Japanese food recipes & food photography
I visited a Kushi katsu specialty restaurant when I escorted an Australian school trip to Japan about 10 years ago and had Kushi katsu freshly made in front of me. It was so delicious that I wanted to share the recipe with the Chopstick Chronicles’ readers. Just in case you are wondering what Kushi katsu…
Mehari Zushi is a regional Japanese dish unique to Wakayama and the Nara Prefecture. Mehari Zushi is rice ball with chopped pickled Takana mustard leaves wrapped with pickled Takana mustard leaves. I have been thinking to make this but with something else because I have not seen Takana mustard leaves in Brisbane. Usually I visit…
Last week I received a parcel full of Japanese matcha goodies from Matcha Wellness and now my tiny Queenslander house is filled with a sweet matcha aroma because Matcha Japanese cookie are being baked in the oven. I love Matcha and have shared many recipes like Matcha ice cream, Matcha Madeleine and Matcha Vanilla latte. I often use matcha for flavouring…
Nowadays, I see Daikon radish at the local markets and even at major super markets here in Brisbane so I wanted to make Rafute, Okinawan braised pork belly with Daikon radish. Rafute is Okinawan braised pork belly that is simmered slowly in soy sauce, Okinawa black sugar, and Okinawa indigenous sake called Awamori. I could not find any of those ingredients in Brisbane but we…
I wanted to make Shiso juice for a long time and finally, I made it. Shiso is my favourite Japanese herb. Anytime I see shiso, I get tempted to buy it and my daughter pulls me away because I have bought so many of the plants already. But I love shiso so much that I…
