My style Japanese breakfast! 
I felt like eating grilled onigiri (rice balls)
and small dishes.
Menu:
– Grilled onigiri with bonito flakes and small fish
– Pork and zucchini salad and mayonnaise & seven herbs sauce
– Tofu topped with moromi and shiso
– Natto with plum and sesame oil
– Green tea 
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There are many way of eating Ramen. Usually people imagine that ramen is a soup with egg noodles inside. This is the traditional style. I went to the Tsuke-men style ramen restaurant the other day. Tsuke-men is dipping noodle dish in Japanese.
Weekend has come! My family loves to eat pancake on weekend. (Mario and Luigi even taste small portion of pancake.) I always enjoy experimenting and adding new seasonings to create new flavors. This day, I tried matcha flavor pancake topped with Kinako (=soybean powder) and Kuromitsu (=brown sugar syrup) and the vegetables pancake with sweet corn and pumpkin inside. Oh, I like the simple pancake with butter and maple syrup as well. Happy weekend!
The other day, my family happened to visit the first Kumamoto ramen shop in Tokyo. Kumamoto is the name of the prefecture, which is located in Kyushu region. The name of the ramen shop is “Keika(桂花)”. This shop is located near the Sunshine city, so I recommend to visit there after the long walk of window-shopping!
Recently, I hold Mario and Luigi Bento class for family guests from USA. I was so happy to know that they chose this class because they wanted to learn Japanese Bento and also meet Mario and Luigi at the end of their Japan trip! (By the way, my hungry son finished almost all the Mario and Luigi Bento…you know.)
I visited my hometown few weeks ago and had a relaxing time there. Since my hometown Iwaki-city (Fukushima-prefecture) has a lot of nature, my family enjoyed spending time at the beach, mountain and botanical garden etc. I especially enjoyed walking around the neighborhood where I used to live before moving to Tokyo. I could see so many new houses and its architectures are very modern and sophisticated. My son could meet cousins and play together with them. If you are interested in seeing those photos, please check my private Instagram account.
Visited the Ramen street in Tokyo station and tasted vegan ramen at Soranoiro. I have wanted to visit shop for long time since my cooking class guests talk about this shop some times.
These days, I have several requests for Halal menus so I started teaching Spicy Miso Ramen in my Home-style Ramen & Gyoza class. If you are interested in this ramen, please let me know when booking! Thank you!!
YJC (YUCa’s Japanese Cooking) had the honor of TOP3 activity in Japan,
The BEST Cooking class & Workshop in Japan by international travelers 2018 by TripAdvisor!!!
