Welcome to “YUCa’s Japanese Cooking”,
a cooking class in TOKYO.
Chef and Recipe creator YUCa will guide you through the art of
Easy, Simple and Delicious Japanese food to you!
Welcome to “YUCa’s Japanese Cooking”,
Classes
YJC offers 7courses. All classes focuses on Japanese home cooking. Each class takes 3 hours and hands-on class. Please push button to know more detail.
Recipes
YJC introduces "Easy, Healthy and Delicious" Japanese home cooking recipes for both video and text. Please watch and try them out!
About
YJC had the honor of TOP3 activity in Japan, The BEST Cooking class & Workshop in Japan by international travelers 2018 by TripAdvisor!
Taimeshi | Red sea bream and rice
In this video, I’ll introduce how to make Taimeshi. Taimeshi is a rice dish with red sea bream and this is a local cuisine from Ehime prefecture. The other day, my family hold a first meal ceremony called “Okuizome” for our daughter. In this event, I made grilled sea bream dish for her and found another sea bream in a bag! So, I decided to make this dish since it’s easy, simple and yummy! Enjoy Taimeshi recipe video and please try it out!!!
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Family weekend in Arakawa area
In my vlogs, I will guide you secret places in Tokyo! This time, I will introduce my family time on weekend. Arakawa area (where YUCa’s Japanese Cooking class is located) has been known as one of the oldest town in Tokyo. However, this area started renovating and changing year by year and chosen one of the best area for educating children these days. Tokyo’s last streetcar called “Sakura tram” runs the area and it attracts many train lovers (including my son)! If you like unique trains and streetcars, please check the video and plan your itinerary before coming to Tokyo! Enjoy the video! YUCa
YUCa’s Table : vol.190
Menu :
– Japanese rice
– Rolled eggplant with meat
– Salad with sprouts, lettuce and tomato
– Natto *Fermented soy beans
– Chrysanthemum with sesame sauce
– Soup with tofu and egg
– Muscat
Fabric town & dango shop in Nippori
In my vlog, I will guide you secret places in Tokyo! This time, I will introduce the fabric town in Nippori. Nippori is best-known for its proximity to the Yanaka Ginza shopping district, which retains something of the Shitamachi (literally “low town”) charm of Tokyo’s less metropolitan past. (I have filmed three vlogs already!) However, on the opposite side of Nippori Station is another of Tokyo’s shopping paradises: Nippori Fabric Town. About 2 minutes’ walk from the Nippori station, you’ll arrive in the land that fabric dreams were hemmed, hand stitched, pressed and made of. For sewing lovers, this vlog is for YOU! Please check the video and plan your itinerary before coming to Tokyo! After visiting the fabric town, I’ll introduce my favorite sweets shop in this area.
Media : Forbes JAPAN (Japan)
I had an interview by Forbes JAPAN (https://forbesjapan.com/). I introduce my entrepreneurial stories, the art of Ramen & Gyoza making, the secrets of my class and vision for the future etc. To read this article (*only in Japanese), please click here.
Onigiri
Onigiri is a rice ball and soul food in Japan. Since it’s so common in Japan, I’ve kinda forgotten to introduce this recipe in my channel. After filmed this video, I noticed that onigiri is simple yet very deep. I mean, you can create and customize various onigiri(s). This time, I focused for introducing how to make triangle, circle shape onigiri and also the simple and easy toppings. If you would like to know more arrangement for onigiri, please let me know! I will film another recipe video! Enjoy Onigiri recipe video and please try it out!!!
Gyoza
Gyoza (餃子, gyōza) are dumplings filled with ground meat and vegetables and wrapped in a thin dough. Gyoza are also known as pot stickers in English. Gyoza originated in China (where they are called jiaozi), but have become a very popular dish in Japan since most of Ramen shops also offer Gyoza on the menu. We usually use ground pork, nira chives, green onion, cabbage, ginger, garlic and sesame oil, but some gyoza specialty shops have also come up with a range of other fillings. Gyoza are found nationwide at ramen shops, Chinese restaurants, Izakaya restaurants and a small number of gyoza specialty shops.
There are mainly three types of Gyoza; Yaki gyoza(pan fried gyoza), Sui gyoza(boiled gyoza) and Age gyoza(deep fried gyoza). Yaki gyoza are most common in Japan. They are pan fried before a mixture of water and potato starch or cornstarch is poured in and everything is covered for a few minutes. Gyoza are usually eaten with a dipping sauce made of equal amounts of soy sauce and rice vinegar. If you like spicy, some drops of chili oil is also commonly added. Gyoza are particularly popular in the cities of Utsunomiya in Tochigi prefecture and Hamamatsu in Shizuoka prefecture.
Related article & video :
– Gyoza Town visit
– Japan Guide : Gyoza town
Setsubun 2020
On the 3rd of February, we have the day of “Setsubun” (seasonal division) in Japan.
Setsubun has been an important time-honored rite to welcome the New Year by banishing evils and keep the house from calamity.
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YUCa’s Table : vol.179
Menu :
– Japanese rice with yukari
– Gyoza
– Salad with sprouts, cucumber and tomato
– Natto *Fermented soy beans
– Soup with tofu and egg
– Muscat and peach
New Recipe App launch!
I have a exciting news today! Guess what? (Some of you might noticed from the title! )
Enjoy this video! YUCa
