes) 1 small…
Takamaru, during the day fish trader, in the night great restaurant, Shinjuku, Tokyo
This is a new discovery of my last trip. Looking for a new restaurant to go with friends, I found out about Takamaru. The quality of the food is exceptional and prices are really good! The only small problem is that there is now english menu available (only 1 page translated by google…). How to…
Asou – My favourite Isakaya, Kabukicho, Tokyo
Asou (γγγ) is a nice Isakaya located at the beginning of Kabukicho. About 150 m from the Prince hotel at the Shinjuku train station. We have been visiting this restaurant since may 2012 and it is a must at every trip to Tokyo. It is a typical japanese isakaya on three floors and different areas….
Isomaru Suisan, Asakusa Branch, Tokyo
During my trip in Tokyo, I went for my mandatory trip to Kappabashi dori. For those ones that do not know, Kappabashi dori is the street where any kitchen appliance, accessory or item is sold. The best knife shops in Tokyo are there and any kind of cooking fan dream can be found. After a…
Raised beds – the continuation….
I have been quite busy the past months…. I like so much the first raised bed, that I built 7 more. I planted eggplants, zucchini, hokkaido pumpkin, salads, snack gherkin and lately many japanese seeds. May it be the position, the irrigation system (a Gardena watering device that automatically starts every 12 hours) or the…
Gyudon with Onsen Tamago – Japanese beef on Rice and half cooked egg
For a rainy evening π Ingredients for 2: 2 bowls of cooked rice (about 400 gr) 300gr of Rib-Eye thinly sliced 1 big or 2 smaller onions 1 piece of ginger ( about 3 cm) 3 garlic cloves 1 stem spring onion 1dl soup stock (dashi) 2 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp sake 1 tbsp…
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