Washism

Sweet potato season is coming to an end soon. While it is still inexpensive, i decided to bake sweet potato cake...

Fluffy sweet potato cake with rum raisins

Tuesday J obento

Miso meat balls, cucumber salad, potato salad, fluffy egg and sesame topping on rice

Tuesdays dinner

Together with the potato family, taro is in season too~

Soy sauce simmered taro with squid

えび芋といかのギンジャー醤油煮

Salad made with Japanese dried radish, cucumber and tuna

切干大根ときゅうりのツナサラダ

Today for J obento

Ebi katsu sandwich

エビカツサンド

I used to take sandwiches for granted. But to be able to make a sandwich look like those in the cafe, is a skill. so after studying a few sandwich magazines at the bookstore, and after a TV food show featured Ebi Katsu (Prawn katsu), i decided to try and make my own katsu and make a Cafe style sandwich. Of course the bread was from the supermart. Katsu is commonly eaten in the form of katsudon in most parts of the world in a Japanese restaurant. Most of the time it is pork katsu. But in Japan, there are a hundred and one types of katsu. It is basically a meat cutlet coated with bread crumbs and deep fried. So ebi(prawn) katsu is essentially prawn cutlet katsu. But because prawns dont have the thickness of a pork cutlet, ebi katsu is made using roughly chopped prawns, mashed eggs and mayonaise so that it becomes a big juicy prawn cutlet before it is coated with bread crumbs.

Ever since i started living here, I seldom go to the bread section of the supermarket, this time, to buy bread, i discovered something unique about the sliced bread section of Japanese supermarkets. That is, the many different thickness of the sliced bread. So for a standard white loaf, you can buy it in 5, 8 or 10 slices. and... in 3 slices!!! i used the 5 slices loaf this time.

Dinner this evening

Plum soya sauce simmered tofu and brocolli
豆腐とブロッコリーの梅干醤油

Chilled tomato and enoki salad with sesame dressing

トマトとえのきのごまサラダ