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Japanese meals generally consist of rice, fish, chicken or meat, vegetables, miso soup and some kind of pickle.

Kimchi is a Korean dish of spicy, fermented cabbage:



Apparently every Korean family has their own secret recipe for making the perfect kimchi. My secret recipe is to buy it from the supermarket!

Another regular supermarket purchase is takuan:



Don't be alarmed by the yellow colour - takuan is simply pickled daikon (giant white radish) ...it's incredibly crunchy and a great end to a meal.

Edamame also makes frequent appearances on our dinner table:



Salty and crunchy...perfection!