hot pot
If you don’t have a team of sumo wrestlers to cook chanko nabe for you, will a rice cooker do the job for a one-person hot pot meal?
Today in the SoraKitchen, we attempt to make sukiyaki with zero ingredient cutting and just one button press.
Is the popular milky soft drink too sweet for cooking, or the perfect addition? We find out!
Yakiniku Like wants to make sukiyaki something you can eat even if none of your friends are in the mood.
The makers of the portable bento box rice cooker are back to help get us through the winter.
Want to try Japan’s most famous hot pot, but don’t want to drop big bucks for it? Yoshinoya, plus one other amazing budget-friendly restaurant, are here to help.
With things like sumo-wrestlers’ hot pot and beef sushi, the event was a feast for all of the senses!
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Here in Japan, we love hot pots, or nabe, especially during the cold winter months. Nabe can be cooked using a wide range of ingredients, from delicate seafood like pufferfish (fugu) to succulent wagyu beef, and they’re often served with plenty of vegetables too, so the dishes are filling and relatively healthy as well.
Now, these hot pots are usually all about savoring the various ingredients, but a reporter from our sister site Pouch found some nabe pots that are so adorable that just looking at them is bound to put a smile on your face. Yes, our favorite friends from Disney have turned themselves into pots for our dining and viewing pleasure! Even if you’re not a die-hard Disney fan, these pots are guaranteed to add some extra fun to your meal.




















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