Washism

More green among the trees...

I am loving the myriad of green and pink everywhere... its springtime~~~

J bento on friday

Potato salad with french beans, sauteed beef and atsuage, and...

bamboo shoot of the season and shiitake mixed rice

this evening for dinner...

I was craving maguro (tuna)
Maguro don

kinpira with tofu and...

finally, Kirin decided to make alcohol free beer!!!

Maguro don is basically slices of fresh tuna toppped on sushi rice.

And sometimes grated yam, lettuce, avocado or natto is added to make this rice dish like a salad. i like to have my maguro don with natto and topped with a poached egg.

This week on a tv cooking program, i learnt the proper way to prepare maguro don. Previously, i just top the sliced maguro atop rice, top with shredded seaweed, pour some soya sauce over the dish and eat. This time... i learnt the proper way to prepare the maguro for maguro don... using the magic ratio 6:1:1 of shoyu, sake, mirin.

So firstly, upon returning home with the fresh maguro, immediately place in the fridge.

Then, bring to boil 60ml of shoyu, 10ml sake, 10ml mirin with 5g of bonito flakes, then strain the sauce, chill and steep the maguro slices for at least half an hour before consuming.

To serve, top the warm rice with a layer of seaweed (to prevent the warm rice from transferring its heat to the nicely chilled maguro), top with maguro slices, natto and poached egg, sprinkle with spring onions, drizzle the dish with sauce leftover from steeping the maguro and serve!

This time we didnt have to add soya sauce over the rice which is so unprofessional =P