Above are two lunches from last week. At the top is Japanese curry with beef, onions, potatoes, carrots, and peas, served with rice, banana, and a mixture of apple, cabbage and vinegar. The next picture is fried chicken cooked with potatoes, green peppers and onions, served with rice and a mixture of cooked carrots, cucumbers, [...]
Mrs. Q has graciously posted a story I wrote about the lunch I ate for hina matsuri, a holiday we recently celebrated in Japan. Her blog is truly inspiring, so I hope anyone reading will visit her site and show her some support.
As for this week, on Monday I had this for lunch:
Salmon, spinach with [...]
As it snowed for the first time this year, we had this for lunch:
On the left, cooked pork, carrots, potatoes, onions, french beans, and konyaku (also known as devil’s tongue).
On the right, an aemono with a kind of spinach, carrots, cooked tofu, and sesame seeds.
In the back, rice, a banana, and apple wedges (The Japanese [...]
At Midori Hoikuen, the lunch menu is written by a student as a daily classroom chore, then read to class before everyone eats. Unfortunately, even after it was explained to me, the best I can translate is that it’s a little technical, except for the bottom line which reads みかん, mican, meaning orange.
Today’s lunch was [...]
