Plant-Based Matters

Takanotsume (Dried Hawk Claw Chili Peppers) is a type of hot & spicy chili pepper commonly used in Japanese cooking. Although Japanese cuisine isn’t really known for spicy food, the hawk claw chili peppers (takanotsume) can be seen as one of the ingredients for spicy read more

[紅しょうが炒飯] Beni Shoga Fried Rice is Japanese home-style vegan fried rice featuring the Japanese pickled ginger called beni shoga. It’s very easy to make with simple ingredients, yet the result is super flavorful and has an unique taste that you won’t find in other typical read more

Beni Shoga (Red Pickled Ginger Stirps) is non-fermented Japanese ginger pickles that’s pickled in ume plum vinegar. It’s often used as a topping for Japanese dishes such as okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancakes) and yakisoba (Japanese stir-fried noodles.) Beni shoga is vegan, gluten-free and oil-free. If read more

Aonori is Japanese dried green seaweed flakes that you may have seen on top of okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancakes) and yakisoba (Japanese stir-fried noodles.) It’s naturally vegan, low in calories and rich in nutrients such as minerals and vitamins. Aonori should be one of  the read more

If you are looking for another type of soy sauce but not tamari or ponzu, Smoked Soy Sauce (Kunsei Shoyu) may be the next item that’s missing in your vegan Japanese pantry! There are a couple of different types of soy sauce you may want read more

[ヴィーガンポテトサラダ] Vegan Japanese Potato Salad is a vegan version of an authentic-taste Japanese potato salad just like the one my mom would make for our family! It’s perfectly delicious on its own or served as a side dish with, you guessed it, a bowl of read more

You may already have Tamari (Tamari Shoyu) in your vegan pantry which is a popular gluten-free soy sauce as an alternative to conventional soy sauce. There are a couple of different types of soy sauce you may want to have in your vegan pantry such read more

There are a couple of different types of soy sauce you may want to have in your vegan Japanese pantry and Light Soy Sauce (Usukuchi Shoyu) is one of them. It’s serves a different purpose than the regular soy sauce.   What’s Light Soy Sauce? read more

If you have to pick one of the most used Japanese condiments or seasonings that’s naturally vegan, it definitely is Soy Sauce known as Shoyu. There are a couple of different types of soy sauce you may want to have in your vegan Japanese pantry read more

[ヴィーガンしめじ入りトマト味噌ソースパスタ] Vegan Tomato Miso Shimeji Pasta is a vegan Japanese fusion pasta dish that has Japanese shimeji mushrooms and the spicy tomato sauce made with miso as a secret ingredient. It’s definitely not a typical tomato sauce pasta but totally worth trying to experience the read more