Gyoza making with an Aussie couple today! Wrapping a spoonful of filling with Gyoza skin. Dumplings may look a little complicated to make, but Japanese style Gyoza is simple as ABC. My guest couple has made them very neatly! Thank you for a great job!! And of course, Pork Ramen is coming with Gyoza. Now, […]
It is amazing how Ramen & Gyoza are widely known as Japanese food. Today s guests are beautiful sisters from Australia. Welcome to Tokyo! If you are keen to experience the local feeling of these comfort foods, home cooking is one of the best options, especially for Gyoza. Oishii but very hot!! The first bite […]
This was a private class with 2 main dishes & more; Agedashi Tofu (deep-fried Tofu dipped in Dashi sauce), Tempura of prawns and mushrooms, and savory Okonomiyaki pancake with pork, cabbage, etc. My guests are from Chicago, USA. A lovely couple of an architect and a doctor wishing to try some Japanese homemade dishes. For […]
Fresh seafood & vegetables + short grain rice +rice vinegar, salt & sugar = SUSHI! I make them for my kid’s gatherings. Today it was a request from my guest MBA students from Pennsylvania USA. Pounding sesame seeds here for one of our popular dishes, spinach with sesame sauce. Tossed sesame smells really great, with […]
Today’s main dish was Gyoza dumplings with pork, Chinese cabbage, garlic, green leek & more! Side dishes were eggplant with sweet & savory Miso sauce, fresh cabbage salad with pickled Kombu, etc. Welcome to my Tokyo kitchen! It was such a fun class with beautiful American young ladies. Good friends from high school days, good […]
In early December we welcomed a group of 20+ people from Nike! This was the 2nd time organized a gathering for this global company in Tokyo. We were very happy to hear that participants liked their team-building lunch back in August, so they decided to contact us again for an evening function. We planned a […]
The main dish was Temari Sushi. ‘Temari’ is a palm-sized ball for children, often decorated with fine colorful embroideries. As you can easily guess, Temari Sushi is shaped like this small ball. It is a bite-size Sushi with a variety of toppings. In this class, we used boiled prawns, thinly sliced cucumbers, fresh sashimi-quality maguro(tuna) […]
The main dish request for this class was “something seafood, but not Sushi” as the couple has already learned how to make Sushi before. So we did our popular seafood main dish Nanban style marinade of fried salmon & swordfish. For side dish choices, my guest picked a menu using Kaki, the seasonal fruit of […]
This was probably one of the most challenging classes this year but we made it! Thankfully we had 5 very skilled participants from BC Canada and Michigan US at this class. The main dish choices are Tempura of prawns, Maitake mushroom (my favorite!), and vegetables, plus Sushi roll with Maguro(tuna), salmon, and greens. For side dishes, […]
“Oishi-!” do as Japanese do when photo-shooting in Japan!? The main dish for this class was Pork Ramen, with pork broth & Japanese Dashi soup stock, with toppings of Miso flavored pork and meat sauce with Japanese seasonings. For Gyoza, we chopped cabbage, garlic chives (Nira), leek etc. Add a little bit of grated garlic […]
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