It’d been quite a few weeks since I’d been out on the motorbike for a day trip, so when my old friend CS offered up […] Read More
Category: food and drink
![Calligraphy and food at the Herokjo restaurant](https://i0.wp.com/www.nanikore.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/gonpachi1.jpg?resize=520%2C400&ssl=1)
We were out in the agricultural hills of central Kanagawa prefecture a couple of weeks ago, and stopped off at the 90 year old home […] Read More
As it’s probably been noted – it gets pretty hot in most of Japan in the summer, so what could be better than a nice […] Read More
![Home made chicken kievs](https://i0.wp.com/www.nanikore.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/kiev1.jpg?resize=520%2C400&ssl=1)
I’ve always liked chicken Kiev, though usually it’s been in a restaurant, or from a pre-made one back when I lived in the UK. I […] Read More
![The beers of Shonan](https://i0.wp.com/www.nanikore.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/shonanbeers1.jpg?resize=520%2C400&ssl=1)
Just a short post. Over the last few years, perhaps due to family and tastes, I just seem to have gotten out of drinking beer […] Read More
Just like the recipe I put up before for misoshiru, I’m playing safe with another Japanese dish in that there are lots of different versions, […] Read More
![A bit of miso dashi](https://i0.wp.com/www.nanikore.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/misodashi.jpg?resize=520%2C400&ssl=1)
I just thought I’d post on a little bit of simple cooking for a change, and something fairly synonymous with Japan – miso shiru. This […] Read More
An odd title to a post, but tonight we went out to have a bit of shabu shabu for the first time in a while. […] Read More
So basically, when I woke up last Sunday morning, I was thinking about making some miso shiru. This is not a normal way to wake […] Read More
![Pokka Honesty Coffee](https://i0.wp.com/www.nanikore.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/honestycoffee.jpg?resize=480%2C400&ssl=1)
Every now and then it’s good to try something you don’t often try. To be honest to yourself. However, a bad time for this is […] Read More