Japanese Food

Mental Health, Lunch Time, and Tea Time

Mental Health, Lunch Time, and Tea Time

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so I wanted to talk about the benefits of tea time! Many people have some stress and anxiety in their life, whether caused by...

Mental Health, Lunch Time, and Tea Time

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so I wanted to talk about the benefits of tea time! Many people have some stress and anxiety in their life, whether caused by...

A recipe for Matcha Cake

A recipe for Matcha Cake

Written by KeikoMatcha is not only for drinking tea. It’s also a great ingredient for making delicious cake and ice cream. Here I wanted to introduce you to a very...

A recipe for Matcha Cake

Written by KeikoMatcha is not only for drinking tea. It’s also a great ingredient for making delicious cake and ice cream. Here I wanted to introduce you to a very...

Izakaya pub in Japan

Izakaya pub in Japan

At first it was quite a surprise to me that British people do not eat much when they go for a beer in a pub. In Japan, where pubs are...

Izakaya pub in Japan

At first it was quite a surprise to me that British people do not eat much when they go for a beer in a pub. In Japan, where pubs are...

Trip to Japan / Bento and street food

Trip to Japan / Bento and street food

We’ve just been on a sourcing trip to Japan. This time, it was to Fukuoka, in the south part of Japan, to Kobe, to Osaka in the western part, and...

Trip to Japan / Bento and street food

We’ve just been on a sourcing trip to Japan. This time, it was to Fukuoka, in the south part of Japan, to Kobe, to Osaka in the western part, and...

Japanese breakfast

Japanese breakfast

Sometimes I am amazed at the sheer number of ready-made meals in London’s supermarkets. There is nothing like this kind of variety of ready-to-eat food in Japan, but instead of...

Japanese breakfast

Sometimes I am amazed at the sheer number of ready-made meals in London’s supermarkets. There is nothing like this kind of variety of ready-to-eat food in Japan, but instead of...

Wagashi / Japanese sweets

Wagashi / Japanese sweets

Have you ever had the Japanese sweets called Wagashi? Wagashi are traditional Japanese confections inspired by the four seasons and the landscape of Japan. They were originally created in the...

Wagashi / Japanese sweets

Have you ever had the Japanese sweets called Wagashi? Wagashi are traditional Japanese confections inspired by the four seasons and the landscape of Japan. They were originally created in the...