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Last week’s dinner – South East Asian Cold Udon Noodles and Crimini and Port Risotto

Last week was a pretty busy week without much cooking. We just wrapped things up with our usual cold Udon noodles in a Southeast Asian garlic lime sauce, with a pinch of dashi. I just topped that with shiitake mushrooms and boiled vegetables (sansai) blanched in thick dashi, soy sauce and mirin. [...]

Kobe Beef

(I finally get to post all the backlog of food entries I’ve been meaning to talk about)

So, last weekend we went to Mitsuwa. I was being an airhead or a ravenous beast (pick only one) and forgot to take pictures, but the details were: Autumn Japanese Food Fair. We went [...]

Thursday Morning Breakfast of Leftovers!

Yesterday I worked from home. I didn’t feel like toast or oatmeal. Seriously, I couldn’t taste most things and I wanted something flavorful!

I had a smidgen of green curry left, so I mixed it with my mother’s fluffy rice cooked with matsutake. (The rice itself as a little bit of [...]

Handcut Homemade Pasta Part 2

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I had a mild flu or a bad sinus cold, because yesterday I was forced to work from home. Unfortunately, Thursdays are crazy for me in the office, so I didn’t get a chance to upload anything from Wednesday night. I literally worked straight from 8am to 4pm, [...]

Pork Tenderloin Stir-Fry

Last night’s dinner was Ryan’s stir-fry using pork. We didn’t mix any veggies into the stir-fry, itself, but you can put whatever you desire. It was really nice and porky, since we got nice tenderloins from the Japanese market.

It was basically a very simple recipe. Cut the pork in manageable [...]