Maki (or Makizushi) is the most popular kind of sushi in the west. Many sushi lovers will recognize the Maki’s distinct preparation style wrapped in Nori, a dryed algae or seaweed, and filled with rice and tasty filling rolled up with the help of a Maki (Makisu) bamboo mat.

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When you’re having fun on the go and you’re looking for snacks, food which is as mobile as you is always a good thing. In Japan, country of a thousand festivals, food mobility is an important factor to enjoying the celebrations. These two snack attributes are best personified in a treat almost as old as the festivals: dango.

Dango are dumplings which can be either savory or sweet and are often, but not always, served on a bamboo skewer. Savory dango are many times covered in some type of soy-based sauce, which can either be sweet, salty or both, and can be served with nori sprinkled on top or completely wrapped in a sheet of seaweed. Read more »

Absolute Boyfriend - Cream Puffs

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Cream Puffs; A light, but rich, hollow pastry puff which may be filled with a sweet filling, or, if you prefer, with savory filling. And I, have yet to ever trying one believe it or not. Call me crazy (like everyone else), but I have yet to ever tried cream puffs.

I actually decided yesterday after watching a new drama called Absolute Boyfriend that I wanted to try making cream puffs. In this drama I was watching, there was a girl who said to being to make the best cream puffs around. As she made them, I was thinking, “Hmm.. wow. That seems easy.”

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