Taiwanese and Asian recipes adapted for life in Japan
This ginger pork stir-fry is savory, glossy, and fast enough for a real weeknight dinner. Fresh ginger, soy sauce, mirin, and a quick pan sauce give thin pork slices that classic shogayaki flavor.
This Taiwanese cucumber salad is crisp, garlicky, and lightly sweet-tart. The key is salting the cucumbers first so they stay crunchy, release less water, and taste fresher.
This Taiwanese tomato and egg stir-fry comes together with soft scrambled eggs, juicy tomatoes, and a light sweet-savory sauce that is perfect over rice.
One-roll Taiwanese spring rolls with red-braised pork, vegetables, and peanut powder—a clear, non-fried classic. Learn the history, ingredients, and techniques to make restaurant-quality lumpia at home.
When it comes to impressive yet effortless seafood dishes, Garlic Steamed Shrimp is always a showstopper. Butterfly-cut shrimp loaded with golden garlic sauce, steamed for just 6 minutes — the result is fragrant, juicy, and beautiful on the table. This…
📋 In This Article What Is Three Cup Chicken? If there’s one dish that captures the soul of Taiwanese home cooking, it’s Three Cup Chicken (三杯雞, Sān Bēi Jī). The name is straightforward: one cup each of black sesame oil,…
Skip the tricky sweet potato starch skin and use Vietnamese rice paper instead! Steamed to a crystal-clear finish, packed with juicy pork filling, and served with a savory dipping sauce — easy, healthy, and incredibly satisfying.
You sit down for a quick weeknight dinner — and somehow, before you even realize it, your rice bowl is empty. Then you refill it. Taiwanese-style mapo tofu has that effect on people. It’s silky, savory, just the right amount…
Stir-fried cabbage is one of the most iconic everyday dishes in Taiwanese home cooking — simple, fast, and deeply satisfying when done right. But if you’ve ever tried to recreate it at home in Japan and ended up with a…
That sizzle. That smoky, savory hit of oysters hitting a blazing-hot iron griddle — if you’ve ever wandered a Taiwanese night market after dark, you know exactly what I’m talking about. The Taiwanese oyster omelette (蚵仔煎, Ô-á-chian in Taiwanese Hokkien)…