Slow Cooker Minty Lamb Shank

Minty Lamb Shank is one of the steadfast dishes at our home.  The dish is hearty, flavourful and very delicious.  Minty Lamb Shank can ...

Vegan Friendly Teriyaki Tofu Burger

Once again, it has been a long time since I posted the last blog.  I hope everyone had a relaxing holiday and a great start to the new ye...

Midnight Blue Trifle

It has been almost 5 months since I last time updated my blog.  I have been too busy to translate my Japanese recipes into English. In ...

Lobster Macaroni & Cheese

One thing I always keep in my freezer is frozen lobster meat (langoustine, to be precise).  I buy them at my local COSTCO.  They are prec...

Kedgeree Cake

In Britain, there are some dishes inspired by Indian cuisine.  They call those Anglo-Indian. The recipes for Anglo-Indian dishes are ge...

Lamb Chop Risotto

Originally I found the recipe for this beautiful lamb risotto in a cook-book.  In the original recipe, the stew used stewing meat and thi...

Orange Flavoured Hot Cross Buns

Every year I bake my home-made hot cross buns for a Good Friday breakfast, and today I baked some for tomorrow!. This year I modified m...

Cottage Pie in Twice Baked Jacket Potato

During my years in the UK, I learnt how to cook lots of British & Irish dishes.  Cottage pie was one of the first dishes that I learnt fr...

Slow Cooked Beef in Guiness

Since I moved to the US, I have been looking for beef tendons -  "suji" in Japanese - at my local butcher and in the supermarket's meat...

Japanese Style Potato Salad

My husband loves English style potato salad with boiled new baby potatoes and chopped onion mixed with real mayonnaise.  This is a si...

Tuna & Potato Pizza

At the end of a busy day, I often have no energy left to cook a meal for my family.  Ready-to-bake pizzas from our local supermarkets use...

Indian Twisted Meatball Sub

It may sound strange to you if I say garam masala - a famous Indian spice - works in Italian style meatballs, but I ...

Pork & Kimchi Japanese Style Croquette

Japanese style croquette is one of my favourite potato dishes.  The one I am introducing here is a variation adding the famous Korean pi...

Chili Con Carne on Baked Potato

I used to cook Chili Con Carne using butter, ale, sour cream, full fat cheese... without any hesitations! It was very tasty, but obviou...

Matcha Roll Cake with White Chocolate Cheese Cream

  I am from Japan, but personally do not like matcha flavoured sweets.  For me, they are a bit too bitter. The only matcha flavoured s...

Bubble & Squeak Deluxe

Bubble & Squeak is one of the most tasty British inventions! Originally it was cooked with leftovers of mashed potatoes and boiled cabb...

Battenburg Cake

One of my favourite British cakes is Battenburg cake which is a sort of variation on a Victoria sponge cake. Battenburg cake is made of...

Spicy Double Pumpkin Rolls

These rolls are a delicious modification to cinnamon rolls.  I first baked these using one of the pumpkins that we decorated for Hallowee...

Anchovy Potatoes

Anchovy Potatoes are very popular dish at Japanese pubs (izakayas), although the way of cooking varies from boiling to mashing to frying,...

Roasted Tomatoes & Avocado Salad with Framboise Dreesing

Sadly, lots of vegetables we buy at the supermarket nowadays have lost their flavour.  Tomatoes are one of them.  I love tomatoes, so fee...

Double Avocado Mexican Style Salad

My husband loves my guacamole and I think it is really good too.  I have never tasted a better guacamole than mine even in a Mexican rest...

Pork in Miso Soup

Miso soup is an inevitable side dish for Japanese cuisine.  Miso is a traditional Japanese seasoning and all-rounder.  It is used not onl...

The Ultimate Plain Scones

I am often asked by my friends how to make the perfect scones. None of my friends seems to be happy with the results of their homemade sc...

Jalapeno Salmon Burger

A few weeks ago, my husband and I were invited to a house warming BBQ by one of his colleagues. Among the guests, there was one semi-ve...

Teba Gyoza - Stuffed Chicken Wing

When I visited the nearest Whole Foods the other day, I found a pack of full chicken wings and they were very good quality. I was looking...