Nov 22nd, 2008
by youlin.
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Free and easy Japanese soup recipes – Osumashi vs Miso Soup Recipes
Soups play an important main role in most Japanese meals. They are classified into two broad groups: clear soups and thick soups and usually serve together with meal in Japanese restaurant. Clear soup (osumashi/suimono) is usually served at the beginning of a meal. This delicately flavored soup can be varied by the addition of many different kinds of garnishes. The slightly thicker, sweeter soups flavored with red of white soybean paste (mishoshiru) are generally served toward the end of a formal Japanese meal. Both kinds of soups can be made with dashinomoto, a powdered soup base available at specialty grocery stores.
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Posted in: Soup recipes.
Tagged: free and easy redipes · japanese soup recipes · miso · osumashi · soup
Nov 20th, 2008
by youlin.
  
  It has been reported that leftover food per person is 41.6gram/day in Japan. Population of Japan is about 120,000,000. Leftover food is 5408 tons/day in Japan. So, simply calculate leftover food in Japan will be 1,973,920 tons/year. And CO2 exhaust from leftover food 495,454 tons/year. Continue reading →
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Tagged: hot dogs · japan post · leftover food · takeru kobayashi(å°æž—尊）
Nov 19th, 2008
by youlin.
Japanese Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe
Wafu-Chuka, as the cuisine is known in Japan, is characterized by an elegance and style that heightens both Japanese and Chinese cooking traditions. Popular wafu-chuka dishes include mabo-tofu, hiayashi chuka, gyoza, subuta and so on. Subuta（酢豚） a sweet and sour pork dish which is one of the very popular wafu-chuka dish in Japan. The sauce is the main point of the dish. So, with a good combination among vinegar, sugar, ketcup and starch, it will determine how delicious the subuta is? Alternatively, you may replace kurosu (é»’é…¢ã€black vinegar) for the dish which will increase your appetite. Continue reading →
Posted in: Main Dish.
Tagged: chinese recipes · chuka · japanese recipe · pork recipes · sweet and sour
Nov 18th, 2008
by youlin.
How much do you think you can eat if you are given 1 hour for a BIG Okonomiyaki(Japanese Pizza) that weight 1kg and 30 centimeters wide in size?
 An Okonomiyaki Eating Contest was held on 9th April 2008 in an okonomiyaki restaurant called “YUKARI” in Osaka. A 44 year old Japanese housewife managed to clear 5.2kg okonomiyaki in this 1 hour contest. Hatsuyo Sugawara, the winner managed to swept away total 550,000 yen, a solid gold spatula, and the privilage of having the restaurant’s largest okonomiyaki named after her. “Majo Sugawara Yaki” which means “Sugawara the Witch” will be named for the 1kg huge okomiyaki in Yukari chain restaurants throughout Japan. Continue reading →
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Tagged: eating contest · Japanese Food · Okonomiyaki · video clip
