
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 !