Hi Vlad I'm happy to hear you enjoyed this! Great idea adding some coffee. It's a trick used to make Japanese style curry here and it makes sense that it would also work for Hayashi Rice.

As for the name, I was named after Marco Polo so the influence is Italian 😉

Great Recipe!!!.. this can be served to any foodie or Royal!!

Funny your Marc is spelled with a C and not a K... French Influence ??

Glad to hear it could bring back some memories

So much a remembrance of my friends home in Japan on those cold winter days

Hi Sana, I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed it! I've never tried making it with pork, but I bet it was delicious!

Made this recipe using pork (what I had on hand) and it was astoundingly delicious! Thanks so much, Marc✨

Will take you up on that, Marc! Thank you! I've also been watching Midnight Diner off and on in recent weeks (caught my eye when I recognized the lead actor, the 'master', from the series "The Emperor's Cook" a few years back when UTB Hollywood was broadcasting in the area). Chicken Karaage (?) was featured, actually attempted that recipe once before, I'll check to see if you've a recipe for that already posted and give it a try!

That's been on my list of things to watch, but I still haven't gotten through Midnight Diner. Let me know if there are other recipes from Samurai Gourmet you'd like to see my take on as I'm always looking for new ideas that people may enjoy.

Thanks Marc, that's really interesting to know! I'd been watching the series 'Samurai Gourmet' and it was featured in one of the last episodes. Though the others featured in the series looked good, it was the first I wanted to try and, apparently the food director on the set shared your vision for it! Will see about those missing ingredients and make it again soon.

I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it Greg! In Japan this is a "quick" stew, so they use paper thin slices beef. I like making it more like a beef stew or curry which is why I cube it.