Hagi-yaki pottery
YUCa’s Table : vol.101
Dinner menu:
– Brown rice
– Miso soup with wakame and tofu
– Miso marinated cod fish
– Japanese omelet
– Pickled daikon radish and plum
– Coffee jelly
YUCa’s Table : vol.99
Dinner menu:– Miso soup with seasonal vegetable rape blossoms
– Japanese rice
– Japanese rice
– Mackerel simmered in Miso
– Sweetened sweet potato
– Tofu topped with dried bonito flakes
– Pickled dried daikon radish, plum and myoga
– Orange
Japanese Breakfast @ Hakone area
I visited Hakone this weekend with my family. Hakone locates western side from Tokyo and it takes about 1.5 hours from Shinjuku station. Since my family live in the western side of Tokyo, so we took the Romance car (special rapid train to Hakone area) from Seijo-gakuen-mae station.
Hakone is famous as for “Onsen” (Hot springs) spot! So many people visit there usually on weekends for relaxing. We also stayed at the “Ryokan” (Japanese style hotel) and took Onsen at night. And what is the best part, Japanese breakfast! Seeing the nature outside of the window, we had delicious breakfast!
In addition to the Onsen spot, there are so many unique museums along with venetian glass museum, Le petit Prince museum, Open-air museum etc… For more detail, please check other photos. I hope you like them!
Seasonal Event : Hina-Matsuri (March 3rd)
The 3rd of March is the traditional and representative spring event day called “Hina-Matsuri” in Japan.
Hina-Matsuri means Girls’ Festival! There is a tradition if the baby is a girl, the parents of the mother give a traditional dolls called Hina-kazari (Traditional dolls of Emperor, Empress, their servants and accessories on the tiered stand) to their daughter’s family. This day, parents having daughter invite their families and friends to celebrate this event. They display Hina-Kazari and serve guests traditional dishes, like Chirashi-zushi (garnished sushi), hard-shell clam clear soup, hishi-moshi and hina-arare (pink and white grilled piece of rice cakes). And they drink Ama-zake (white sake). This is called “sake” but Ama-zake is usually non-alcohol sake for this occasion.I like to make Amazake at home.
*For more detail, please check here!
When I was a child, my parents invited the Hina-Matsuri party for me and my younger sister every year. So this event reminds me of my childhood and I loved it♡
Though I have a baby boy, I like this event. So, I made the Chirashi-zushi for my family this year. Also I found the compact (and also tasty!) Hina-kazari at the supermarket so I built it at home! In addition, I got the modern style Hina-arare (grilled bits of rice cake) as well. Yummy!
Have a wonderful Hina-Matsuri (Girls’ Festival) day, everyone!
YUCa’s Table : vol.98
Breakfast menu:
– Miso soup with tofu, wakame and spring onion
– Japanese rice
– Japanese rice
– Fried chicken with onion sauce
– Sweetened black beans
– Pickled plum
– Pickled dried daikon radish
– Green beans with sesame sauce
YUCa’s Table : vol.97
Dinner menu:
– Miso soup with Myoga ginger and green onion
– Japanese rice
– Japanese rice
– Fried vegetables with Dashi based sauce
– Sweetened sweet potato
– Sweetened sweet potato
– Stir-fry bacon and enoki mushrooms
– Simmered Hijiki
– Natto and Aosa seaweed
Recipe : Grilled Salmon with Walnuts and Miso
Do you have some miso lying around in the fridge? This dish is an easy way to change up your usual salmon dishes. It is also very easy to make. If you do not like walnuts, you can try using other nuts. This walnut miso sauce is not only good for fish, but also for grilled vegetables.
New Items Added : Food sample magnets
In my cooking class, I use some magnets to put my recipes on the wall.
However, some of them are not related to the Japanese food so I’ve always wanted to get food sample magnets for a long time!!!
Do you know those names? Have you ever seen some of them in your country?
They are well recreated in detail. I am looking forward to showing you those magnets in the class!
Those look so REAL!
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Recipe : Dashi ~Kelp & Bonito flakes~
Dashi (だし) is the most important soup/broth to create the authentic Japanese palate. Umami-rich ingredients like kelp (Kombu), Bonito flakes, and dried sardines are all key ingredients of dashi. This time, I introduce the dashi with kelp and bonito flakes.
