My mother-in-law came to Tokyo and she invited me to her sister's house for a home cooked meal. Since my wife has been out of town for a while home cooked meals have ceased to exist. Today was one of my favorites - daikon soup. It cooked all day and the meat, yeah that's pork, fell right off of the bone.
We also had gyoza which was delicious. Yep, there was a little pork in there too along with cabage, ginger and... I'm not telling.
...and Japanese pumpkin or 'kabocha' which is a squash and Japanese eggplant or 'nasu'. They were cooked in a soy & mirin based sauce so it was kind of sweet. The green stuff next to it is called horenso - a sort of spinach which was steamed and tossed in goma (sesame).
Some tomatoes, cucumbers and celery. I'm Italian so I can eat tomatoes with just about anything!
Daikon soup is cooked with soy sauce, mirin, sake and water. It's flavored with kombu and the key to cooking it to perfection is...time. The longer it cooks, the better it tastes.
For desert we had melon which tasted like a sweet honeydew but was really juicy.
This was the best meal that I've had since my cousin cooked Unagi a little while ago! So now you see that there is more to Japanese food than just sushi and yakitori. What's your favorite Japanese food?
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Wow...everything looks delicious ! :]
Didn't know you were Italian (that true?) but I second you to eating anything with tomato. Everything looks great especially the gyoza and melon (which is nowhere to be found around here)
Hmm yamy this Daikon Soup looks delicious.
What i love the most of Japanese food is their sour and sweety food they cook.and their ingredients combination. I consider the desert is just perfect served after this soup.
Yeah, that soup is delicious. My wife's dad cooks it all day and we normally eat it that night... and again in the morning... and it's even better then.