Simmered mackerel in Miso sauce

Good morning from Cebu.

My blog has been silent for a long time...... but I am going to look back to our meal last month!

This night's menu

Mackerel in Miso sauce with shreded ginger.

Bloccoli salad with tiny fish Tsukudani.

Potato and seaweed Miso-soup

Brown rice

Taro's rate:★★★★★

He loves the miso soup.Especially Wakame seaweed.

He's dying for raining since he wants to wear rain coat and rain boots.

Happy.

He LOVES raining anyway.

Gobo(burdock roots) & Beef DON

Japanese people care for Teriyaki taste.

Sautee Gobo and Sliced beef. Season Teriyaki sauce(soy sauce, Mirin, sake and sugar). Wrapped with soft boiled eggs. No need to add "Dashi". Beef and Gobo have lots of Dashi essence.

Taro's rate:★★★★★

He likes rich and thick taste.

At Enoshima station on May 5th Children's day

Wearing "Enoden"cap.

On weekday night

My father's friend sent us Fresh bamboo from Kagoshima. Made Takenoko-rice, and Wakatake-ni which are typical Japanese Bamboo dish.

Jun made Tarako Spaghetti for us!

I made tomato salad.

Typical traditional Japanese food

During weekdays, I do not have much time to make dinner. Taro went home at around 6 o'clock,and I came home around 6:30. They get hungry so I always rush into home and make something quickly. While I got train, I compose everyday meals and image the procedure. Quite tough to manage it everyday.

Oyako-Don

As I didn't have "Mitsuba(Japanese herb)", I used "chervil" instead.

I go to work as usual even though the disaster has been happening. Maybe most people living in Tokyo go to work as long as the company is told to be on stand by at home.

Taro went to nursery school. But Jun picked up him earlier than usual. We want to stay with Taro as much as we can.

Fried-Dumpling dinner

Tonight's menu

fried-dumpling

Nanohana salad with mustard sauce

Japanese pickles

Simmered Radish

Nameko mushroom Miso-soup

rice

Taro is playing "Kapla" lately. Not only kids but also we enjoy this block.

He really likes to create some thing.

KAPLA

http://www.kapla.com/

Stir-Fried Squid with squid guts sauce

When you get fresh squid, please keep the guts. Their guts have "Umami" a lot!

Stir-fried squid with butter and season soy sauce and squid guts. You may request another bowl of rice.

green beans varmicelli soup

Udo, pork and mint with sweet Miso vinegar sauce

Udo-Kinpira

When I have "Udo", I feel "Spring has come!"

This is my favourite Japanese seasonal herb. Can you get it in your country?

Kamaage Udon w/ sesame paste sauce

Our family is very prefer "Inaniwa Udon" which is very popular in Akita(Northan part of Japan).

Sometimes this sort of simple meal are welcome. But the sauce should be rich and thick.

But we wanted to have another dish, so I made deep-fried small fish. Taro also enjoyed them.

Teriyaki Fish Dinner

We do not always have fatty and gorgeous meal. Sometimes we need this sort of traditional Japanese food!

My Teriyaki sauce is not so plain at all. I add grated ginger and garlic. This is more punch taste we like. Maybe for young people though.

Braised Pork Belly

This sort of fatty food we have once or twice a year. That would be enough.

This is Jun's request.

Japanese food Night

Rice with red snapper

Pork ginger sautee & Potato Salad

They are golden combinations.

The hand snatching a boiled egg is Taro's. He loves eating boiled egg. :) His new back teeth are coming out from the gums so that he was able to eat pork meat finally!

Taro's rate:★★★★★

Seafood Platter Don

Remember!

Avocado+ fresh tuna paste= very fatty tuna

Taro's rate:★★★★★

Now he is able to eat almost all the raw fish except octopus and squid.

Japanese Dinner

Shiraae

Boiled spinach, carrot, shimeij mushroom. Add Tofu paste and mix together.

※Tofu Paste：Momen Tofu(enough drained water using weight), white sesami paste, grained white sesami, soy sauce and salt. All ingredients mix together.

Steamed pumpkins

Braised Chicken thigh and Konnyaku

These are my just memorandum just in case........ What's in case?!

Taro's rate:★★★

He didn't eat Shiraae. He rarely meet my effort on that particular dish.

Japanese meal

Tonight menu

-melting egg custard with minch chicken sauce

-Braised Chicken drum and sweet potatoes

-baby sardin and boiled spinach Ohitashi

-Brown rice

Taro had been suffering from fever and cough. He hadn't had anything without apple juice.

3 days later, his temperature has dropped down. But he still has been grouchy. Sigh..

Brown Rice Balls

Taro doesn't like to have brown rice, but when it comes to triangle shaped rice ball with Tarako, he can eat them. ;-P

Sunday night meal

Not so gorgeous but very Japanese.

お雑煮~Ozouni~（my nephew's style)

A Happy New Year!!

In Japan, we usually have "Ozouni" on Jan 1.　Ozouni has various style in each area in Japan.

In Kanto area, we usually have the sticky rice with Bonito, seaweed and chicken broth. This year, my nephew Ren made it for us due to his homework! Yes, to make Ozouni and write a recipe was one of his homework for winter vacation at his school. Interesting :O

Taro's rate:★★

It was tough for him to chew sticky rice. But he loves the soup.

Japanese food night

Taro doesn't like this sort of Japanese food. He played a role in otolaryngology doctor at that time. He is checking himself his ear condition. As he said no ear infection so far.
Taro's rate:★

Leftover Noodles

After having hot pot, next morning we always have "Ojiya"(risotto) or noodles.

The hot pot soup became very rich and tasty. Plus lots of nutritions there.

Taro's rate:★★★★

He doesn't like Hot pot so much but he loves Ojiya/Noodle.

Sauteed Ginger Pork Lunch

Ginger Pork

Marinate sliced pork with glated ginger and garlic, soy sauce, Japanese sake.

When sautee them, sprinkle beet sugar if you need some teriyaki taste.

Nagaimo(sticky taro) and Seaweed Salad with Ponzu dressing

Taro's rate:★★★
He doesn't like cereals rice.....

Japanese Edible Flower

This is called ”食用菊（しょくようぎく）”in Japanese. (Chrysanthemum in English.)

In Autumn, I always buy them. Pull petals and cook them in a boiling water with some vinegar for seconds.

I prefer them to use for Ohitashi Salad. Boiled spinach, tiny dried sardin, lemon juice, soy sauce and crumble seaweed.

Kawaii and Oishi indeed :)

Riceball Lunch

Got ultra yummy "Furikake" at Tokyu Food Show in Shibuya.

Couldn't find their shop web sight, but found this photo on the internet.

Check it out!! you may find the demonstration in your neighbour department store. ;-)

Taro's rate:★★★★★

Note: Unfortunately, this Furikake includes some artificial stuff, kind of amino acids.... ;(