Some weren’t specially keen on the idea of Japanese food, others were very excited! We ended up with a lovely meal, with some tastes that suited palates more than others…. We missed Tracey, but were delighted that Karen arrived in time for the pudding.

Starter

Janet – Furikkaki devilled eggs

From BBC good food. Janet described this as very easy and quick, she boiled the eggs, mixed the yolk with kewpie mayo, sesame oil, wasabi. She made the spring onions curly by putting them into ice cold water and then drying them. The white had furikkaki seasoning which made Janet retch….The eggs were spicy and really tasty.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/furikake-devilled-eggs

Mains

Julie – Chicken yaki udon

Julie used precooked udon noodles. Then she added soy, mirin, chicken, dashi, cabbage and shiitake mushrooms. She made it all at Sue’s, it took very little time and was very tasty.

https://www.thespruceeats.com/chicken-yaki-udon-recipe-8574974

Sue – Teriyaki chicken

This also used mirin, and added sake, ginger, garlic and sesame seeds. She makes this regularly and we could see why.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/how_to_make_chicken_71312

Sides

Justine

Udon noodles made another appearance, this time with, pak choi, stir fried with garlic and sliced ginger.

Jane – seaweed salad

This very much divided the room! The seaweed was soaked in water before cooking it in the combination of dashi, soy, sesame oil etc. it was then combined with various veg including soya beans for protein. Some loved it, some took a tiny portion to be polite….

https://sudachirecipes.com/hijiki-salad/#wprm-recipe-container-22740

Dessert

Debrah – Matcha ice cream and matcha biscuits

The picture beautifully describes Debrah and Janet’s reaction to this. But others found it strangely moreish despite the weirdness of the matcha taste.

https://www.wandercooks.com/matcha-ice-cream/

https://www.wandercooks.com/matcha-cookies/