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Saturday Brunch at Machida Garden

There’s something magical about cooking food that people enjoy.
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I have never been a cook. I tried being a cook in my college and early adult days, but after many failed attempts, like setting the toaster oven on fire, making furry spaghetti and almost slicing my left thumb off, I just gave up and resigned to frozen dinners, Subway and pizza.

Upon moving to Japan, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that my work schedule kept my mornings completely free so I started using my
free time to learn how to cook. CookingwithDog and RunnyRunny999 became my go to YouTube channels on Japanese cooking. I also searched
for recipes on www.allrecipes.com. I’ve learned how to make a mean miso soup and amazing french toast. After months of practicing, I felt
confident enough to invite some friends over to enjoy Kenkoku Kinenbi (National Foundation Day) together and merge my love of miso soup and
French toast.

Brunch menu:
First course: Miso soup, scrambled eggs and sushi
Second Course: Fruit salad
Palm Tree Fruit Salad

Third Course: French toast
FrenchToast
My friends also brought wine, juice, soda and sweets.

It was delish! Good people. Good fun. Good times.
Alexis & T
Brunch Group

Namaste

Japanese nutrition

A beautiful day today in Tokyo!  After work I decided to go out to lunch and it got me thinking…

I often hear Japanese food referred to as healthy and delicious and it is!  For Japanese people, they are easily satisfied with a meal of vegetables and a bit of meat or fish or even a meal of rice and miso soup.  By paying attention and using the seasonal vegetables and fish, one can have a delicious, fresh meal and above all, a cheap one!  To really understand, learn, and enjoy Japanese food culture, one must adapt to these types of eating habits.

However, recently I have noticed that traditional Japanese food can not always be called healthy especially dishes with soy sauce and miso.  Flavoring with soy sauce and miso isn’t necessarily bad but it has a high salt content.  Furthermore, same as the olden days, the meals tend to lack the necessary amounts of protein.  So I’m told that after the war, along with the economic growth, came high protein meals AND high calories meals.

So it seems that the “healthy Japanese food” that you often hear about seems to be wavering between the good ol’ days of Japanese eating habits while adopting the over abundance of modern Western eating cultures.