Taco rice, also know as takoraisu (タコライス), is a bit of a strange dish. You can trace it back to the 1980s, where outside the American milit...

I'm definitely not fluent in Japanese, especially when it comes to the written word. Therefore I amused my relatives by exclaiming excit...

In Beppu, there is a whole cuisine of cooking using the hot steam that erupts from the earth. Called jigokumushi (地獄蒸し), it literally means ...

Mentaiko, especially spicy karashi mentaiko, is a specialty of the Hakata ward in Fukuoka City. Mentaiko is fish roe (normally pollock) that...

I like creating simple recipes that take little time or effort to make. Sure, sometimes I mix things up with a more-involved recipe, but m...

Unlike katsudon , this donburi does not have a place in Japanese culinary history, it's an original Miss Mochi creation. This recipe...

Katsudon is definitely a great choice for cold weather. It has a rib-sticking comfort food quality that never fails to satisfy. Filling a ...

I seriously cannot believe that I haven't blogged about this recipe before. I've talked about it numerous times , so I have no clue...

I promised you that I would have a curry tamago kake gohan variation this month! I've written many times about how much I love Japanese ...

I've written about Yoshinoya's donburi before in my donburi recipes, and I'm definitely a fan of their gyudon beef bowls. Recen...

Gyudon is a relative newcomer to the donburi scene. Because of the era of Nara Buddhist rule, beef was outlawed from being consumed for over...

Today is one of those lazy days when even making some spam musubi is out of the cards. I want to do nothing but lay around on my precious ...

I cannot deny my donburi love. Donburi isn't a dish, it's a concept. Anything poured or placed over rice in a deep bowl becomes a do...

As you can see, I am working on my Japanese. I am not very good at it, because I rarely have an opportunity to practice. It took me a whil...

WARNING! Japanese food purist will hate this post! As mentioned in my Uomoto curry post , Mr. Mochi's favorite Japanese dish is katsu-...

Karē ( カレー) , or curry, is something that surprises a lot of people about Japanese cuisine. When most people think of curry, they think of...

I always tell people if they want to try more adventurous sushi than California rolls, they should try unagi, or freshwater eel. I do this n...

Mapo Tofu is actually a Chinese dish brought to Japan. This easy-to-make dish consists of ground meat and chunks of tofu enrobed in a spic...