Dining with the Chef (2012)
Season 14
Traditional techniques and resourceful recipes! Chefs Saito and Rika, present their unique approaches to cooking delicious Japanese food.
Released April 2, 2012
Episode 28 min
None+
Genres: Reality
Keywords: tmdb.cooking, tmdb.japanese-cuisine, tmdb.cooking-show
Production Companies: NHK World-Japan
Network: NHK WORLD-JAPAN
S14E1 - Authentic Japanese Cooking: Sansai Tempura
Learn how to cook tempura at home. Chef Saito demonstrates the techniques needed to make crispy tempura using mountain vegetables of spring.
April 22, 2025, midnight
S14E2 - Authentic Japanese Cooking: Mackerel Kabayaki
Learn how to cook kabayaki, a savory grilled dish. Chef Saito introduces a recipe with mackerel, helping us to enjoy kabayaki and rice at home.
May 6, 2025, midnight
S14E3 - Cook Around Japan: Osaka: Chef Saito's Homecoming
Chef Saito was born and raised in Osaka. He guides us around its restaurants, cookware stores, and kombu kelp specialty stores, in an introduction to the prefecture's traditional food culture.
May 20, 2025, midnight
S14E4 - Cook Around Japan: Osaka: A Birthplace of Flavor
In a country renowned for its food, Osaka is particularly noted for its culinary offerings. Join chef Saito Tatsuo as he explores flavors that originated in his hometown.
May 27, 2025, midnight
S14E5 - Rika's TOKYO CUISINE: Beef Steak with Two Japanese Sauces
Learn how to prepare wagyu beef steak, Japanese style! Chef Rika teaches us which cuts are best, and how to cook them. She also shares recipes for two sauces with Japanese flavors.
June 3, 2025, midnight
S14E6 - Authentic Japanese Cooking: Three Types of Miso Soup
Cook miso soup with Chef Saito! Follow his instructions to master three styles of miso soup, featuring three different kinds of miso: inaka miso, red miso and white miso.
June 10, 2025, midnight
S14E7 - Authentic Japanese Cooking: Takoyaki
Make takoyaki at home! Osaka-born Chef Saito shares his recipe for these golden bites—crispy outside, creamy inside, and full of flavor. Our featured recipe is takoyaki with two different toppings.
June 24, 2025, midnight
S14E8 - Rika's Tokyo Cuisine: Savory Oyakodon
Chef Rika makes oyakodon, a Japanese dish of chicken and eggs simmered in a sweet and savory sauce, served over rice. She demonstrates a clever technique for making the eggs soft and golden.
July 1, 2025, midnight
S14E9 - Authentic Japanese Cooking: Chilled Cha-cha Chazuke
Cool down with a perfect summer rice bowl: chilled tuna ochazuke infused with cold, fragrant green tea, topped with refreshing herbs and condiments. Enjoy traditional Japanese cuisine with Chef Saito.
July 29, 2025, midnight
S14E10 - Authentic Japanese Cooking: Eggplant with Sesame Miso
In a Japanese home cooking class, Chef Saito makes pan-fried eggplant with a savory miso and sesame glaze. Paired with fine white somen noodles, this tasty summer dish is sure to whet your appetite!
Aug. 12, 2025, midnight
S14E11 - Rika's Tokyo Cuisine: Fluffy "Fuwa-fuwa" Egg Dishes
Soft bread, fluffy eggs, and a touch of Japanese flavor—Chef Rika demonstrates how to make Japanese egg sandwiches. Complete the experience with a comforting egg drop soup, perfect with any meal.
Sept. 9, 2025, midnight
S14E12 - Rika's Tokyo Cuisine: Two Wasabi Dishes
Wasabi isn't just for sushi! Add its spicy kick and fresh aroma to everyday dishes. Chef Rika introduces two recipes: salad with wasabi dressing, and pasta with wasabi butter soy sauce.
Sept. 16, 2025, midnight
S14E13 - Cook Around Japan - Hyogo: Akashi, the City of Octopus
In the city of Akashi, octopus shapes tradition. Chef Hayashi meets local guardians, and unveils a rice dish with an inventive combination of flavors: octopus and umeboshi—the soul of Japan.
Sept. 23, 2025, midnight
S14E14 - Cook Around Japan - Hokkaido: Home of Kombu
We travel to Rebun, a remote Hokkaido island renowned for its kombu—the seaweed vital for Japanese dashi. We meet a passionate harvester, whose kombu is utilized by Chef Kuwakino in superb cuisine.
Sept. 30, 2025, midnight
S14E15 - Rika's Tokyo Cuisine: Rika's Salmon & Rice
Salmon can be enjoyed raw for sushi, grilled, or even stewed. Chef Rika introduces a colorful, nutritious Salmon and Rice plate, beautifully paired with a light, refreshing ginger and celery soup.
Oct. 7, 2025, midnight
S14E16 - Authentic Japanese Cooking: Colorful Hosomaki Sushi Rolls
Enjoy cute, bite-sized hosomaki: sushi rolls with a nori covering and colorful fillings, like cucumber, crab sticks and natto. They're perfect for a bento. Chef Saito shows us the key to sushi rice.
Oct. 14, 2025, midnight
S14E17 - Rika's Tokyo Cuisine: Tofu Dishes Made Easy: 2 Healthy Ways
Tofu with a twist! Try Chef Rika's recipes: crispy Agedashi Tofu bathed in hot dashi broth and a fresh salad with tofu dressing, while discovering the delicate charm of Japanese tofu.
Oct. 21, 2025, midnight
S14E18 - Authentic Japanese Cooking: Ebi-fry
Ebi-fry—deep-fried breaded shrimp with panko—is crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. Chef Saito serves it as part of a classic Japanese teishoku set meal.
Oct. 28, 2025, midnight
S14E19 - Rika's Tokyo Cuisine: Beef Tataki, Udon with Shiso Sauce
Chef Rika's Beef Tataki is inspired by Kochi's beloved Katsuo no Tataki, seared bonito with vegetables. She recreates it with wagyu beef and chilled udon in a refreshing Japanese herb sauce.
Nov. 4, 2025, midnight
S14E20 - Rika's Tokyo Cuisine: Chef Rika's Homemade Korokke
Learn Chef Rika's Japanese-style croquette, Korokke, a family recipe from her mother. She shares quick cooking tips and a simple dessert, coffee jelly with Kokuto, Japanese muscovado sugar.
Nov. 18, 2025, midnight
S14E21 - Master Chef's Class: Bo-sushi with chef Hayashi Ryohei
Join Harry Sugiyama for a fun new series as Master Chef Hayashi shares Kyoto-style salmon Bo-sushi you can make anywhere, plus his surprising 'gari' ginger twist!
Dec. 16, 2025, midnight
NHK WORLD-JAPAN
28 min/ep
11984 min
April 2, 2012
Dec. 16, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
NR
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