Butajiru (Japanese pork soup)

Butajiru or Tonjiru, both literally mean pork soup is a Japanese soup made with pork and vegetables, flavoured with miso.

Butajiru is usually made by stewing sliced pieces of pork, vegetables like Daikon, carrot, and spring onions.
In Japan, miso soup is for a side dish. But Butajiru can be a main dish served in a big bowl. This dish is popular for home cooking, School Lunch, and outdoor cooking.

Nasu no Agedashi (Deep fried eggplant in a hot broth)

Nasu no Agedashi is an eggplant dish in Japanese style.  Deep fried eggplant is served in a hot broth made of dashi, mirin, and Japanese soy sauce. And topped with Daikon Oroshi (grated daikon). One of a popular menu both in home or Izakaya. Combination of deep fried eggplant and Daikon Oroshi makes brilliant taste. This dish is heavenly tasty and has a texture that melts in the mouth. One of my favorite Japanese dish.

Polar bear kyaraben

This is not a specific character. Kawaii white bear kyaraben.
Face of bear is Sushi rice. A meatball and a carrot decoration are also bear face.

Kyaraben (character bento) on the beach.

Expressed summer holiday by kyaraben (character bento). Clubs, fish and octopus are made by small sausage. Decorative cutting for sausage is one of a popular technique to make bento in Japan.

ingredients: sausage, egg, carrot, ham, rice, broccoli, tomato, edamame, lettuce

Have a nice holiday!

Kyaraben (character bento) workshop
Kyaraben, a shortened form of character bento, is a very popular bento style in Japan which features food decorated to look like Anime or Kawaii characters. At the workshop you learn how to make authentic Kyaraben and the result you can take home.
More info http://tokyodoll.web.fc2.com/workshop/bentoworkshop.html

Kyaraben (Character bento, bento is Japanse lunchbox) is op dit moment een erg populaire stijl in Japan. Kyaraben is een stijl van een gedetailleerd gearrangeerde bento die bestaat uit gedecoreerd/opgemaakt eten/voedsel dat eruit ziet als karakters uit anime en/of manga.
More info http://tokyodoll.web.fc2.com/workshop/bentoworkshop.html

Japans activiteiten door Japanse autochtonen
Project Japanse Autochtone Cultuur is de organisatie van Japans activiteiten door Japanse autochtonen. Wij organiseren hoge kwaliteit Japanse workshops en activiteiten. De workshop leraren zijn allen Japanse autochtonen die u authentieke Japanse vaardigheden kunnen leren.

- Manga workshop: door Japanese kunstenaar
- Bento, Kyaraben en Anime kook workshop: het nieuwste Japanse koken
- Sushi en Japansekook: de werkelijke smaak van Japan
- Japanse les: door Japanse autochtonen

Meer informatie: http://tokyodoll.web.fc2.com/workshop/index.html

Cinnamoroll Kyaraben (character bento)

Cinnamoroll (シナモロール) is one of a character series of Sanrio as like Hello Kitty.
This is also popular character among Japanese kids (and may be for Japanese character fans).

Cinnamoroll is basically a boy puppy but with ribbon is very cute, Kawaii.
I made this bento by typical ingredients from typical supermarket.

Tori no Karaage (Chicken karaage).

Karaage (唐揚げ) is one of a Japanese cooking technique in which various foods are deep fried in oil.
This is "Tori-no-Karaage (鶏の唐揚げ, Chicken karaage)". Looks like a typical fried chicken, but small pieces of Chicken are marinated in a mix of soy sauce, ginger and Sake, then lightly coated with a seasoned both wheat flour and Katakuriko (potato starch), and fried in a light oil.
Served with sliced lemmon and mayonnaise is good combination. Good for lunch or dinner, bento, and a snack for beer. Yum Yum

One Piece Kyaraben.

Made Tony Tony Chopper Kyaraben (character bento), one of a main characters of One Piece.

Face: rice colored with soy sauce
Hat: rice colored with tomato ketchup
Horn: sausage
Face parts: Nori, Surimi, Konbu, broccoli

Kyaraben (character bento) Workshop
Kyaraben is een verkorte vorm van karakter bentō (een Japanse maaltijd). Het eten lijkt op populaire karakters. Ik geef Kyaraben workshops in Utrecht en Amsterdam.
Meer informatie:
Utrecht: http://tokyodoll.web.fc2.com/workshop/index.html
Amsterdam: Roppongi http://www.roppongi.nl/

Kyaraben or charaben (キャラ弁), a shortened form of character bento (キャラクター弁当), is a style of elaborately arranged bento which features food decorated to look like characters from popular media like anime. I teach Kyaraben in Amsterdam or Utrecht, Netherlands.
More information:
Utrecht: http://tokyodoll.web.fc2.com/workshop/index.html
Amsterdam: Roppongi http://www.roppongi.nl/

Ika furai Okaka Bento (bento with fried squid and dried bonito shavings).

Convenience stores (often shortened to Konbini) such as Seven Eleven, Lawson, and FamilyMart, are extremely popular in Japan. Especially Konibini bento of many varieties, is one of a main selling point for each stores. Each companies develop both standard and seasonal bento to attract customers.

Ika furai Okaka Bento (bento with fried squid and dried bonito shavings) was a seasonal bento menu of Seven Eleven. It was a hit product on 1982. Seven Eleven revives this bento sometimes.
There are many fans of this bento in Japan including me. I miss this bento and made it in the Netherlands.

This is the specification of Ika-hurai Okaka Bento.
1. Fully place and spread steamed rice in the bento box.
2. Sprinkle Okaka on the rice. Okaka is the dried bonito shavings that is tossed with soy sauce. This is popular as a stuffing for rice balls or bento topping.
3. Place following items on the rice.
- fried squid coated with bread crumbs. deeply dipped in Japanese brown source.
- vegetable kakiage (deep-fried onion and carrot). deeply dipped in Tempra souce.
- scrambled eggs
- beni-shoga (red pickled ginger)

Don't use good bento box to make Konbini bento. It's better to use "Chinese take-away box" to create an atmosphere of Konbini bento.

Enjoy Japanese traditional junk bento!

Fukagawa-don (Japanese rice bowl with clams and miso broth)

Fukagawa-Don is one of a traditional Donburi (rice bowl menu) in Japan.
Lightly cook clams and spring onions with miso broth, and place on the steamed rice.
It is said that Fukagawa-don appeared next toward the end of the Edo period.

Basically Asari clam is one of a traditional ingredient of Fukagawa-don in Japan.
On this time I used mussel instead because mussel is cheaper than clams in the Netherlands.

Stuffed paprika (Stuffed pimentos)

The stuffed paprika ( ピーマン肉詰め) is a dish made with ground meat and paprica. It is made by cutting paprika in half, stuffing the halves with hamburger mixture, and then baking them. Good combination with Japanese brown sauce.
This is one of a well-known side dish in Japan that uses paprika, and of course is my favorite.

Japanese green tea cake

Japanese green tea cake (抹茶ケーキ, Macha cake) is popular like green tea icecream in Japan.
Japanese green tea powder (Macha) is needed to make this cake.

Add green tea powder into standard cake powder.
After that, you can take same procedure of typical cakes.
Serve with whip cream and anko (Azuki red bean paste).

Kinoko Oroshi Soba (Japanese buckwheat noodle served with mushrooms and grated radish).

 

Kinoko Oroshi Soba is a dish of soba (buckwheat noodles) served with toppings including several  mushrooms and Daikon oroshi (grated daikon radish).
Daikon  oroshi is one of a standard condiments of Japanese cuisine.
Also daikon oroshi can aid digestion, it goes nicely with dishes that are considered as heavy such as tempura, fried food, Teppan yaki and meat dishes.

PreCure bento

I made PreCure Kyaraben. The character of this bento is "Candy" from Smile PreCure!. Candy is a sheep-like fairy, gaining the assistance of the Pretty Cures.

Pretty Cure, also called PreCure (プリキュア Purikyua), is a Japanese magical girl anime metaseries. The franchise has seen many anime series, as well as spawning movies, manga and video games. Each series features a group of young girls who can transform into the magical girl superheroines.

As you know most kindergarteners need to bring bento to their kindergarten, and nowadays bringing Kyaraben is quite popular in Japan. The most favorite character for Japanese little girls is PreCure. Kuru---!

Ingridients of Candy:
Ears: omlet
Pink parts: Ham
Yellow parts:
Young corn
Face: rice
Eyes and mouth: Koubu seaweed
White part of eyes: Surimi

Kyaraben Workshop

Kyaraben is een verkorte vorm van karakter bentō (een Japanse maaltijd). Het eten lijkt op populaire karakters.
Ik geef Kyaraben workshops in Utrecht en Amsterdam.
Meer informatie:
Utrecht: http://tokyodoll.web.fc2.com/workshop/index.html
Amsterdam: Roppongi http://www.roppongi.nl/

Kyaraben or charaben (キャラ弁), a shortened form of character bento (キャラクター弁当), is a style of elaborately arranged bento which features food decorated to look like characters from popular media like anime.
I teach Kyaraben in Amsterdam or Utrecht, Netherlands.
More information:
Utrecht: http://tokyodoll.web.fc2.com/workshop/index.html
Amsterdam: Roppongi http://www.roppongi.nl/

Keihan (Japanese chicken rice by pouring chicken soup)

Keihan (鶏飯: Chicken rice by pouring chicken soup) is a local dish of Kagoshima, Amami, in the south island of Japan.
It is generally cooked with chicken, and it often includes ingredients such as spring onion, egg, pickles, shiitake mushroom, citrus peel and chicken soup stock.

1. Make chicken soup with boiling chicken and shiitake.
This soup is diluted to cook rice with, and also is for the soup to pour.
2. Cook the rice by 1
3. Place the steamed rice in the rice bowl.
4. Place the boiled chicken and ingredients on 3.
5. Pour the soup to 4 when you eat.

Yakibuta Tamago Meshi (Riceball of barbecued pork with egg)

Yakibuta Tamago Meshi (焼豚玉子飯, Rice Bowl of barbecued pork with egg), is the the specialties of Imabari city, Ehime Prefecture Japan.
The sliced roast pork are placed on the top of the rice, place fried egg on it, and the roast pork gravy is poured over as a finishing touch.
It was originally a meal provided for cooks within the kitchen of the Chinese restaurant in Imabari.
This is one of a typical dish of what is called class B Gurume (B級グルメ, dishes that are delicious, inexpensive and provided in abundant amounts).
It's really tasty and is also easy to make in abroad.

Zoni (雑煮)

Zoni (雑煮) is a Japanese soup containing mochi rice cakes. The dish is associated with the Japanese New Year and its tradition of ceremonial foods.

Mochi (餅) is a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice pounded into paste and molded into the square or round shape.

The preparation of Zoni varies both by household and region. Zoni has many regional variations in Japan. My Zoni is Kanto (east Japan) style because I'm from Tokyo. In the Kanto region zoni consists of a soup which is flavoured with a stock made from dried bonito and/or kombu, and soy sauce.
Common additions to the soup include chicken or fish, vegetables such as spinach, kamaboko (Japanese fish paste), carrot and some decoration sprinkles such as Fu (麩, Japanese wheat gluten).

Dango (団子)

Dango (団子) is a Japanese sweet (Wagashi, 和菓子) made from mochiko (rice flour), related to mochi. Or Shiratamako (白玉粉) or Joushinko (上新粉). Three to four dango are often served on a skewer.
There are many different varieties of dango. The photo is Kinako dango I made. Kinako (黄粉 or きなこ) is a toasted soy flour that often used for Japanese sweets. Dango is good combination with drinking Japanese green tea.
A common Japanese proverb “Hana yori dango” (花より団子, literally, “dumplings rather than flowers”) refers to a preference for practical things rather than aesthetics. The title of manga/anime “Hana yori dango” (花より 男子, English title: Boys Over Flowers)" is referred from this Japanese proverb.

To make Kinako dango:
Mix together the Shiratamako and the water and until it forms a soft dough.
Divide the dough into small pieces.
Make each piece into a little ball(dango).
Prepare boiling water in a pan.
Add small balls in a boiling water until floating.
Sting boiled Dango balls on skewers.
Cover Dango with Kinako and sugar.

Miffy Kyaraben (Nijntje Kyaraben)

Ik maakte Nijntje Kyaraben. Nijntje is erg populair in Japan.
In Nederland, is Nijntje speciaal voor kinderen.
Maar in Japan, houden veel Japanse volwassenen van Nijntje.

Ik geef Kyaraben workshops in Utrecht en Amsterdam.
Als u dergelijke maaltijden wilt leren maken, kunt u een afspraak maken via,

Utrecht, Tokyo Doll : http://tokyodoll.web.fc2.com/
Amsterdam, Roppongi: http://www.roppongi.nl/

Over bento and Kyaraben: (wikipedia)
Bentō is een maaltijd die veel voorkomt in Japan. Veel mensen maken ze thuis, en nemen ze mee naar school/werk. Een traditionele bentō bestaat meestal uit rijst, vis/vlees en groenten. Kyaraben of charaben, is een verkorte vorm van karakter bentō. Het eten lijkt op mensen, populaire tv-karakters (Pokémon bijvoorbeeld), dieren en planten.

I made miffy kyaraben. miffy is very popular in Japan.
Many adults likes Miffy very much.
In the Netherlands, Miffy is special for children.
But in Japan, many Japanese adults love Miffy very much.

I give Kyaraben workshops in Utrecht and Amsterdam.
If you want to learn this kind of Japanese dish, please make reservation to

Utrecht, Tokyodoll: http://tokyodoll.web.fc2.com/
Amsterdam, Roppongi: http://www.roppongi.nl/