Moules

Moules with garlic, butter and bread crumbs toasted in the oven. Not as good as when I lived in Brussels...

Nimono Fish

Tender karei with eggs simmered in soy sauce, sake and mirin until falling off of the bones.

Breakfast of Champions

A healthy breakfast of simmered fish, salad, miso soup and rice cooked with grains.

Himono Dried Fish

Some of my favorite ways to eat fish is himono. These are fish that are fileted open, salted and then cured and dried overnight. Excess water leaves the fish and it becomes rich in umami as a result. Then we grill it in the oven.

Fish Nuggets and Fish Cakes Oden

Oily, meaty fish marinated in ginger and soy sauce, tossed in katakuriko and deep-fried for a cool version of nuggets. The bottom photo are a simple oden of fish cakes, konnyaku, hanpen, chikuwa, konbu and deep-fried tofu.

Breakfast of Champions

Our breakfasts are often something like this, colorful and rich with vegetables. We have grated nagaimo sauteed until crispy on the outside, ooey and gooey on the inside with Korean nori, colorful salad, miso soup filled with veggies, natto with kimchi, grapefruit segments with yogurt and rice.

Mentaiko Stuffed Sanma

Sanma (Pacific Saury) is stuffed with mentaiko and then grilled. The oily meat of the fish is accented by the spicy mentaiko eggs. Great with a glass of sake.