Food Recipes and Blogs By a Japanese Mum in the UK
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day but the fact is the most difficult one to make it as a priority. My kids always preferred Japanese breakfast which is fine. I couldn’t complain much as it is a healthy balanced breakfast but the amount of time it takes to prepare!? When there is less time on the breakfast table, they might eat alternatives but they never give me those easy cereal
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At the dinning table today, my son said, do you know “Corn-Dog”? I said… you mean, “next time”? That is Kondo(こんど) in Japanese meaning next time. Never knew there was such a thing and as he asked me to google it, I did, telling kids this is a family emergency that I need to use my phone on the dinning table. Corn-Dog is “American-Dog” in Japanese and yes, I know
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Our love of fresh fish in Japan is the greatest in the world. Not just fresh, it has to be super fresh to be able to eat raw as Sashimi or Sushi. Now that these cuisine is well known and widely appreciate here in Europe, I think we are turning into a healthy bunch in UK. Especially if you are live around London, you can buy those fresh fish for
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I bake bread once a week. I must look for a moment of at least 2 hours. Baking is something I love but started seriously only a few years ago so it needs my full attention. Many of my friends are surprised to hear that Japanese people don’t have oven traditionally at home. We have grills for sure but that’s about it. It’s just our way of cooking and baking was not
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