Japanska lunch med Tonkatsu, Ris bollen och potatis salad

My friend came to my place with her family and I prepared Japanese food for lunch. We wanted to take the food out and have a small picnic but it was a little bit chilly unfortunately. So we had lunch inside instead.

My friend has been curious about rice balls ( Onigiri in Japanese) and  upon her request I made Onigiri with Ume ( Japanese salt plums) furikake and Tonkatsu ( Deep-fried pork cutlet) and Japanese Potato salad.   

Japansk matlagningskurs: Picknick Lunch box (Obentou)

Today a teenage girl came to my Japanese cooking class. She is the youngest girl in my class. Surprisingly, she can speak Japanese pretty well. So we enjoyed talking in Japanese !

We cooked Obentou ( Japanese lunch box) with Chicken Karaage, Teriyaki hamburger, Japanese styled potato salad and Onigiri( rice ball). 

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We took out the Obento with us and enjoyed a small picnic near cherry blossom. It like Ohanami  (Cherry blooms viewing ).

Uramakisushi

Recently this Uramakisushi ( seaweed is inside )  is very popular especially outside Japan. Ura means back in Japanese. Uramakisushi is a little bit easier to make than ordinal makisushi which seaweed is outside. This time I made salmon and cucumber makisushi.

Kungsträdgården

It was a beautiful weather today. I went to Kungsträdgården to see cherry blossom with my friends.
It was so breautiful. I always enjoy seeing cherry blossom because I can feel like being in Japan.

Cooking class- matlagningskurs

There are 2 people coming to my Japanese cooking class. We cooked Tonkatsu , Teriyakichicken and Japanese curry rice. It was enjoyrable time!  They never cooked Japanese food.  Of course this was the first time for them to eat the Japanese food they cooked.  After tasting, both of them said " I really like Japanese curry rice."

Udon- Japanska nudlar

Udon is one of my favorite noodles and my family living in Japan sent my favorite Udon.
Udon are white and thick wheat noodles which are basically made by kneading wheat flour. Dried, pre-boiled, and fresh udon are available at supermarkets in Japan. 
There are several Udon dishes in Japan. Udon is served either warm or cold. I prefer cold Udon during summer. Cold noodle is eaten by dipping into mentsuyu which is soy sauce flavored dashi soup. You can also add some toppings such as grated fresh ginger, chopped leek, sesame seeds, wasabi.

Cherry blossom in Japan - Sakura

Sakura means cherry blossom in Japanese. Sakura is one of my favorite flowers and it is the most loved flower for Japanese.
My parents sent some pictures of cherry blossom last week.  Now Cherry blosson i Tokyo is almost over....and making pink carpet on the ground.