Meaty with a dash of veggies
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Pork, pepper and mango stir fry
It’s salty and sweet with a bit of tang and more than a little heat. The sweetness is supplied by mirin and mango. The heat is from shichimi togarashi (a Japanese spice mix) and sweet chili sauce.

Hi, I’m Connie!
Home cook and writer by passion, photographer by necessity, and good food, coffee and wine lover forever. I write recipes, cooking tips and food stories. No AI is used in creating content for this blog.
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Smoked salmon and furikake onigiri
Chopped smoked salmon, black fungus, furikake and toasted sesame seeds were mixed with Japanese rice to make onigiri.
Food tales
Why do Japanese and Filipino spaghetti have hotdogs and ketchup?
Hotdogs. Ketchup. Why? Both are as un-Italian as can be. I thought hard about it and it’s actually pretty obvious. Here’s why plus my 2017 recipe for Filipino-style sweet spaghetti with hotdogs.