Adventures in Mika's Kitchen
I’ve always loved the soft, slightly sweet, Japanese bakery bread that can be found in most Asian markets. (The Chinese & Taiwanese also have a version of this bread that is nearly identical.) But how do you replicate the soft fluffiness of this bread when making at home? Most “milk bread” recipes out there [...]
A year ago, I posted my efforts to make a Chocolate Matcha Marble Cake, inspired by a Bakerella recipe that I read the year before. While the resulting cake was delicious, I wasn’t quite happy with the way it looked visually. I think the problem was that instead of using the Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa Powder [...]
My favorite cake of all time is the Japanese Strawberry Cake. I have wonderful memories of visiting Little Tokyo in Downtown LA as a child, and getting a slice of this insanely delicious, light, and delicate cake from the Japanese bakery. The year I got my very first real job (2000), I decided to buy [...]
Growing up, we ate tonkatsu (pork katsu) all the time. While I love tonkatsu, I much prefer chicken katsu for ease of preparation. I always keep a bag of frozen chicken tenders in the freezer – which are great for making chicken katsu. Japanese curry was also something we had for dinner often – at [...]
(Original Post Date: October 17, 2010) My favorite kind of mochi is plain, unsweetened, and fried with just a little bit of soy sauce. But I’m a big fan of sweet dessert mochi too… which I also enjoy plain, without any extra fillings. This sweet mochi recipe (with a subtle coconut flavor) is one of [...]
(Original Post Date: Feb 19, 2010) Last weekend was my friend’s bridal shower. We were asked to bring one of our best dishes to share, and a copy of the recipe for the bride-to-be. The bride-to-be was going to choose her favorite food item, and the winner to receive a special prize. I resolved to [...]
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