Rozen Maiden

I named this beef Sashimi as Rozen Maiden, (or Rosen maden?)
This is beautiful and make it very easy.

First, just get beef Carpaccio in the supermarket.
I got this in Alberthijn(famous Dutch supermarket)


Like this type.


Forming as follows. 2 peaces of meats to make 1 rose.

Served with Japanese soya souce and Wasabi.

very tasty and very easy to make. And very beautiful.
Any lief you can use with this beef rose.
I used Shiso(Japanese basil) on this time.

Japanese green tea Ice cream

We love Japanese green tea Ice cream very much.
Of course it taste Japanese green tea.
Basically Japanese green tea and milk products are good combination like English milk tea.
I made this Japanese green tea Ice cream by prepared powder.
Now a days here in Holland, we can get this powder which is made in Japan.

Kimchi jjigae ot Kimuchi Nabe

Kimchi is a traditional Korean pickles that made of vegetables with varied seasonings. It tastes spicy, but very tasty.
So Japanese people also like this Korean pickles very much.
Kimchi jjigae is a spicy stew-like dish cooked and served boiling hot in a pot that contains Kimchi and other vegetables, meats, or seafood.
Japanese people call it Kimuchi Nabe. Nabe means Pot or Stew pan.
This is very good to eat on cold winter to make your body warm.

How to make?
First boil meats or seafood in a water in a pot to make Bouillon.
And put some Miso. This is a basic Bouillon.
After that,
Just put together ingredients and boil.
Easy and tasty. Good to eat with rice.

Tofu salad with Japanese dressing

Tofu is a famous for healthy food.This is a recipe of Tofu salad with Japanese dressing.


Ingredients:

-Tofu-Flesh vegetable for salad

-Japanese Soya sauce dressing:

--Japanese Soya sauce: 20cc

--White wine vinegar: 15cc

--Sesame oil; 30CC

--Pepper: a little

--Sesame: 1 table spoon



1. Make Japanese Soya sauce dressing.

2. Just cut Tofu.Put this on fresh vegetables.



For vegetarians, for dieters, and of course for U.

Important items. Dishes and plates with Japanese image

Important items. Dishes and plates with Japanese image
One of important fundamentals are dishes, plates, bowls, chopsticks, and other decollation items for Japanese cooking.We say we eat foods with our tong and our eyes.
I prefer to use Japanese potteries and Japanese lacquer.(Japans lakwerk)(The red plate on left top of photo.)
Japanese lacquerware (wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_lacquerware

We have Japanese lacquer artists in Japan.

By the way the menu of photo

from the left; Omelet with Shiso (japanese basil), Umeboshi (Japanese pickled plum), tomato and Shiso
Japanese rice with Adzuki(Azuki) beans, Miso soup with Wakame (seaweed).

This is a vegetarian meal and quite simple ingredients.
But the example to show beautiful if we use good dishes, plates, or bowls.
Of course ALL I cooked !

Tori Udon: (Japanse soep Bami met kip)

This is Dutch.

Ingrediënten: (tot 2 met 4 mensen)

1 pak droge Udon noodles(Japanse Bami)
1 stuk kipfilet
4 tot 8 lente-uitjes
-Soep (bouillon):
1600 CC heet water
3 pakjes Japanse Dashi(Japanse soepbouillon poeder)
100 CC Japanse Sojasaus
2 eetlepels suiker

*bereid twee pannen*vegetariërs kunnen de kipfilet weglaten

1. Snij de kipfilet en de lente-uitjes

2. Doe de bouilloningrediënten in een pan en breng het aan de kook gedurende een paar minuten, hou het daarna op een kookplaatje warm

3. Breng een ruime hoeveelheid water aan de kook in een andere pan en kook de droge udon noodles gedurende 10 minuten

4. Spoel de udon noodles af met koud water (10 second !. Niet lang tijden doen!) en maak eventuele kleverige slierten met de hand los tijdens het spoelen , laat de noodles daarna in een vergiet uitlekken

5. Verdeel de udon noodles over de verschillende kommen, gooi er wat gesneden lente-uitjes en stukjes kipfilet overheen

6. Breng de bouillon opnieuw bijna aan de kook en giet deze over de udon noodles in de kom.

Eet smakelijk!

How to make Japanese Udon?

Udon is a Japanese noodle, like pasta. most popular style is noodle-soup type.With spring onion is popular for the topping.This is the recipe of Japanese noodle soup with chicken.

Chicken Udon (Japanese Udon noodle with chicken)

-Ingredients: (2 to 4 people)
---1 pack of Dried Udon noodle

---1 Chicken breast, or turkey breast (If you are vegetarian, you don’t have to add)

---4 to 8 spring onions

-Soup (broth):

---1600cc of hot water

---3 packs of Japanese Dashi (Japanese soup stock powder)
---100cc of Japanese Soya source

---2-table spoon of sugar

1. Cut chickens and spring onions

2. Combine broth ingredients in a pot, bring to a boil with high heat, add chicken and boil it in the broth. Keeping broth warm by low heat when it has done

3. Boil a generous amount of water in another pot, and boil dried Udon noodle for 10 minutes

4. When done 3, rinse with cold water, running the noodles with one hand to get rid ofｆ the stickiness quickly. (10 second enough. don’t rinse it for long time)Drain in a sieve.

5. Transfer Udon noodle in to bowls, sprinkle spring onions and put Chickens on.

6. Make broth hot again until boiling, and pour broth over on the Udon noodle in the bowl.

See the picture bellow.

Enjoy!