Easy, Tasty, Fun, Creative and Kawaii Japanese Food Recipes and Cooking Hacks Blog with How-To YouTube Cooking Show Video Tutorials. Bento, Healthy Sweets and More!!! Make Your Life Easier ;)
In this video, I will show you the most common, basic, and popular brands to start with. I'm sure you can get them at Japanese grocery stores in your country. Or maybe online!
If you live in Japan, probably you know the below products as well. I use them now instead of the common ones. However, when I serve food to my friends, I use the common brands since there is no mistake using them!
Matsuno Shoyu 松野醤油 (in Kyoto) has practiced the traditional handmade method of making Japanese soy sauce for 200 years. Only the best ingredients are chosen because these decide the final aroma and taste of their soy sauce after fermentation in wooden barrels. http://www.matsunoshouyu.co.jp/
Chidorisu 千鳥酢 (rice vinegar)
2 times more Lycopene Tomato Ketchup カゴメ 濃厚リコピン トマトケチャップ
Nagano Tomato Kids' Ketchup with Chopped Veggies ナガノトマト 子どもと食べたい! つぶ野菜入りケチャップ
I am not a vegan (and many Japanese people here are not), so I understand it is difficult to find vegan Japanese food recipes. However buddhist cuisine called Shojin Ryori (influenced by Chinese Buddhism) monks and some believers eat vegetarian or vegan based on the Dharmic concept of ahimsa. Shojin Ryori is served at restaurants very casually nowadays but they are not made by vegan specialized cooks, so be careful 😅
Dashi is a Japanese soup stock used for many dishes. Kombu Dashi (Kelp Broth) is a Vegan option. It includes only water and dried kelp. The easiest and fastest you can make is by mixing hot water and kelp Dashi powder sold at most Japanese grocery stores or maybe online!
Miso is not only for the soup but can be used to add tasty flavor to the dishes. Please get Miso without Dashi.
