Rasa Malaysia » Japanese Recipes

Soy Sauce Eggs (Shoyu Tamago)

Rasa Malaysia — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:34:47 +0000

Rachael of La Fuji Mama is a sweetheart, you’ll know what I mean if you meet her in person. I first met her a few months ago in an event at New York and became fast friends because we love similar stuff: food, traveling and living in Asia, and a penchant for Japanese cuisine. La Fuji Mama used to live...

Beech Mushrooms Recipe

Rasa Malaysia — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:27:25 +0000

In my Asian market, there are always abundant choices when it comes to mushrooms—shiitake, enoki, button, portobello, buna shimeji, chicken drumstick/king oyster mushrooms, etc. I love mushrooms as they are one of the healthiest foods to eat, plus they are low in calories and are often organically grown. This week, both white and brown beech mushrooms (buna shimeji mushrooms) are on...

Tempura Recipe

Rasa Malaysia — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:30:22 +0000

A few weeks ago, I tweeted about guest bloggers on Rasa Malaysia and Mable Tan—a fellow Malaysian who resides in Australia—responded and came to my rescue. Mable is a fantastic baker and a great cook; her blog “Happy Monkee” is beautiful and delicious. In her past life, Mable was a writer and stylist working with Seventeen, Marie Claire, Female (leading...

Nabe (Yosenabe/Japanese Hot Pot)

Rasa Malaysia — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:21:06 +0000

(Attend hands-on hot pot workshop in Los Angeles by Harris Salat, the author of Japanese Hot Pots. Classes are available on November 14-15, 2009. Click here to learn more.) Fall is in the air, even here in Southern California. Days are getting shorter and cooler. These past few days, the sky has been dull and wintry and this morning, it rained. I...

Yakiniku Recipe (Japanese BBQ)

Rasa Malaysia — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:38:03 +0000

Yakiniku (焼き肉) or Japanese grilled meat/BBQ is my favorite. I love playing with my food. When I was a child, I often engaged myself in masak-masak (literally means cook-cook in Malay language)—a childhood cottage cooking game where I would “steal” ingredients from my mother’s kitchen and then cooked them into “food” using candles and kid’s cookware. I had the whole set...

Gyoza (Japanese Dumplings)

Rasa Malaysia — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:17:27 +0000

I have always liked dumplings—those little dough-wrapped morsels filled with stuffing consists of ground pork, seafood and vegetables—but my appreciation for dumplings deepens and intensifies only in the past few years due to my many trips to Beijing. Beijing—the culinary capital of Chinese food—is the cradle of some of the best dumplings on earth. Dumplings are much celebrated, if not...

Yakisoba (Japanese Fried Noodles/焼きそば)

Rasa Malaysia — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:11:55 +0000

When I was in Oahu, other than stuffing my face with malassadas (malasadas), sampling local Hawaiian cuisine, and feasting on shrimp, I ate Japanese food almost every day. Oahu is a real gem for Japanese food, thanks to the many Japanese tourists and also locals who are obsessed with Japanese cuisine. There are countless authentic Japanese restaurants dotting Waikiki Beach: ramen...

Soba Recipe (Japanese Buckwheat Noodle)

Rasa Malaysia — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:40:25 +0000

Just a couple of weeks ago, my friend Marc at No Recipes shared his udon recipe with Rasa Malaysia readers. In his guest post, Marc also shared his dashi recipe–the building block of Japanese cuisine. Finally, I knew what to do with the giant piece of kombu (dried seaweed) and dried bonito flakes in my pantry–two classic Japanese ingredients that...

Udon Recipe (Kitsune Udon and Dashi)

Rasa Malaysia — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:47:00 +0000

There is no secret that I adore Japanese cuisine and wish to learn more about it. Today, I am very pleased to have Marc at No Recipes as a guest writer on Rasa Malaysia. Marc shares his kitsune udon recipe, elaborates on Japanese dashi (the building block of Japanese cuisine), and introduces key Japanese ingredients in this udon recipe post....

Teriyaki Chicken

Rasa Malaysia — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:25:00 +0000

Teriyaki Chicken Guest Writer: My Cooking Hut Please welcome My Cooking Hut (please check out her curry laksa post) back as she guest posts yet another droolsome dish: Japanese teriyaki chicken and shares her teriyaki chicken recipe with us. I believe I don’t have to elaborate too much what Teriyaki Chicken is. This ever so popular Japanese dish is really well known is...