Inaniwa Udon Lunch

Inaniwa udon and deep fried vegetables with glated radish and Ponzu.

Deep fried shrimp head snack for beer lovers.

Taro was excited only being with grandparents.

I like "Inaniwa Udon" especially scraps one since that is shorter size than usual. Proper ones are too long for me.....

Taro's rate:★★★

He ate noodles only.

Noodle Salad ~Hiyashi Chuka冷やし中華~

The season of Cold noodle salad has come! Last year, we had it on May 22. Almost all the same as the one we had last year. Just the difference of shaped of chicken. Shreded or Sliced.

I prefer the first one.

Taro's rate:★★★★

He didn't eat tomatoes and cucumbers.

He's got new rain boots "Hunter". He looks like British boy, doesn't he?

Love noodles!

We love noodles very much. Easy and quick to make for busy weekday night. Here are some noodle dishes last month we had.

Hiyashi Chuka(Cold Ramen noodles)

Serve cold. Drizzle Sweet and sour soy sauce and eat.

Taro always stars to eat shredded sweets egg omelet first.

KitsuneBukkake Udon

”Kitsune" is literaly meaning is "fox". Usually it means that simmered deep fried bean curd with sweety soy sauce taste. This time, the Udon serves cold and poured warm Dashi soup.

Udon nooele with Green onion and duck soup

Stir-fried noodles. Seasoned salt and pepper only.

Fresh pasta with White beans tomato sauce

Wonton noodles.

Miso Ragu Sauce UDON

I've got a Digital SLR Camera! See the high quality photos! Humm. Looks yummy.....

Stir fried minced pork, chopperd garlic and ginger, diced eggplants and green pepper.

Season with sweet soy bean paste, oyster sauce and Doubanjang.

Taro's rate:★★★★★(full mark!)

Saturaday Lunch

Had deep-fried noodles with Chinese style sauce.

I often make it but it is gradually developing. Recently Taro has requested to add shrimp and red ginger pickles otherwise he is about to cry :(

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.

Curry Udon

Curry, Noodles, and Sausage. That's what Taro really wants.

Taro's rate:★★★★★　Perfect!

Daikon Radish Noodle

At last I found the NEW taste for Daikon radish. Saute diced daikon with olive oil and drizzle soy sauce. That's all. Very tasty. Simple is the best.

Taro's rate:★★★

Salad Noodle

Loads of Salad on Noodle.

Since I made simmered pork shoulder and kept the broth, made this salad noodle.

For salad, drizzle sesami oil and S&P. When serve, squeeze Sudachi citrus. I recommend this shirimp noodle. very tasty and it takes only 2 minutes to boil.

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Tebichi Soba（noodles w/braised pettitoes)

Had belated summer vacation last week. We went to Miyako-jima where is southern island in Okinawa, Japan.

They have their own food culture. The photo above is called "Tebichi-soba"which is a sort of Udon(but slightly different from it)and "Tebichi" means pettitoes.

The soup is made up of Katsuo(bonito) broth called "Dashi". Very tasty.

During the trip, Taro had this everyday! Yes, everyday. I was wondering why he never fed up with it. He really loves both noodle and soup. (he never ate tebichi at all.)

This noodle would be the first reminiscence about his food trip. ;)

Ring shaped Pasta with vegetables lagu sauce

Ring shaped pasta

Took a pasta leave and learnt this pasta. :P

No meat. Tomato sauce with eggplants and zuccini.

My Punch salad

Why I named it "punch" is that I added Grated garlic, anchovi, digion mustard into the dressing.Thanks to the dressing, even very light and plain taste Tofu and vegetables could become gorgeous.

He had been suffering from summer cold. Since he had two canker sore in his throat, he couldn't eat solid food. Tonight, finally he was cured of it and enjoyed dinner very much. :)

Am very happy that he showed his "yummy sign"- he tapped his cheek by his hand- and said to me "Yummy~! Oishi~".

Taro's rate:★★★★★

He tried to get rid of sauce, but he failed. Thanks to lagu sauce! He was able to eat various vegetables.

This pasta is quite easy to make from scratch. No need to use pasta machine. Next time, I will make it with my son and his friends.

But beforehand, I want this!!

Yummy dough

・・・・・・・Must be fun!!

Yaki-Udon（Stir-fried Udon)

I am not so busy, just I've been lazy to blog these days. :-P

Made "Yaki-Udon" for Sunday lunch. When it comes to noodles, Taro always finishes his plate.

Recently he is very favour of " Beni-Shoga "(red colour pickled ginger).

Probably the vivid colour (not artificial one though. this is natural colour using red herb) and saltiness attract him very much.

Taro's rate:★★★

He liked it, but he's already full since he had LOADS of blueberries which have very sour taste before lunch.

Deep-fried Broad-bean, Corn and Shrimp Kakiage

Summer has come!!! Lovely colours there!;D

Serve with Japanese soba and grated Chinese yam(nagaimo). The Kakiage should serve hot and Noodles should serve cold. We enjoy the contrast.

As for the nagaimo, I prefer a half grated and a half chunked so that I can taste both crispy and sticky.

I like to make "Kakiage" which is one sort of "Tempra". This one, there're a little flour and cold water only in the batter. No egg.

Mix all ingredients. When it becomes slightly sticky, then put them into the oil and deep-fried with high heat.

Do not move for a while so as to stick them.

Taro's rate:★★★★

He ate Kakiage but he took off all shrimps. He wanted to eat corn only.

Somen with deep fried vegetables

This is our lunch in one day.

Somen is one kind of Japanese vermicelli which is made from wheat.

When it comes to summer, we often have it served as cold. In summer people don't feel like eating due to the hotness, however well-chilled Somen is very smooth to eat so that we can cool off from the heat. I like to place some ice cubes in the sauce dip. Feel Cool more and more.

Besides somen, I prepared deep fried summer vegetables with grated radish. As Somen is very simple and light taste, the other meal should be more hearty one.

I like to see the colour of vegetables that are getting changing to more vivid as deep-fry.

Deep fried eggplants! It's gonna be melting when I throw it into my mouth :D Yummy indeed.

Noodle Salad ~Hiyashi Chuka冷やし中華~

Sticky hot in Tokyo. When summer has come, I usually make "Hiyashi Chuka ( literally meaning is Cold Chinese)" for lunch. It's like a noodle salad. Served with cold. I think Chinese people hardly have cold stuff, so probably this is Japanese own style.

Today, we tasted it with sesami sauce. Mix sesami paste, soy sauce, vinegar and sugar. Sweet and sour taste is typical Hiyashi Chuka.

　

As you can see the photo, A toddler snatches "Beni-Shoga(red colour ginger pickles.) Despite the spicy pickles, he loves to eat them.

Maybe he is pleased with the colour.

Taro's rate:★★

Kaorinskiee Salad & Shrimp Noodle（蝦麺）

From May 1 to 4, we will go to Nagoya. So as to consume vegetables in the fridge, I made salad.

There're more than 10 ingredients in it!!!!

---Italian parsely, rocket, watercress, spare mint, Oba(japanese herb), Yanaka-ginger, leaf lettuce, boiled shred burdock and carrots, tomatoes, snap peas, sliced onion, green&red pepper and home-made corned pork.

As for a dressing, fish sauce, sugar, lemon juice, rice vinegar, crushed garlic and sesame oil in it.

Shrimp noodle with chopped green onion and "zha cai搾菜"(chinese pickles.)

Just boil noodles and mix together with well heated sesame oil.

This is super yummy when eat them together!! I think it's very healthy as well.

Taro ate only noodles. Even though I served some vegetables in his plate, he tried to get rid of them. Moreover, today since he might have got tired, after this shooting, he wanted to have breastfeed milk and fell asleep soon.....

As Taro's teacher said, he is always a good boy, never leaves his place during lunch time, had anything and finish his plate! and never spit out at school! Cannot believe it.

Once he goes home, he totally changes his behaviour though.

WHY??

Nyumen (Japanese Vermicelli)

Made "Nyumen" with various herbs and shred boiled chicken breast.

This Japanese noodle is called "Soumen" made from flour.

For the topping, I used various herbs- coriander, Italian Parsley, Celery, Fennel and Myoga(Japanese herb).

Season with S&P, sesami oil, fish sauce and lemon juice. The soup is chicken broth which was taken out when I boiled chicken.

The taste might remind you a "Pho Ga"which is Vietnamese noodle.

Although I have a stuffy nose, I want to feel exotic flavour. :)

Yumm, indeed.

Vegetable Udon For Taro

He has been having a fever since last Wednesday. In the morning, he is fine, but when in the evening, he is developing his fever.

Today, after this lunch and taking a nap, he developped fever of 39.5℃ again.

We went to see the doctor at Japanese Red Cross hospital.

We had been there for more than 4 hours. Doctors had some examinations towards him. He doesn't catch any flu. But he is suspected having "Kawasaki Disease".

Tomorrow, it will turn out whether he did or not.

Scary~~~!!!!

Taro's rate; ★

He liked the soup. He is supposed to like poached egg though...

Besides Udon, he had some fish.

Rice Vermicelli Soup With Shrimp Ball

Making shrimp ball is quite easy if only you could use a food processor. I used chicken broth and fish sauce for soup.

Taro's rate: no mark

He rejected it. He must have liked it though....