Japanese cooking classes and local catering What do Japanese people eat other than sushi?
Japanese Ideas introduces you Japanese home cooking, the dishes ordinary people enjoy at home, the dishes mothers and grandmothers cook for family.
24/02/2026
Extra report from Japan
Oyster special at a local restaurant costed only £9.50
Deep fried breaded oyster
Tempura (prawns and vegetables)
Soba in soup
Savoury egg custard
Oyster rice
Pickles
Stewed vegetables
Super good value!
22/02/2026
Some of the food I enjoyed in Australia. I cooked shark first time in my life. I made acqua pazza with it which was success.
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13/02/2026
I found diced kangaroo meat at a supermarket and cooked casserole with it. Kangaroo meat is very lean and tasted like beef. It costed 11.50 Australian dollars (£6.00 or ¥1150) for 500g. I cooked it about 1.5hrs but it would have been good if I cooked longer. Well, next time!
Japanese tagine style cooking with the pot called tohban.
I simply placed leek, carrot, parsnip, onion and salmon. Poured some sake and light soy sauce and cooked with the lid. They are cooked mainly on their own moisture.
So simple and delicious!
I garnished the salmon with some chopped spring onions.
18/01/2026
Our pop up restaurant is ready!
15/01/2026
3hr sushi class yesterday with these nice people. They created beautiful and tasty sushi in a relaxed atmosphere. Well done!
13/01/2026
Mid-week Japanese dinner.
I bought a big mackerel at Sheffield market. I just grilled it with plenty of rock salt. I usually grate mooli for it but instead I grated radish thus pink colour.
At the market I also bought a cuttlefish. I sorted it out last night but kept a small piece for sashimi. Cattle fish is good for sashimi as it is thick but not chewy.
Others on the table are:
Salmon sashimi
Sweet and sour marinated Jerusalem artichoke
Shungiku salad with sesame seeds
Vegetable soup
Multi-grain rice
And white wine 🥂
11/01/2026
A private class for two today.
We cooked a variety of food below:
Sushi - nigiri and hosomaki
Okonomi yaki
Chicken katsu ( not curry!)
Gyoza
They liked okonomi yaki a lot. It contains basic ingredients easily available in the UK but combination and flavour are different and very tasty and very 😋
10/01/2026
Dinner party class today where we cooked :
Stewed turnip and minced pork
Sushi rice with raw tuna
Gyoza
Yakitori
It was a lively and fun class !
07/01/2026
The first dinner part class today.
We cooked:
Pork katsu donburi
Chicken teriyaki
Grilled mackerel and grated mooli
Fried tofu in dipping sauce
All eaten and satisfied by participants 👍
02/01/2026
The first class in 2026!
7 January from 10:30am with dinner party class.
The menu on the day is:
Grilled mackerel with grated mooli
Deep fried tofu with dipping sauce
Pork katsu donburi
Chicken teriyaki