Articles by Naoko Kashiwagi

Mackerel’s faces always make me smile since they seem like smiling to me 🙂I cleaned the mackerel and smoked the fillets with apple tree chips. This is the home-smoked mackerel flakes that is seasoned with dill, Kombu powder and lemon juice. This packs a lot of great nutrition of mackerel. […]

Japanese curry is widely well-known and hugely popular inside and outside of Japan. The dry curry might be not so majority of Japanese cuisine, however for most Japanese people, dry curry is one of the comfort food as a home-style food or even cafe-style food. And every house-holder has their […]

The other day, my younger son had a naughty tummy bug and had less appetite. Poor boy! Then I made this poorly chap’s favourite food -Beef Stroganoff and rice.Rice is more kind to our digestive than pasta for us Japanese, so I served it alternatively. And as a side dish, […]

I used to make my own Ramen soup from scratch but finally I got my recipe for homemade Ramen noodle as well. This time, the type of soup was soy based duck broth, so I chose to make a medium thick winding noodle that is easy to absorb the Umami […]

It’s tea time!

I admit I am a spring roll lover, whenever I order some dim sum, I can not ignore spring roll, definitely 🙂Last Friday, I made Fried Friday for myself. My spring roll is seasoned well during the cooking of the filling. Lots of minced pork and veggies, which is delightful! […]

Homemade ginger is the best for reducing sugar and has absolutely no preservation. Funny Sushi…that is Mentaiko Crab 🙂

Look at this sexy marble meat! That is Wagyu beef that is incredibly tender, juicy and flavourful.Luckily, I had a chance to buy this beauty from our local shop, so I attempted to make it to the next level. In the preparation, I briefly torched rice ball and sliced wagyu […]