Japanese

Daigaku Imo (Japanese Caramelized Sweet Potatoes)

September 25, 2011

“Daigaku Imo” is a Japanese dish name that literally means “University Sweet Potatoes” in English. The name ??? derives from the fact that it was popular in college towns during the Taisho (1912-1926) and Showa (1926-1989) period. I remember having it for the first time in the university I went to in Japan way back [...]

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Chicken wings with Shiitake

November 28, 2010

If I have a bucket of fried chicken in front of me with different chicken parts, i.e., thighs, legs, wings, breast – I would dive in for the wings. I don’t know, I just like them. This recipe requires dried shiitake mushrooms to make it taste and smell more authentically Asian (Japanese to be exact) [...]

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Tamagoyaki – Japanese sweet rolled egg omelette

September 12, 2010

Tamago-yaki (or Atsuyaki tamago/Dashimaki tamago) is a Japanese sweet rolled egg omelette. It’s a popular dish in Japan and if you’ve been to a sushi restaurant, chances are, you have eaten this one with or without knowing it. It’s usually in futomakis or egg roll sushi (tamago nigiri): I first had this during my ever [...]

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Mingling with the locals

April 27, 2009

Meeting locals and/or making friends with them was such a remote possibility for me, even after living in Dubai for more than two years. “Locals” as we call UAE nationals only compose a small fraction of Dubai’s overall population. Think ONLY 20% of the entire population. So here you could see so many Filipinos, Indians, [...]

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