Celebrating Japanese Izakaya! This is a cool Izakaya restaurant in Tokyo, where the Chefs perform for you after cooking! More on that later… In 2022, I made a recipe from one of my cookbooks every week for a year, and… Read More ›
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Want A Scoop Of Crab Ice Cream? I’m Headed To Japan And Will Find It For You!
Who Wants Ice Cream! CRAB Ice Cream! My wife Alex and I are heading to Japan in a week, and we always seek out the cool, unique, and DIFFERENT food you can find there. Like Crab Ice Cream! I would… Read More ›
Have Your Been On An “Eel Conveyor Belt” – Of People? I Was And Here’s the Story!
Welcome To Tokyo 2016! I was in one of the most magical cities in the world: Tokyo, where everywhere you turn you see something like this: I’m not sure what they are selling, but I’m buying! I brought my wife… Read More ›
Tasting Japan! Carol’s “A – Z” Of World Cuisine Has A Soufflé Pancake From The “Land Of The Rising Sun!”
Who’s Hungry? Well, these “clams in miso nectar” make me want to fly to Tokyo right now to have them again! More on that in a moment but first, you can blame Carol once again, as he look at food… Read More ›
Who’s Up For Some “Piranha Ramen?” Bite Into A Dish That Bites Back!
Got 3000 yen? About $28? Then You Can Have Piranha Ramen! Got your attention? Of course I do! Because, if you had a craving for REAL Piranha Ramen – I found a dish you can bite down on that promises… Read More ›
Vending Machine Mashed Potatoes! Coffee Jelly! Japan’s Wildest Vending Machine Food!
Did you know that Japan was obsessed with vending machine food? They are everywhere, and everyone consumes form them! You find collections of vending machines everywhere in Tokyo – and you NEVER walk around with the food – you consume… Read More ›
Who Loves “Polpo alla Luciana”? Chef Mimi Shares A Delicious Recipe Here!
Chef Mimi Cooks A Traditional Italian Octopus Stew! I’m sharing a great new recipe from Chef Mimi, who posted on her blog the inspiration for the dish! Mimi posts that the recipe she found is from the blog Vincenzo’s Plate, but… Read More ›
Wait – “Seaweed Salt Potato Butter Bacon Teriyaki Egg Burgers?” McDonald’s Japan Has “Nori Shio Jaga Butter Bacon Teritama” In A Bun!
Who Wants A “Seaweed Salt Potato Butter Bacon Teriyaki Egg Burger?” I do! OK, you all know that I am obsessed with unique food from around the world – and as a lover of “all things burger”, I am fascinated… Read More ›
Making Okonomiyaki At Home! Eating It In Tokyo’s Party Zone Too!
Who’s Hungry For Okonomiyaki? Well I was, and what you see above is the real thing: that my wife, son and friend made in Tokyo! More on that later, but first, what is “Okonomiyaki?” Here’s how wikipedia describes it: “Okonomiyaki… Read More ›
Did You Start The New Year With Some “Hoppin’ John?” Here’s My Good Luck Recipe!
Dig Into This “Good Luck” Stew! Do you know what “Hoppin’ John” is? Well I didn’t! I didn’t know a thing about “Hoppin’ John” until my wife told me about it years ago. You are supposed to make it on New… Read More ›
Bite! Eat! Repeat! 