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

[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

[ぬか床] Nukadoko (A Fermented Rice Bran Bed for Pickling) is an essential component for making quintessential Japanese pickles called Nukazuke. My Nukadoko is made from scratch with rice bran, sea salt, water, kombu and chili peppers. It’s quite a process from start to finish but read more