Besides American fast foods like McDonald’s, you can find traditional Japanese fast foods all over Japan. Noodle dishes are very popular, like ramen, udon and soba noodles. My favorites are ramen with miso broth with meat and vegetables added and yakisoba, which is a stir-fried soba noodle with vegetables and meat. I’ve never tried the [...]
Some of my favorite Japanese snacks include mochi, which is a pounded, glutinous rice cake. It can be prepared in many ways. I like the deep-fried, puffed mochi, or the mochi ice cream balls, which are small round servings of ice cream covered with a layer of mochi. My favorite flavors for the ice cream [...]
The Japanese breakfast isn’t a whole lot different than their other two meals of the day. I like rice at almost any time of day, so that part suits me fine. I also like miso soup, which is another important part of a traditional Japanese breakfast. I’ve even made this simple breakfast a few times. [...]
I first discovered bento boxes when I was reading some of the manga magazines my kids leave around the house. The girls in the stories frequently tried to impress the boys they liked by making cute little lunches for them. After that, I looked them up online. Wow! I was amazed at how many different [...]
I always knew that rice was a big part of Japanese cuisine, but it was still a little surprising to learn just how much it is used. I used to watch Iron Chef and marvel at the many ways they used rice, and it made me more interested in finding out more about Japanese food [...]
On Friday I had lunch at Rice Bowl Express and this was my first visit there at this restarant. I looked the menu over then I decided on steamed rice and shrimp. The steamed rice was so tender that it seemed to melt in my mouth. The shrimp was large and season just right the [...]