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Umami Days

Congee days and ramen nights

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One Bowl Meals

Rice bowls and noodle bowls to feed a few or to feed a crowd. With meat, with seafood, meatless, with or without broth. For everyday meals and even for special occasions. Make beef pho, poke bowl, fried rice. Cook pasta in every imaginable way.

Shrimp fry (ebi furai) curry with rice

Shrimp fry (ebi furai) curry

Two dishes, combined. The ideal time to make shrimp fry curry is when you have leftover Japanese curry sauce so that you only need to cook the shrimps.

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Cajun shrimp and mushroom spaghetti

Cajun shrimp and mushroom spaghetti

Creamy and spicy, cooking Cajun shrimp and mushroom spaghetti is made easier and faster by using frozen shelled and deveined shrimps.

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Singapore noodles (curry bee hoon)

Singapore noodles (curry bee hoon)

A stir fried noodle dish flavored with curry powder which, despite its name, did not originate in Singapore. In this recipe, Chinese sausage, crispy pork belly, mushrooms …

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Japanese beef and potato stew (nikujaga)

Japanese beef and potato stew (nikujaga)

Salty, sweet and full of umami richness, nikujaga or Japanese beef and potato stew, is a delicious dish that you’re not likely to find in a restaurant.

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Filipino ground pork menudo with quail eggs

15-minute ground pork menudo and quail eggs rice bowl

A spin on Filipino menudo, ground pork menudo with quail eggs was inspired by a carinderia dish. Crumbled longganisa (sausage) is used for bolder flavors.The size of the …

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Homecooked beef pho

Beef pho: the secret is in the broth

Armed with memories of bowls of beef pho in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, I made my home version with roasted meat bones and spices which were simmered for three hours.

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Sukiyaki

Sukiyaki

Sukiyaki is traditionally cooked on the table. Each diner is given a bowl of raw egg; beef, tofu and vegetables are slow cooked in boiling sauce in a pot at the center of …

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