Immersed in the World
The morning after the indulgent dinner, we soaked one more time in the hot springs baths and met up again with Bill and Masami for breakfast.
After days of sampling countless exotic Japanese offerings, Brian and I didn’t pass up the offer of an American style breakfast.
They started us off with an onion topped salad.
And moved on to assorted breads, scrambled eggs, bacon [...]
When Brian and I were in Tokyo, we snuck away with our business partner, Bill, and his partner Masami, to an onsen.
An onsen is a Japanese inn and hot spring. The volcanic archipelago of islands that make up Japan are covered in naturally occurring hot springs and onsens are popular among the Japanese. They vary from simple to luxurious in accommodation.
We visited Sekiyou, an [...]
The prep work and the dashi were finished so the chef instructor at the cooking school in Tokyo moved on to the main courses.
First up was Braised Meat and Vegetables, Japan’s take on beef stew, which used dashi for the broth.
We moved into the kitchen to start the teriyaki chicken stuffed with asparagus, which reminded me not to complain about the [...]
Besides eating our way through Japan, Brian thought it would be cool to cook alongside a Japanese chef to learn some local techniques. Bill, our restaurant partner in Tokyo, found this sweet cooking school, and he came along to translate. I got to come along to admire the handiwork (another bonus of having a chef for a husband!).
They started out [...]
