Pork Vegetable Roll
One staple I seem to find in lots of the japanese bento blogs are a meat roll that contains a small checkerboard of carrot and (probably french) bean. Similar to the bacon rolls I’ve done, this time I went the whole hog (excuse the pun) and used pork loin cut thin. These wrapped around the […]
Mabo Dofu
I’ve never had an authentic mabo dofu – or was it mapo tofu?? The dish has chinese roots and the version I created was loosely based on the japanese as I don’t have the appropriate bean pastes nor szechuan pepper for spicing it up. The furikake I made was another experiment in trying to be […]
Yaki Onigiri
When I heard that you can toast up rice balls I had to try it right away – and it was great! The crispy soy sauce-salty parts make up for the lack of oil as with fried rice, and it’s easier to eat too. Considering that the yaki onigiri was to be ‘finger food’, I […]
Spiced Onion Leftovers
When it comes to the weekends, we normally have a route that pretty much is the same but sometimes ordered differently. However, if we’re inclined to eat as carnivores then the local (and traditional) butcher is the first destination as we’d have to beat the other customers for the best variety available – come around […]
Sweet Wasabi Sushi
Another visit to The Encyclopedia of Sushi Rolls, this time with simpler fare. We have real wasabi in powder form in the freezer where it seems to keep rather well. I found it intriguing to find a use for it as the star ingredient in a hosomaki (thin roll) so I had to give it […]
Monsen Makizushi
Once upon a time I discovered an obscure page on the internet which had a decorative roll I’ve never seen. Though it was marketing kiwi fruit, they had put it in a sushi roll and it had a peculiar pattern. Further searching, I found a japanese website on decorative sushi and I discovered the name […]
Garden Green Rice & Meatballs
The herbs are king in a garden where there is little full sun to share. The chives, parsley and sorrel seem pretty happy and have plenty of growth for the picking. In addition, the local radish growers seem to be keeping the greengrocers with a steady supply – I made two small batches of pickled […]
Saucy Balls
I store small balls of hamburger mix in the freezer, as I have the flexibility in turning them into more flat hamburgers or keep them as they are. I also prefer to have them with a sauce. I was reminded of the ‘hanbaagu’, a version close to Salisbury steak that have a sauce poured over […]
Random Leftovers
I don’t tend to have the same capacity for certain food as Yvan has, and especially with rich foods like meat. I also tend to overeat on the carb front (with rice, not surprisingly) so I end up fuller and with leftovers. In the end it does provide me with meat for a tad longer […]
Ganmadoki & Onigiri
I wanted to try out some vegetarian sides and came across ganmadoki, though I think mine are a tad on the ‘dark’ side. They consist of tofu and a bunch of other ingredients, and stem from vegan buddist cuisine. This was surprisingly a good feed despite being vegetarian, though I’d rather stick to the real […]