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Japanese Dry Beef Curry with Coconut Butter Rice

I suppose dry curry is Japanese invented food, I think because I have not heard about similar food in any other cuisines before.Most Japanese dry curry is more simple taste which is based on turmeric, garlic and ginger only but mine is packed with more spices like cumin, fennel, coriander, […]

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Mame Aji Fry (Breaded Deep-fried Kunning)

Aji Fry, that is another staple family-style food in Japanese cuisine.Usually we cook normal Aji (horse mackerel) that is easy to buy at any superstores or fish mongers in Japan, but this time, it was mini Aji that is named Kunning in Singapore. Kunning is so teeny tiny and the […]

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Lucky Pouch -Oyster Sauce Pork

We had a fun night with game-style dinner. Each pouch is stuffed with minced pork which is seasoned with oyster sauce, and only one pouch has boiled quail egg inside as an extra filling. Of course, only me who made the dinner knew which one is the lucky one, and […]

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Nanban Zuke Salad

Nanban Zuke (ๅ—่›ฎๆผฌใ‘) is another delightful Japanese home-style food. Nanban literally means southern barbarian and Zuke is marinade. Mostly we cook fish for it. A fish is fried and then marinated in a mixture of Dashi, vinegar, sugar and chilli peppers. It is said Nanban Zuke is similar to Escabeche […]

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Fish & Chips!

Long long summer holiday started!For kickstarting, I asked my children’s request for a dinner the other day.Their answer was ‘Fish & Chips!’ ๐Ÿ™‚Then I made it. Cheers! May your summer holiday productive and flourish.