- - - 9/4/2004 - - -

Japanese Cooking

Filed under: — Andy @ 9:07 am

After taking a cooking class in Thailand, I realized that cooking is actually fun. After I got back to Japan I started to cook Japanese food. My cooking skills were non-existent before Thailand, but now they seem to be steadily improving. I am also amazed at how much healthier I feel having cooked and eaten actual food. Granted, I am nowhere near a master chef, but my first attempts at some Japanese recipes were mostly good. I am now looking for more, interesting, yet easy to cook dishes that I can make given the ingredients in Japan.

By this date…

I have successfully cooked the following foods once:
- Egg Salad
- Japanese Pumpkin Soup
- Oyakodon
- Chili Mac
- French Toast
- Tuna sashimi w/ avocado
- Hamburger

I have mastered the cooking of the following foods:
- Rice
- Fried egg sandwich
- Fried rice and many variations (+kimchi, +eggplant)
- Spaghetti and meat sauce
- Soba Noodles
- Tofu w/ katsuobushi
- Peanut butter and honey sandwich (thanks Ken)
- Curry rice (it comes in a packet)
- Natto… Yes I eat Natto!… Look it up.

I have failed making the following foods:
- Stir Fry
- Mashed Potatoes with frozen vegetables
- Some sort of meat thing

I will now refuse to eat the following foods:
- Any sort of cup ramen!

Comments

  1. I thought you hated soy

    Comment by けん — 9/4/2004 @ 10:08 am

  2. Boil frozen vegetables first, drain, and mix with mashed potatoes. Add salt.

    Comment by mamamegami — 9/4/2004 @ 4:16 pm

  3. konnichiwa

    Comment by けん — 9/4/2004 @ 6:25 pm

  4. Don’t forget funnel cake…

    Comment by Lawrence — 9/6/2004 @ 7:44 am

  5. Have you tried to do an "adventure” again?

    P.S. Inside joke :)

    Comment by Lenny — 9/6/2004 @ 9:04 pm

  6. Yes I have, a damn big one too.

    Comment by Andy — 9/7/2004 @ 6:52 am

  7. Did the elephants have an "adventure” with you, Lenny?

    Comment by けん — 9/7/2004 @ 10:32 pm

  8. i want an adventure! As for stir fry…fast stir fry sauce is 2/3 cup soy sauce, 1/3 mirin, 2 tbs sugar, 1 tbs ginger, and 2 cloves garlic…mix it all up, and pour over cooked vegetables and pan fry on high heat for about 1-2 minutes or until sauce begins to thicken. Omedeto on your new cooking skills!

    Comment by Josh — 9/12/2004 @ 12:25 pm

  9. how could you live in japan by your self with little experience in cooking and not eat cuped ramen. will you eat yakisoba or ne other thing that requires boiling water

    Comment by jeremy — 9/17/2004 @ 1:40 am

  10. It is a very interesting story. Thanks!

    Comment by tramadol — 4/4/2007 @ 7:03 am

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