japan dishesJAPANESE KITCHEN

ONE SOUP, THREE SIDES

Little on the table,
much in it.

Rice, a soup, a few small bowls.
Cooking Japanese means leaving out until only what is needed remains.

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RECIPE OF THE DAY · Monday, September 28

Matcha Latte

Whisked green tea with hot or ice-cold milk

10 min · 1 servings · Japan

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COMFORT FOOD · OFUKURO NO AJI

What fills you up,
and settles you down.

A bowl of ramen, a pan of chahan, a pot of nikujaga: simple, filling dishes you cook because you know them by heart. Japanese has a word for it — おふくろの味, the taste you do not go looking for but come back to.

Discover the comfort dishes

Four ways to the table.

01The everyday tableSimple, seasonal dishes for any day.Discover recipes 02Bowl & noodleWarming soups, fine noodles, deep flavour.Discover recipes 03Small dishesFine side dishes, great effect.Discover recipes 04Sweets & teaQuiet moments to enjoy.Discover recipes

THE RECIPE COLLECTION

What goes on the table today?

20 recipes
OnigiriAI imageFish

Japan

Onigiri

Filled rice triangles with umeboshi and tuna mayo, wrapped in nori

60 min·4 servings
Negima-NabeAI imageFish

Kantō (Tokyo region)

Negima-Nabe

Tuna, thick Japanese leeks and tofu simmered in seasoned dashi

30 min·4 servings
MushidoriAI imageMeat

Japan

Mushidori

Juicy chicken with a curried vegetable paste or sesame sauce, on lettuce leaves

30 min·2 servings
Mame GohanAI imageVegan

Japan

Mame Gohan

Japanese short-grain rice steamed with fresh green peas, sake and kombu

70 min·4 servings
Shōyu RamenAI imageMeat

Japan

Shōyu Ramen

Clear soy sauce broth, pork belly marinated in the seasoning broth, egg and nori

210 min·6 servings
ChahanAI imageMeat

Japan

Chahan

Loose-grained fried rice with garlic, char siu, egg and fresh shiso ribbons

20 min·2 servings
TsukuneAI imageMeat

Japan

Tsukune

Juicy chicken meatballs under a glossy coat of reduced tare

45 min·4 servings
HambāguAI imageMeat

Japan

Hambāgu

Juicy pan-fried patties with cabbage and ginger, quick ketchup-Worcestershire sauce

45 min·4 servings
Kinpira GobōAI imageVegan

Japan

Kinpira Gobō

Burdock root and carrot in soy sauce and mirin, finished with toasted sesame

30 min·3 servings
OyakodonAI imageMeat

Japan

Oyakodon

Chicken and softly set egg over hot rice, on the table in 25 minutes

25 min·2 servings
NikujagaAI imageMeat

Japan

Nikujaga

Japanese simmered beef, potatoes and shirataki in a sweet soy broth

45 min·4 servings

One of several

This collection belongs to a series

Each site in this series shows one kitchen and only that one: ours here, Georgian cuisine, Korean cuisine and Hungarian cuisine next door. Find your way around one and you will find your way around all of them — the same structure, the same care, a different kitchen.

And if you do not know what to cook today — one page gathers the recipes of the day from every kitchen.

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