Matcha tea, which is a special form of green tea, provides many benefits that make it a favorite among many people. It can also be substituted for coffee for those seeking a more “manageable” caffeine kick when you need it. However, like many other colored drinks, such as black tea and coffee, it may cause you to wonder if it …

Japanese food is unique in that it rarely contains a lot of chemical preservatives. This includes their sweets, for which the Japanese are known to have a wide variety. One particular traditional favorite sweet treat of the Japanese is mochi, which is comprised of pulverized rice and sweetened and flavored before being molded into a little dome-shaped cake. Sometimes different …

If you don’t know what onigiri is, you might have seen it in an anime or movie. Onigiri is simply a rice ball with a surprise filling, often wrapped in nori seaweed and shaped into a triangle. It’s an extremely popular snack in Japan, but foreigners might not know how to approach eating onigiri. So how do you eat onigiri? …

While I was re-organizing my tea stash the other day, I realized I had a box of matcha that was over a year old and a month past the expiration date. But when I opened it, the tea inside looked fine. Was my matcha still safe to drink? Does matcha powder go bad? Matcha powder can go stale, but it …

Talk about Japanese food and some of the things that come to the mind are sushi, ramen, and miso soup. I am sure more than 90% of the people reading this believe that miso soup is a vegetarian dish because you don’t see any fish, seafood, or meat in it. It will be a shocker for many if I reveal …

Crispy, crunchy, and bursting flavors, what’s not to love about this mouthwatering Japanese dish. However, if you are on a restricted diet then there might be a reason to worry. We like calling these food ‘guilty pleasures’ because we can’t stop craving them any time of the day. In today’s post, we will clear the air for those on a …