Deep fried food coated with crunchy bread crumbs has its own category in Japanese cooking. Although not true tempura, furai foods may be eaten hot from the fryer or at room temperature in a bento lunch.

Baked sweetbread rolls filled with a rich, custardy pastry cream are requisite bakery offerings.

A KFC copycat recipe for Japan’s most popular Christmas dinner.

A light sponge cake, filled and frosted with sweet whipped cream and topped with fresh fruit, is the dessert of choice on Christmas Day in Japan.

While American cheesecakes are dense, rich and creamy, Japanese cheese cake has a light soufflé-like texture.

Japanese Braised Short Ribs Recipe Slow oven braising tenderizes these meaty bones while bringing out the flavor from the marrow.

Gyudon is a donburi made with thinly sliced beef simmered in a soy sauce broth that is similar to the one used for sukiyaki. In a way, it tastes like sukiyaki on rice.

Japa Dog is a Canadian company that took an American classic and gave it a Japanese twist: Hot dogs and bratwurst topped with Japanese ingredients.

Some of the best foods are humble in nature, like hot buttered toast or, if you are Japanese, norimaki mochi which also is called isobe yaki mochi. Grilled mochi, drizzled with soy sauce and wrapped in crisp nori is a tasty treat.

White and pasty, mochi does not usually impress first-timers. So why is mochi so beloved and revered in Japan?