Showing posts with label Japanese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japanese. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

May 15th Lunch

May 15th,

I really wanted to eat a Japanese menu.

Maybe my stomach needed something gentle.  There's a lot of Japanese dishes that are delicious but are easy on the digestion.  Maybe the day after binging on junk food.  Also miso soup as part of your breakfast is good for mornings you have a hangover, it will help rehydrate you.

Lunch:


Tofu Salmon Stew, Cucumber Otsukemono (Pickled Cucumbers), Tamago Yaki (Japanese Style Eggs), and Miso Soup with Onions



Tofu Salmon Stew.  Very simple to make but very delicious.  The main flavoring I used was ginger which is also very good for you if you aren't at your 100%



Japanese style eggs, known in Japanese as Tamago Yaki (tamago = egg, yaki = cooked). It's basically scrambled eggs wrapped into a roll and cut into thick slices.  You see them a lot in Japanese bento.  There are two types of tamago yaki; sweet and non-sweet.  Sweet type of tamago yaki typically is plain but non-sweet type of tamago yaki can have various other ingredients mixed in with it such as fish like salmon and tuna, and veggies like carrots, daikon raddish, and sea weed.

Whether the tamago yaki is sweet or not depends on the preference of the maker, but in Sushi restaurants tamago yakis are typically sweet.



Of course, I have had tamago yaki since I was little but this is the first time I have ever made them.  The ones I made are the sweet kind, not too sweet.

My mom always made non-sweet tamago yaki for me at home with plenty of spinach.  I didn't particularly dislike spinach but it definitely made it easier to eat it.




Monday, May 5, 2014

May 4th Lunch

May 4th,

I used the leftover negitoro to make a sort of negitoro don.

"Don" or donburi is a bowl dish where meat, veggie, or fish dishes are served on a bed of rice.

It's usually very filling.




Negitoro Don with Avocado

May 3rd Lunch

May 3rd,

They were having a sale of one of my favorite things, negitoro!

Negitoro is a tuna pate that is used in sushi.  It is usually topped with chopped scallions.

I used it to make today's lunch.


Negitoro Cups with Kabocha and Tofu Potage






I toasted gyoza skins to make cups and filled it with rice then topped it with negitoro (which I mixed with a little bit of soy sauce and wasabi paste), minced tomato and cucumber.  It was like a Japanese taco cups.  I love it!


Monday, February 24, 2014

February 18th Lunch

February 18th,

Went out for lunch today,

A good friend from the high school days came to Japan!






Japanese style burger teishyoku

Teishyoku refers to a common set menu that comes with a main dish, rice, soup, and a side (usually pickled vegetables).

The rice is pink because it's a mixture of pickled plum and rice, very rum!

The topping on the burger is pureed daikon radish (called daikon oroshi) a common Japanese style topping you also see with fish.  The burger is accompanied with grilled eggplant, potato, and tomatoes.

February 14th Lunch

February 14th,

It's cold, it's cold, it's co~ld!!



Pumpkin and Cucumber with Meat Ankake

Ankake is a thick sauce.



Curried Carrot and Daikon Radish Yogurt Salad



Onion and Tofu Miso Soup




February 12th Lunch

February 12th,

Easy Japanese menu using canned sardines







Miso Sardine with Cucumber






Avocado and Tomato Yogurt Salad






Pumpkin and Tofu Miso Soup


Sunday, February 2, 2014

February 3rd Lunch

February 3rd,

Lunch:





Chicken Nimono (煮物).  Nimono is basically a traditional Japanese stew.





Onion and Egg Ankake (あんかけ) Over Udon Noodles.  Ankake is a thick sauce.







And a Salad with Yogurt Dressing