Ever heard of Kuri Kinton?Eaten on Japanese New Year's Day - If you know something like sweet potato paste in Osechi, that is it! You can eat it as it is, or use it for the filling in the sweet bread or even cakes I sometimes make sponge cake with Kuri Kinton and whipped cream for dessert if I have leftover! Ingredients:250g of sweet potato7-10 sweetened chestnuts1 dried gardenia fruit (Kutinashi no mi) (Tumeric) (A) 50g of sugar(A) 50cc of Sweet syrup of ch...

Japan boasts over 600 ski resorts and some of the best are in the Hakuba area. Hakuba is home to 13 resorts - all within a 15 minute drive! Hakuba's famed lift-serviced deep powder, accessible back country, terrain parks and a consistent 11 meters of snow per season make it one of the best kept secrets in the snow-going world! Iwatake: Iwatake with its 15 courses boasts one of the most breathtaking views of the region, including a 360°panoramic view of the s...

Mochi is a traditional feast consumed on special days and occassions. I had to learn how to make it from scratch. You can keep dried Mochi for few weeks and there're many ways to serve and consume them. First we steamed the Japanese sticky rice then pound the rice in wooden mortar. Then one person pound the rice, the other person wet the rice. Keep pounding until it becames smooth. When the Mochi became smooth, wet hands each time then make a shape. ...

This is a country where the apple farmers rotate by hand each apple during the growing season so there is an even spread of sunlight. Where under each apple tree reflective layers are carefully spread out so the bottom of the apple also gets to ripen. Where the apple trees have been cared and nutured for hundreds of years. This is focus in a way which I can barely understand but which I can definitely taste. The snow monkeys are a perfect demonstration of just ...

Egg net rolls (Po Piat Tot)Egg nets are those nets made out of fried egg (very complicated description, hey?!) that you see wrapped around other ingredients - they act like nori for sushi - I've also seen fried rice wrapped up/covered with an egg net, not sure if that's a Thai thing or b******ised for foreign audiences! The one we made was the sushi variant, with caramelised coconut and chicken as the main fillings. Hello egg net! THE PREPEgg ...