A Favorite: Okonomiyaki!
Japanese Stuffed Pancake Okonomiyaki serves 2 page 350 Sauce: ¼ cup tomato ketchup 1 ½ Tablespoons Worchestershire sauce ¼ teaspoon smoot....
8 May 4:47 am  from  Tess's Japanese Kitchen   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Gundam-themed cafe opens in Akihabara
About 200 people lined up on Saturday for the early-morning opening of the first official “Gundam”-themed cafe, based ....
26 Apr 2:36 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Goyza Poisoner Caught! Arrested in China for the 2008 tainting of frozen dumblings
Chinese police have arrested a man suspected of poisoning frozen dumplings destined for Japan, in an incident that straine....
27 Mar 3:12 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Colonel is Back! Standing proud even with no feet!
Haven’t heard about the Curse of the Colonel? Didn’t want to read that? Here’s the short of it… Originally displa....
21 Mar 1:20 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Okra Chips: Bet you can’t eat just one!
http://1tess.wordpress.com With my latest love-affair foremost in my mind, imagine how excited I was to make this fabulous discovery about m....
15 Mar 3:28 am  from  Tess's Japanese Kitchen   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Wines from Japan
Japanese wine from Nagano Prefecture The words “Japan, wine exporter” have a somewhat unlikely ring but that is the aim....
9 Mar 10:16 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Sweetening the veggie deal
Japanese beverage and snack makers want you to eat your vegetables, and they're doing their best to sweeten the deal. ....
5 Mar 5:28 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Foodex 2010: new snacks
Sweet snacks are the next stop on our tour of Foodex Japan 2010. Crepe stick, anybody? ....
4 Mar 2:17 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ready to eat Japanese foods: onigiri
Not least among the presents was an ume onigiri, which he carried in his pocket on the plane. He bought two, but saved one for me. http:....
4 Mar 2:01 am  from  Tess's Japanese Kitchen   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan opposes bluefin tuna ban
Japan opposes plans to list the Atlantic bluefin tuna, which is highly prized in sushi and sashimi, as a most-endangered species and to ban ....
23 Feb 8:25 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese agriculture is in a free-fall decline.
Japanese agriculture is in a free-fall decline. In the years between 1960 and 2005, the share of agricultural output in gross domestic prod....
23 Feb 2:53 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
No more smoking according to Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry is set to urge all local governments to introduce a total ban on smoking in public places in princip....
19 Feb 11:49 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Happy Valentine’s Day!
So how about a look at Valentine’s Day in Japan? Chocolate love and the art of giving here is a totally one-way street with men being the....
15 Feb 3:32 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
New Karamucho
In he past couple months there has been a couple new versions of my favorite Japanese snack, Karamucho. One being a simple 5 times more spic....
4 Feb 12:09 pm  from  In Sendai   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kiefer Sutherland – Jack Bauer is…Selling Calorie Mate
That’s right. Calorie Mate. Riding on the popularity of “24″, “Calorie Mate” and Kiefer Sutherland have teamed up in an effort to....
2 Feb 1:12 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
It’s All “Cho-co”
This season you can find sushi, beer, curry, green tea, shochu, and baseball in their chocolate incarnations. A variety of Japan’s tastes ....
1 Feb 6:23 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Chocolate Sparkling – A Flavorful Success
Suntory has done it! They’ve made a chocolate drink, which contains no chocolate. And it’s good! Well, that is if you like your choco....
30 Jan 1:33 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kuromame: sweet black beans
http://1tess.wordpress.com Black soybeans, called kurimame 黒豆, are larger and rounder than their more common yellow cousins. They are co....
10 Jan 7:46 am  from  Tess's Japanese Kitchen   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Meat Crackers
These crackers might look like meat, and kind of taste like meat, but they are unfortunately not meat. When I bought it I thought it was go....
7 Jan 1:16 pm  from  In Sendai   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Art of the Culinary – Japan’s Restaurant’s Windows and their Plastic Food Makers
In Japan, a good restaurant will display replicas of what’s on the menu. Craftsmen perfectly reproduce the food – it takes as much skil....
29 Dec 3:16 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Whiskey and the Highball – Japan’s Retro Cocktail Culture
Domestic whiskey is expected to see its first volume increase in 11 years, mostly due to the recent popularity of whiskey and soda, or high....
19 Dec 5:51 am  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Halloween
I forgot to post this a while ago (OK I’ll admit I was just lazy). For Halloween Doritos came out with a special edition filled with shape....
28 Nov 10:45 am  from  In Sendai   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Chocolate in Japan
Interesting edition of Monocle’s “Monocolumn” on the state of chocolate in Japan. I barely eat chocolate, but I sure love me some Kit ....
26 Nov 10:31 pm  from  Jeans Now   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Wagashi – Japanese Sweets
Here are a couple of videos to help explain all those wonderful candies or wagashi that you see when at the department stores or at other c....
25 Nov 12:09 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Rock The Floor
If you been reading my blog for a while, you’ll  know that there are a lot of Pringles flavors coming out all the time in Japan. I think ....
19 Nov 10:43 am  from  In Sendai   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Incredible Edible Lotus Root
There is a commercial I would like to see, or even an image flashed  in the middle of prime time news these days. The image I would like to....
16 Nov 4:43 pm  from  Bionicbong   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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