Tag: Food

Melon sorbet in a plastic melon cup! I used to eat them when I was a kid. Tasted exactly like how I remembered it – Japan

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Fermented turnip and Japanese eggplant. My nukadoko (fermented rice bran bed) is alive and well – Japan

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Big lunch special (and I ate it all!) – Japan

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Sasa dango. They are regional sweets from Niigata prefecture but you can often find them at special regional food events. I always buy a batch when I find them – Japan

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It’s a rice bowl dish topped with panko-breaded pork cutlet (katsu), eggs, and onions – Japan

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Quick lunch before a movie – Japan

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Yakisoba for lunch – Japan

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Shio koji (salted rice malt) marinated pork stir fry. I’ve never used shio koji in cooking before but I think I’m going to buy some. It was that good – Japan

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I’ve been eating fish pretty much every morning since I came to Japan, mainly some sort of himono (semi-dried fish). This one is Kamasu (Barracuda?)

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Sukiyaki rice bowl – Japan

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