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Fusion Tapas -Tempura Pinchos
Tempura was a leftover of the night before. Tempura prawn, artichoke and winter vegetables, so on were twisted into Spanish food 🙂
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Osechi 2024 -Japanese New Year’s Bento
Happy New Year! We hope you all have started a good one. This year, we started with traditional Japanese new year’s foods which is called Osechi Ryori お節料理 as my son desperately wanted to eat it on the first of January. It’s not easy to get authentic fresh ingredients in […]
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Salmon Tar Tar
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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Cooking Class January 2024 -Sushi & Tempura
SUSHI & TEMPURA Sushi is nowadays the most iconic and well-known Japanese food over the world. It is prepared vinegared rice (sushi-meshi, 鮨飯) with a variety of ingredients, such as seafood and vegetables. That is loved as a healthy food which does not contain much cholesterol and is even free […]
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Tataki Bonito with Ponzu Cauliflower Puree
We are lucky to live surrounding with such a fresh seafood! After cleaning and filleted, I cooked with Hooba (magnolia leaf) infusing its aromatic smell into Bonito. And made a sweet ginger chips as garnish. In Japan, Tataki bonito is usually served with ponzu and ginger (and sometimes with raw […]
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Thank you so much for joining the class -Tan Tan Ramen & Pork Gyoza
This was the last class in 2023 but it was such a wonderful time with our familiar and new customers. Sharing our culture and foods is our love and passion, hence we could not be more grateful for our customers’ unwavering support. Our generous customer made this video collage and […]
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Recipe Video -Rolled Cheese Tonkatsu (Mille-feuille pork cutlet)
Click the link below for the recipe video: HERE
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Cherry Tree Smoked Octopus with Homemade Romesco Sauce
I luckily got a beautiful octopus from a fishmonger which is my faouvrite. Cleaned it with traditional Japanese culinary methods before the proper cooking. Then cooked in a pressure cooker and smoked with cherry tree chips. Served with homemade romesco sauce and parsley oil. The octopus that was cooked in […]