Oikawa in Nihonbashi, Enjoy Kyoto style Kaiseki course

Chef Oikawa served gorgeous meals from his small kitchen

I took a Kaiseki, traditional meal course style, Japanese cooking class which is offered by a sake brewery company in early spring. I really enjoyed the class because the chef showed us the cooking techniques generously with a lot of humor.

Generally, Japanese chefs don't talk that much to the guests, chefs are more like reticently.

However, chef oilawa enjoys to communicate people to explain the seasonal ingredients, seasonings and how to cook them.

After I took his cooking class, I decided to visit his restaurant in near future.

I made a reservation for counter seats and looking forward to meet him again in his restaurant.

I visited with my friends for lunch time. The cozy restaurant is in a small alley, and I got lost on the way to the place. My friends went straight to there.

Each dishes are wonderful as I expected. The plates, potteries are fabulous.

There is something nice food in a fish pottery

There is sashimi salad in the fish

There are many tricks in his meal course. That was very impressive and I would say the meal course is not only enjoy delicious food, but also wonderful food experience.

The restaurant takes reservations for non-Japanese visitors. Hope you enjoy the food and the presentation.

OIkawa, Nihonbashi

https://pocket-concierge.jp/en/restaurants/243634

Hello! Everyday Japanese Recipes.

If you like Japanese food, but seems difficult to cook, the Everyday Japanese Recipes help you to cook easier than you thought.

The Everyday Japanese Recipes lower the bar to cook Japanese food, which you may like those dishes in Japanese restaurant nearby.

Since I've lived in the U.S for 10 years, because of my husband work relocation, I tried to cook Japanese home cooking with local ingredients. As long as there is Asian market around your place, you can start to cook those dishes.

I've been teaching Japanese cooking people from over the world, and I give ingredients substitution for people who are not familiar with the ingredients in the recipes. Most of the ingredients can be found in Asian market, or you can find something similar ingredients in your local grocery store.

If you have those four seasonings, you can start cooking Japanese food.

If you have those four seasonings, you can start cooking Japanese food. Teriyaki-sauce is the most useful and easy convention.

1. Soy sauce

2. Miso

3. Sake

4. Mirin

However, Mirin can be substituted to Honey.

Additionally universal ingredients believe you have in your kitchen.

5. Vinegar

6.Sugar

7.Salt

For instance, Teriyaki sauce is easy and useful sauce compound of soy sauce, sake, sugar and mirin. Premade teriyaki sauce in a store shelf is sweet and sometime added MSG in the liquid.

I recommend to make Teriyaki sauce at home with those ingredients, and cook with fillet of salmon or chicken. You will

find it easy and delicious than you thought.

Then try other recipes and you may find Japanese cooking is easier than you thought!

Enjoy Japanese Cooking!

Cherry blossoms are still there!

I went to see cherry blossoms in Shinjuku gyoen, national garden in Tokyo. There are 65 kinds of cherry and 1100 trees of cherry blossoms in the garden. The park consist of various area, such as Japanese landscape garden, French landscape garden and English landscape garden in 144 acres in size.

It's been chilly and crowded temperature past few days, and finally the sun comes up! People enjoy beautiful season and spend under the trees.

Teahouse

There are two teahouse in Japanese garden. One of the house runs for serving certain way of green tea with little sweets. Sometime people in my cooking class asks where visitor can experience tea ceremony, and I always ask them to come this house in the garden. It is rare and precious experience to taste tea in such a beautiful house in the garden.

Most beautiful sakura week in this year.