Japanese

We enjoy Japanese cuisine because of its freshness, simplicity, and the complex flavours. But because there are a number of excellent Japanese restaurants in our area, we don’t prepare a lot of Japanese food at home; the variety they provide would be hard to duplicate in our own kitchen.

The few that we do have though, we make regularly.

To scan the Recipes in this Section, click here and select "Japanese" from the Search Category drop down list.

Japanese Salmon

My favourite salmon recipe is the Japanese Salmon in this section. It is easy to make and has a nice hit of heat that doesn't over-power.

I pair it with coconut sticky rice, snow peas, and sauté yellow pepper. Add a glass of Pinot Noir and I'm a happy diner.

Shabu-Shabu

Shabu-Shabu is a fun meal to share with company. It consists of thinly sliced raw beef (or shrimp) and vegetables, and several sauces for dipping. A large fondue pot (we use an electric wok) filled with simmering broth sits in the middle of the table. Each person selects and cooks their own food on a fondue fork and then chooses which sauce to dip it in. This makes for a long meal with plenty of interaction and discussion. Of the many interesting sauces you can choose to serve with this dish, the Mustard Sauce we include is our must have sauce to serve with it. Another is a simple Aioli of minced garlic in store-bought mayonnaise. Sometimes a peanut sauce is appropriate and if it is, try the one we included. It’s pretty special.