Inspiration for dishes can come to me anywhere, even at 10,000 ft in the air. This recipe was inspired by the plane food (yes it’s not all soggy sandwiches) to Japan which started off with a delicious crunchy daikon salad followed by a bowl of steaming ramen noodle soup.

Photo: Laura Edwards Food styling: Frankie Unsworth Note: These are recipes inspired by my trip to Japan in 2014 (Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka-Chibu). The trip inspired me on many levels. I’ve had a lot of lovely messages from you guys who live there asking for Japanese inspired [...]

Photo: Laura Edwards Food styling: Frankie Unsworth Note: These are recipes inspired by my trip to Japan in 2014 (Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka-Chibu). The trip inspired me on many levels. I’ve had a lot of lovely messages from you guys who live there asking for Japanese inspired [...]

Photo: Laura Edwards Food styling: Frankie Unsworth Note: These are recipes inspired by my trip to Japan in 2014 (Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka-Chibu). The trip inspired me on many levels. I’ve had a lot of lovely messages from you guys who live there asking for Japanese inspired [...]

Out of the numerous sweets I tried in Japan the majority of them were filled with red or white beans. The white sweet bean paste is sometimes dyed in pretty pastel colours and formed into beautiful flowers to be served as part of the tea ceremony.

In 2014 one of my dreams came true when I got to go on a whirlwind trip to Japan (Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka-Chibu). The trip blew my mind away. I’ve been thinking a lot about that amazing trip since I’ve been getting a lot of lovely messages from some of you who are based there. Arigato!

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