Here's a great recipe which uses ingredients from your local しょぼい Tokyu Store or 丸正. Moreover, it’s super-easy and always gets rave reviews. (Okay, I've actually only prepared it once, but we all thought it was pretty good.) Anyway, here’s what you’ll need:

• 12 Shiitake mushrooms (Japanese-grown, not Chinese, if you want to avoid getting a load chemicals along with your champignon)
• 12 surimi chickn balls (these are the ones typically used for nabe dishes and come in packs of twelve)
• Blue or Gorgonzola cheese
• Minced garlic
• Minced onion
• Chopped black olives
• Olive oil, butter, sherry, salt, pepper, etc.