Japan’s Family Restaurants: Eat Your Way Through Them!
Through the sudden hunger haze your eyes settle onto a towering sign. You’ve just stumbled upon one of Japan’s many beloved family restaurants!
Yatai: The Best Japanese Festival Food On Wheels!
World-famous Japanese foods like sushi, sashimi, and tempura all require careful prep and complicated techniques. However, Japanese festival and street food sold at yatai (mobile food stalls) also have their own appeal and are worth a try.
TokyoTreat’s Ultimate Yakisoba Recipe: Street Food At Home
Yakisoba is eaten and enjoyed in many parts of the world and has quickly become Japan’s most beloved comfort food. Let’s take a look at yakisoba’s origin and show you how to make stir-fried noodles at home!
A Beginners Guide: Japanese Snack Subscription Services
Unsure how to get started on your Japanese snack subscription journey? Let us at TokyoTreat help with a beginners guide!
Japanese Tofu Dishes: Tofu Made Tasty
One of the oldest foods in history, tofu has been constantly changed and redefined over Japan’s long culinary history.
Vegetarian Japanese Food Anyone Can Enjoy
Let’s not be under any pretenses here: being a vegetarian – let alone vegan – in Japan can be hard. But with a bit of knowledge and preparation, it is doable.
A Curry Udon Recipe To Warm Your Heart Year Round
Most people usually associate curry with rice, but have you tried a delicious dish called curry udon?
The Japanese Fast Food Chains We Love
Japan loves fast food as much as anywhere else. Did you know that sushi was originally designed as high-class fast food? Japan’s love of fast food as we know it started after WW2, as Japan became more westernized.
Harness the Power of a Japanese Energy Drink
Japan loves a good party, so everyone needs a bit of extra energy from time to time. If you do too, make like a Japanese salaryman and have a Japanese energy drink from a convenience store for breakfast.
These Spicy Cup Ramen Options Will Warm Your Heart
Cup ramen really is amazing, isn’t it? It’s super affordable, has plenty of delicious flavors, and is perfect at home or on the go. But some of us love a little kick too, especially in our noodles. There’s something about a bit (or a lot) of added spice that may be a little bit painful,...
What’s Yokan? The Weird Japanese Jelly With Bold Flavor and Personality!
Yokan (Japanese jelly candy) is a tasty jelly sweet made of red bean paste, sugar and agar. This little treat has a firm texture and is formed into convenient rectangular blocks and pieces. The two major types of yokan include mizu (water) yokan and neri (paste) yokan. Neri yokan is relatively firmer, thanks to a...
Bento Essentials: How To Make the Perfect Japanese Lunch Box
The beloved bento! A nutritious and delicious short-cut when you are really running short on time to prepare a fully balanced meal to take on the go. Bento boxes are very easily available in Japanese grocery stores and Japanese convenience stores, but not so much elsewhere in the world. Bentos are normally planned and made...