Spicy Eggplant Ja-Ja-Men Udon

08Dec09

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Ja-ja-men
is spicy, miso,
garlicy, gingery, porky
goodness served over udon.
It’s a Japanese version of spaghetti with Bolognese sauce,
and is popular in casual restaurants and a staple of home cooking.

Filed under: Asian Influenced Food, Japanese Food, Menrui, Noodles, Pork   |  12 Comments

Playing with Food

17Aug09

If you read many cooking blogs, you’ve seen pictures of food that look as though the photographer were in a galley of a small boat in a violent storm. I imagine the plate sliding up one side, down, and over in the opposite direction; oh, my stomach is queasy. It’s possible that no one will enjoy that food before it slides off the plate! All for the sake of “~art~”

These chilled noodles were light and refreshing,
and I’m sure you will enjoy…
eating them, and
my forray into ~art~

Filed under: Japanese Food, Menrui, Noodles, Ramen, Udon   |  5 Comments
Tags: hiyashi chuka soba

Sesame Noodle Sauce

25Apr09

I’m making an effort to cook for just myself, rather than noshing or skipping meals. Here is a simplified version the seseame sauce for noodles I’ve made in the past: I made a smaller recipe so I won’t be eating it for days and days, and I didn’t grind my own sesame seeds, added some spiciness because I was feeling hot (it was 85°F !!! —last week I had to scrape ice off the windsheild), and garnished the noodles with asparagus so this dish would be a complete meal and not a snack.

Filed under: Japanese Food, Menrui, Somen   |  4 Comments
Tags: Japanese Cooking, Sesame Sauce

Chilled Somen with Mushrooms

20Mar09

The recipes I’ve posted for the last couple of weeks have been made with food from my pantry and freezer. I found a flank steak in the freezer, so searched for a Japanese recipe I haven’t tried yet. I found one in a book I’ve had for 25 years (but barely used), and began to think about what to serve with it. As I was flipping randomly to other recipes in her book, I saw today’s recipe in the “rice and noodles” chapter using hoshi shiitake no umani from my freezer.

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Tags: Japanese Cooking, pasta, shiitake

Pork and Wakame Gyoza

01Jun08

Gyoza! This is another recipe, and it’s really good! The pork filling includes a couple of very Japanese ingredients: wakame and miso.

Filed under: Asian Influenced Food, Gyoza, Japanese Food, Menrui, Noodles, Pork   |  9 Comments
Tags: Japanese Recipes, wakame