Crispy and succulent Japanese style pork cutlets in a sweet and salty onion and egg sauce served over rice in a bowl. Katsudon (カツ丼), short for tonkatsu doburi or pork cutlet rice bowl, is a popular Japanese dish consisting of a fried pork cutlet with onions and egg on a bowl of rice. The star...

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Quick and easy Japanese style beef rice bowls that are just packed with flavour! Gyudon (牛丼), short for gyu donburi, or beef rice bowl, is a Japanese dish consisting of beef and onions on a bowl of rice. In Japan gyudon is fairly common and might even be considered a type of fast food with...

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A Japanese style rice bowl with tender chicken and egg in a sweet and savoury onion broth! The other day I was at my favourite ramen joint and I noticed that they had some non-ramen items on the menu including oyakodon! Oyakodon (親子丼) is a Japanese style rice bowl with chicken and egg in a...

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Burritos are one of my favorite Mexican dishes and they were on the top of my list of things to do with the tequila lime grilled chicken breasts but I was feeling a little lazy and decided to go with a deconstructed burrito or a burrito bowl instead. A burrito bowl is just what it...

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I was looking for a way to use up some of the leftover chipotle peppers in adobo sauce that were sitting in my fridge when I came across picadillo . Picadillo has an interesting combination of flavours. In addition to the chipotles in adobo sauce, it contains cinnamon, raisins and sometime green olives. This dish...

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I have been meaning to try kimchi for a while now. Kimchi is a Korean dish of fermented vegetables. Kimchi is typically seasoned with chili peppers and is usually hot. I had seen some cabbage kimchi at a local asian grocery store but I had been wondering what I could do with it. I came...

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Taco rice (or tako raisu) is a Japanese take on the taco that is pretty much just a taco on a bed of rice. The main ingredients are the rice and the taco seasoned ground beef and from there you can add whatever you would normally add to a taco. The warm rice works surprisingly...

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Bibimbap is a Korean dish that consists of a bowl of rice with various vegetables and optionally meat. Bibimbap literally means stirred or mixed rice and although the dish is commonly presented with the ingredients on top of the rice they are normally all mixed together before eating them. Almost anything can go on bibimbap...

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Buta no shougayaki or fried ginger pork in a simple and tasty Japanese dish. The pork is marinated in a sweet and salty ginger marinade and then fried. Serve the ginger pork on some rice with some miso soup and a salad and you have a tasty and filling meal. Up until recently I have...

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