Homemade Nigiri Sushi with fresh sashimi / お家で握り寿司パーティー Happy Sunday✨ Nigiri sushi, with fresh seafood✨Prepare sushi rice (vinegar, sugar, and a bit of salt), make it into small oval sized rounds, and place ingredients on top… How’s: 🍣❤️🍣❤️🍣 本日は、日本でのご飯の喜びを、握り寿司で表現です。 初めてほたてを握り、なるほどこういう切り方をするのか、と勉強になりました。母の家庭菜園からちょこちょこ葉っぱやお花など拝借して、賑やかに。 握り寿司、きっと20グラムちょっとのお米がちょうど良いのかと思いますが、ついつい若干多めに。ぽってりした大ぶりめなお寿司、先日、和食展で見た江戸時代のお寿司を思い出します😂
Oyster Takikomi Gohan – seasoned cooked rice / 牡蠣の炊き込みご飯 Happy Saturday✨ One of my favorite Japanese food- “Takikomi Gohan”, rice seasoned & cooked with ingredients.When back in Japan while season, I love takikomi gohan with oysters.So rich in umami… I love love oysters… You can...
Enjoying Omakase Edomae Sushi by the counter / カウンターでOMAKASE江戸前寿司 Happy Friday✨ Sushi is fun anywhere, but the best is to enjoy Omakase by the counter (*a course where you just have the chef make whatever for you. If you are worried you could communicate your...
Grilled cutlass and Mushroom potage / 太刀魚のふわふわグリル＆キノコのポタージュ Happy Thursday✨ Random pairing, but satisfying cooking & a meal✨ ■Grilled cutlass (scabbard) fish🐟I had much different menu on mind, but the moment I saw the beautiful cutlass fish at a grocery store, I just instantly...
Juicy Tomato Sukiyaki with loads of mushrooms / ジューシーなトマトすき焼き Happy Wednesday✨ Simple sukiyaki dinner at home (sweet and savory Japanese hot pot dish with thin sliced beef), in my grandmother’s sukiyaki pot🥘✨I like to put tomato in my Sukiyaki, so fresh & juicy✨ Super quick...
Sakana Teishoku (lunch fish set meal) & Washoku Exhibit / 最高な魚定食＆和食展と Happy Tuesday✨ Last post was about my ideal Japanese breakfast, and the next one will be on my idea for very old fashioned and comforting Japanese lunch. A typical “Sakana Teishoku / grilled fish lunch meal”...
Clockwise Tsukemono – Perfect Japanese breakfast / 築地のお漬物で、最高な朝ごはん✨ Happy Monday✨ Back in Tokyo again for another few weeks, this time in Tokyo, hoping to spend more time with my parents, relatives and friends. My typical dream breakfast when in Japan— rice, miso shiru (soup),...
[travel] Virtual Izakaya Tour in Kyoto – 京都の激渋居酒屋にてお会いしましょう Happy Wednesday✨ My last post around my travel (eats) in Kyoto✨Please, join me by the counter in a typical Izakaya (Japanese seasonal brasserie / pub)… they way I’d usually enjoy…Let’s meet up around 6pm-ish! 📸2: Let’s...
[travel] Food adventure in Kyoto retro eats – 京都のレトロランチ、定食屋さん Happy Tuesday✨ My second to last post on Kyoto, to share the world of casual & retro Japanese lunches, and some others. Pic 1-2 : Lovely retro “Westerm meal set”. These style was the mainstream before...
[travel] Authentic Washoku adventure in Kyoto – 京都で季節料理＆お出汁のラーメン Happy Monday✨ My eats in Kyoto. I used to learn traditional fine Japanese cooking for several years in Tokyo… but I understand the whole concept of Washoku (authentic Japanese cooking) is all condensed in Kyoto, the...
[travel] Wagashi adventure in Kyoto – 老舗和菓子屋さんを巡る京都旅 Traveling Kyoto, I am just so enchanted by the world of Wagashi (Traditional Japanese confectioneries), than ever.Kyoto is like mother city for Wagashi…✨ I’ve traveled Kyoto many times, but it was much before I discovered the...
Beautiful “Buaiso/武相荘” – Gallery of Antique collector / 憧れの武相荘、夏展 I've always wanted to visit this site. This is a former house of Makasako Shirasu, Japanese author and collector of fine arts in early 20th century. 白洲次郎さん＆正子さんご夫妻の旧邸宅、武相荘での夏展です。
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