Week 45: I made another Japanese-styled pasta dish on a busy weekday evening. This time, I stir-fried pork, Japanese spinach, shimeji mushrooms and pickled nozawana (which we brought back from our trip to Nagano in summer). Since pickled nozawana already has a strong,...
Week 41: My mother and I spontaneously decided to make chirashizushi (which would be directly translated as “scattered sushi”) for dinner. It is a Japanese traditional dish usually served for ohinasama – Girl’s day – on the 3rd of March....
For my outdoor expedition, I visited Ladakh for 21 days during summer break. With breathtaking views, friendly people, unique culture and delicious food, Ladakh definitely became one of my favorite places in the world – I would love to visit again. Through...
School started, but during August I tried cooking dinner several times a week. I will pick up dishes from each week which I would like to share here: Week 37: I made qingjiaorousi for dinner on a weekday. This I found the recipe from the cooking magazine which I...
I would like to share here another dinner I had prepared during week 36. I flipped through the cooking magazine which I had bought the last day, and decided to cook the following for dinner: This is “Mapo nasu”, a version of “Mapo tofu”...
