This classic okonomiyaki recipe makes the umami-packed Japanese cabbage pancakes that are completely addictive. These plump savoury pancakes are served at teppanyaki restaurants where they’re made old-school style on the teppanyaki grill. You’ll also spot them on menus at Japanese izakayas, casual taverns where the food is served to soak up the booze. While heartier, … Read more
Our best rice bowl recipes make the original rice bowl meals and include recipes for everything from rice porridges, such as Chinese and Southeast Asian congees to Japanese donburi rice bowls such as oyakodon, the Japanese chicken and egg rice bowl, and katsudon, a crunchy tonkatsu, or Japanese pork cutlet, cooked in eggs and spring … Read more
These Japanese recipes make home style Japanese comfort food that is hearty and home-cooked. It’s Japanese food that feels like a hug because we all need food that’s restorative and nourishing right now. And the best thing is that it’s Japanese food that you can make at home, from Japanese potato salad to crunchy tonkatsu … Read more
This katsudon recipe makes a Japanese pork cutlet and egg rice bowl topped with spring onions and scallions. Katsudon is a donburi, a rice bowl meal. Like oyakodon, another rice bowl dish, katsudon is a delicious, comforting and filling dish that can be eaten out at specialised restaurants or cooked at home and eaten for … Read more
This easy oyakodon recipe makes a Japanese chicken and egg rice bowl made from eggs, spring onions and chicken simmered in dashi and served on steamed rice. A comforting, filling dish, oyakodon – which means ‘parent and child bowl’; ‘parent’ being the chicken and ‘child’ the egg – is both a home-cooked meal and fast-food … Read more