Katsudon (Midnight Diner e01e06, one of my favorite episodes) - https://www.justonecookbook.com/katsudon/ / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2-XsWnq5LE
Kombu tsukudani, simmered spent kombu from making dashi - https://www.justonecookbook.com/simmered-kombu-tsukudani/
Asari no sakemushi, sake-steamed clams (Midnight Diner s02e03) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grKcjlswvOI / https://www.justonecookbook.com/japanese-sake-steamed-clams/
It was a lot of work, scrubbing the clams, purging them, and carefully checking that they were all still alive. Not sure I'd bother again. But it was a very tasty way to eat clams!
Kinpira gobo (s03e08) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85YI8BwcS_8 / https://www.justonecookbook.com/kinpira-gobo-braised-burdock-root/
Gen's heartbreak in this episode 😭
Cream stew (Midnight Diner s02e06) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl3fzejkXbs / https://www.justonecookbook.com/white-stew/
I was halfway through making this before I realized that I was simply making chicken pot pie filling without the crust. 😆It was as hearty and wholesome as that sounds!
Butabara tomatomaki (Midnight Diner s03e02) - Not much of a recipe here! Just wrap cherry tomatoes in bacon (like 1/3 or 1/2 of a strip per tomato), skewer, and grill on both sides. I did these on a Japanese ceramic indoor fish grill which I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to do 😅 and boy did it get smoky in here.
Tamagoyaki - Somehow it feels like my technique gets a little worse every time I make this...