Notes about Recipes in this book

• Salted salmon

  • stephanie_frj4st on April 27, 2026

    Simple, yummy for Japanese brunch we held for Mahjong,

• Buckwheat noodle soup with duck (Kamo soba)

  • Anea25 on September 29, 2025

    great comfort food. fast and easy to make. Didn't have yuzu but used lime zest, it is needed to add a touch of freshness to the soup.

• Udon noodles in curry soup (Curry udon)

  • Bessp on May 21, 2024

    This was pretty good. The curry cubes made it a bit too sweet for me, and it didn't thicken as much as I expected it to, but it was tasty and quick for a weeknight dinner. Could use a vegetable, maybe carrots, peas, or sweet corn. Maybe just a salad on the side.

• Japanese fried noodles (Yakisoba)

  • twoyolks on October 30, 2021

    I've tried a few yakisoba recipes and this was by far the best one. I didn't have any aonori so I just used a little bit of furikake isntead.

  • OttawaCanada on May 11, 2026

    Forgot the furikake… used chili Crisp instead. Great!

• Japanese fried rice (Cha-han)

  • Anea25 on January 19, 2025

    a great way to use cooked rice - super fast and tasty I used gin instead of sake.

• Rice bowl with chicken and omelette (Oyako-don)

  • Charlotte_vandenberg on November 06, 2017

    Even with water instead of dashi, this was nice. It doesn’t look too nice, because there is not much contrast, but it tastes good.

• Teriyaki chicken burger

  • mimisingh on October 12, 2025

    I thought it was just okay, wouldn't make again, which is to be expected I guess since the preparation is so simple. I thought the flavor of the coleslaw was odd

• Hanami bento: spinach with sesame sauce (Hourenso no goma ae)

  • twoyolks on May 11, 2021

    I'm not sure what went wrong but this was inedibly salty.

• Vegetable bento: rice with umeboshi

  • radishseed on July 27, 2024

    Not really a recipe--just a suggestion to put an umeboshi plum on your rice. It makes more sense as part of a bento meal than as an individual recipe.

• Fried chicken (Kara-age)

  • Justagirleatingcake on January 31, 2026

    Delicious chicken but thank goodness I only used about 1/3 of the cinnamon. Any more would have been unpleasant.

• Stir-fried pork with ginger sauce (Shogayaki)

  • twoyolks on February 27, 2022

    This was really fast and tasted good. The cabbage was a bit odd but I liked it with the cooked marinade on it.

• Mackerel simmered in miso (Saba no misoni)

  • sephina on March 22, 2024

    In the past, I always oven grilled mackerel. This recipe helped me change things up a little, and the outcome was tasty! I did find it a little too sweet but my husband enjoyed it so much, he would order it in a restaurant.

• Crumbed pork (Tonkatsu)

  • lisari on January 25, 2025

    Used thin boneless pork chops & tonkatsu sauce from World Market. Easy & good.

• Fish poached in soy sauce and sake (Nizakana)

  • katie_ypp90l on March 14, 2026

    Made this w one rockfish for two people. Boiled the sauce down a bit more after removing fish to a platter. Great w vinegared rice!

• Wrap Your Lips Around This

  Murota has done a great job...It’s an introductory book to easy, everyday Japanese cooking. With a couple of special-occasion dishes also thrown in – but nothing too intimidating.

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• Kavey Eats

  The book is interspersed not only with beautiful photographs of the recipes, but also evocative images of Tokyo – people and places, specialist food producers and shop and restaurant owners.

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