Japanese Vegetarian Meal at Tan-Etsu, Tokyo Midtown Grandma and Obaa-chan are both in town , which means we get to eat out somewhere special! We ate at Tan-Etsu in Tokyo Midtown. I tried the Shojin Bento and it was the best vegetarian meal I’ve ever had, even though I’m far from being vegetarian. Everything had [...]
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What’s for Lunch?
Queen’s Tower, Yokohama This place is good. I’m not a sushi expert but I can at least tell when it’s good or bad. I usually also take Yuki’s word for it, since he was a sushi chef in New York. And he said in a somewhat surprised tone after his first bite that this place [...]
Boys’ Day
May 5th is a National Holiday in Japan called Tango no Sekku (Boys’ Day), but now known as Children’s Day.
A Lovely Birthday Party at Oyata Park
Ema turned one today so we went to her very lovely picnic party in Oyata Park!
How do they make these?
We saw this kamaboko かまぼこ蒲鉾 with Micky Mouse printed on it. Kamaboko is made of fish pureed to a paste consistency and then steamed to form the loaf shape. It’s often eaten with hot noodle soups. How they get the image on there? It’s throughout the entire roll and when you cut it Mickey’s face is [...]
Today’s Lunch
Hanami picnic bento One of Keiji’s favorite Filipino dishes: longanisa sausages with garlic rice, fried egg and cherry tomatoes (typically served at breakfast). Here it is before packed up in the box.
What’s for lunch?
La Zona, Kawasaki 川崎 We treated ourselves today. Instead of the usual bento, we ate out for lunch. On weekends and holidays it’s hard to find a restaurant that doesn’t require a long wait. After walking around LaZona’s 4th floor for a bit we finally decided on restaurant Hateruma はてるま波照間 specializing in food from Okinawa.
What’s For Lunch?
I quickly realized that packed lunches in Japan are completely different from the lunches I remember as a child. The bento弁当 is such a big thing and nothing like the brown bag lunches I used to bring to school.