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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, […]

What a lovely day to welcome such a wonderful family!Our Japanese cooking classes are perfect for family bonding or team building in an intimate space 🙂

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 […]

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 […]

It’s summer holiday! Summer camp is the thing for the kids. Our original camp was held at home the other day, and it was fun for parent to see how did they try the difficult level of sushi by own (and of course, it was lucky for me if they […]

Nanban Zuke (南蛮漬け) 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 […]

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

In Japan, we have two types of Dashi soup and we choose one for what you are going to make.Ichiban Dashi (the first brewed soup) and Niban Dashi (the second brewed soup). The first brewed one is more subtle and elegant flavour and second is stronger and more flavourful. Their […]