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  • Yuka's Japanese Cooking
    2-34-8, Nishiogu116-0011
    Feb 20(Thu) 10:00-12:30

    Ramen & Gyoza

  • Yuka's Japanese Cooking
    2-34-8, Nishiogu116-0011
    Feb 25(Tue) 10:00-12:30

    Ramen & Gyoza

  • Yuka's Japanese Cooking
    2-34-8, Nishiogu116-0011
    Feb 27(Thu) 10:00-12:30

    Ramen & Gyoza

  • Yuka's Japanese Cooking
    2-34-8, Nishiogu116-0011
    Feb 28(Fri) 10:00-12:30

    Ramen & Gyoza

  • Yuka's Japanese Cooking
    2-34-8, Nishiogu116-0011
    Mar 3(Mon) 10:00-12:30

    Ramen & Gyoza

  • Yuka's Japanese Cooking
    2-34-8, Nishiogu116-0011
    Mar 4(Tue) 10:00-12:30

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Dorayaki

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Dorayaki (どら焼き) is a Japanese sweet consisting of a moist pancake batter with red bean paste sandwiched in between. The key to the moist dough, one of the characteristics of Dorayaki, is the starch syrup. While the standard size is a palm-sized dorayaki, I will introduce mini-sized dorayaki that can be eaten in bite-size portions.

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Sakura Mochi

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Sakura Mochi (桜餅) is a Japanese confectionery associated with cherry blossoms and is made by wrapping rice cake sweets in cherry leaves. This wagashi is made with a special flour called domyoji flour and steamed to give it a unique texture.

There are two types of what are called “sakura mochi,” one invented in the Kanto region and spread mainly in eastern Japan, and the other invented in the Kansai region and spread throughout Japan.

Although it is a confectionary eaten year-round, today it has become one of the essential sweets for the Dolls’ Festival, partly because it is colored pink to resemble cherry blossoms with food red, as the name implies.

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Kushi Dango

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Dango (団子) is a Japanese dumpling made from rice flour mixed with uruchi rice flour and glutinous rice flour. Dango is usually finished round shaped, three to five dango are often served on a skewer (skewered dango pieces called kushi-dango (串団子).
In this recipe, I make three kinds dango; Mitarashi dango, Yomogi dango and An-dango. Mitarashi dango are coated with a sauce made with soy sauce, sugar and potato starch. Yomogi dango are made of aromatic herb yomogi mixed in the dough and has beautiful green color. An-dango are made of plain dango with red bean paste on top.
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Nama Yatsuhashi

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In this recipe video, I will introduce how to make Nama Yatsuhashi. Nama Yatsuhashi is a Japanese sweets from Kyoto. This is also a gluten-free vegan Japanese sweets. A thin skinned glutinous mochi called gyuhi is sprinkled with cinnamon and soybean powder and filled with red bean paste gives it a unique flavor.

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Sweet Potato

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In this recipe video, I will introduce how to make Sweet Potato Cake (called Sweet Potato in Japanese). Sweet potato is a popular sweets you can find at supermarkets and convenience stores etc.

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Brown Sugar Steamed Bun & Egg Bolo

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In this recipe video, I will show you how to make Kids Friendly Japanese snacks. It’s easy to buy sweets and snacks at store, but I believe that making them at home is healthy and satisfying. I often make easy and simple snacks with my son on weekdays after kindergarten or weekends. This time, I will introduce 2 snack recipes; Brown Sugar Steamed Bun and 3 flavors Egg Bolo. To know more about these recipes, please watch this video tutorial. Please try these recipes and tell me how it was!

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Poterico / Jagarico

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In this recipe video, I will show you how to make poterico. I did the live streaming at the Takeshita street in Harajuku. During the live streaming, I visit the Calbee+ that is a flagship store of Japanese snack company Calbee. In the store, I tasted their fresh product called Poterico. I promised to recreate this recipe so that everyone can cook and taste one of the popular Japanese snack at your home kitchen. Now, here you are!

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Daigaku Imo

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In this recipe video, I will show you how to make Daigaku Imo. Daigaku means “university” and Imo means “potato” in general. During this video, I introduce the story behind this unique name and also some tips and useful techniques to make delicious Daigaku Imo. Enjoy!

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Cocoa & Chocolate chip cookies

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I baked cocoa & choco chip cookies with my son. This cookie is so far my family’s favorite cookie and we baked this several times already. I hope you love our family’s sweets recipe!

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Matcha Ice Cream

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One thing I look forward to in the summer is making ice cream. This time, I introduce how to make ice cream using matcha green tea. My children are not fond of drinking matcha as it is, but when it comes to ice cream, it seems to be a different story, and I always worry that they eat too much. Please try making this matcha ice cream!

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