Plant-Based Matters

Maitake Mushroom is one of the popular mushrooms in Japanese cooking that’s great for side dishes, main dishes, from rice to noodles just about anything. If you’re looking for a different kind of mushroom to incorporate into your Japanese food, maitake might be your next read more

[ヴィーガンバター醤油舞茸パスタ] Butter Shoyu Maitake Pasta is a Japanese fusion pasta dish featuring maitake mushroom cooked in the popular Japanese flavor combination of butter + shoyu (soy sauce) using vegan butter. It’s comforting, easy to make, and irresistible with the taste of butter shoyu. This pasta read more

[濃厚ミニトマトクリームソースパスタ（ヴィーガン）] Creamy Cherry Tomato Sauce Pasta (Vegan) would be a perfect comfort food to make when sweet and juicy cherry tomatoes are in season. This vegan creamy tomato sauce has no dairy or cream at all (not even plant-based milk or nut milk) but it’s read more

[母の味ヴィーガンガーリックライス] When you have any leftover rice, it’s a perfect time to make fried rice like my Vegan Garlic Fried Rice which is inspired by my mom’s cooking that I ate a million times. It’s super quick to make but you won’t believe how flavorful read more

[ヴィーガン冷やし豆乳々うどん] Vegan Cold Tan Tan U担don is a vegan arrangement of the Japanese noodle dish “tan tan men (ramen)” but made with udon noodles in cold, creamy and rich soymilk based spicy sesame broth. The delicious broth is made with kombu dashi based homemade vegan read more

Ponzu Sauce (Japanese Citrus Soy Sauce) is a soy-sauce based Japanese condiment that tastes savory, tangy, and aromatic with a subtle umami taste in the background. It’s one of the staples in Japanese cooking that you can use as a dipping sauce, pour over sauce read more

[ヴィーガン胡麻だれ冷やし中華] Vegan Cold Ramen with Sesame Sauce is a vegan arrangement of the Japanese cold ramen noodles called “hiyashi chuka” with creamy sesame sauce. It’s made with easy-to-find pantry staple ingredients such as tahini, soy sauce and rice vinegar but tastes authentically Japanese. My Vegan read more

[ヴィーガン冷やし素麺] Vegan Cold Somen Noodles with Dipping Sauce is an ideal Japanese seasonal dish that’s perfect to eat in the hot and humid summer days! Silky and smooth somen noodles are served cold with a soy sauce base vegan dipping sauce that’s also cold. It’s read more

[ヴィーガン濃縮麺つゆ] Vegan Mentsuyu (Concentrated Noodle Soup Base) is a multipurpose ingredient that’s perfect for making cold noodle dipping sauce and hot broth (soup) suitable for udon, somen, and soba noodles. This kombu-based (no bonito) mentsuyu is 100 % vegan, has no MSG or other additives, read more

Green Shiso (Perilla Leaves) is a green leafy Japanese herb that’s uniquely fragrant and refreshing. It’s one of those Japanese produce (ingredient) that may not be widely known outside of Japan but once you experience the taste, you’ll know that you won’t find the same read more