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My busy month and weeks has begun.So I chose this versatile menu for my family as I can make massive pork slices and freeze some of them for another day. Asian Summer Salad: Tomato, Sweet corn, Banana shallot, Coriander, Lime, Fish sauce Kelp Jelly Grilled Potato: Potato, Garlic, Caper, Dill […]

This is a typical local food of Okinawa island, the most southern island of Japan, and one of my favourite taste.    This home style food is easy & quick cooking and takes only 20 minutes!​Also Okinawa island is famous for the highest average number of the aged population all […]

Finally, the cherry tree in my garden has started blossming this year too. Cheery blossom what is Japanese national flower is particularly special for me too.So, I made my mind to make a little festive meal for celebrating this new season.  Hanami (花見) Lunch Mini Kaiseki platter. Grilled prawn with spinach […]

Weather is still fickle though, my boys need good energy charge all the time. I try to make balanced foods for them (can’t do it always…obviously)  Sizzled Lamb with glazed soy, Tofu canape Edamame puree, Fried vegetable rice   Actually most of these foods were gone by my husband’s and […]

Snowdrop start blooming, the spring is just around the corner (hopefully!). With such a delightful feeling, I made a bit unique sushi: Rice Paper Sushi -Teriyaki Salmon, Avocado, Baby Corn  Literally this is wrapped with rice paper instead of seaweed sheet, so that this appearance is much prettier, isn’t it! […]

It’s me time with some savoury muffins which is my handmade.  From tomorrow, my busy days will start for my next pop-up at Newlyn Art Gallery on this Saturday.So this is only the calm just before the storm.  ​I hope you have a lovely weekend. Naoko

Time flies whilst having fun family time. We had a wonderful holiday in France, and I joined three different courses of French cookery lesson.They were so inspirational and perfect for brushing up the latest culinary knowledges.   I made a taster platter for going over some points again in my […]

The other day, it was the last day of my elder son’s reception class year in his life.​He had a lovely lovely graduation ceremony with other classmates at the school.Lucky boy!​I assume he sometimes experienced not easy time in the new surrounding, but he has never murmured.I’m so proud of […]

Chicken & Egg Rice Bowl is one of the most popular Japanese home dish.That’s a literally rice bowl style but I was ambitious to arrange the presentation not to be used in any bowls as I intend serving this typical Japanese food in my next Supper Club at the lovely […]

How lucky we live in such a beautiful and harvesting place; Cornwall. The other day, my favourite fishmonger, Kernow Sashimi, gave us the chance to buy the freshest Megrim which was caught just the day before.  This was perfect timing as we had a little celebrating thing on the day.​I cleaned […]