Turning Japanese

Last night, for the first time possibly, I cooked Japanese!!  I have made nabe, yakitori and okonomiyaki etc before, but I've never tried to cook something with a shoyu/mirin flavour.  I am always worried about getting the flavours right, but last night I decided to give it a go.  The shoyu/mirin taste is very Japanese to my way of thinking and although it's very easy I have always avoided it.  Last night my "ぶたしょうがやき" (grilled pork in ginger) was a success. 

After the meal we had a bottle of Coriole 2005 Racked Chenin Blanc, which was sweet and delicious!!