Japanese School Lunches - kyuushoku 給食

Monday March 5, 2012

2012-03-04T23:29:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Curry with potatoes, carrots, peas and onions.
Pork chop katsu breaded with panko bread crumbs.
Edamame bean salad with carrots and seaweed.

Friday March 2, 2012

2012-03-01T20:00:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Creamy vegetable soup with bacon, chicken, peas, carrots, onions, cabbage and potato.
Pumpkin bread.
Cabbage salad with cucumbers, carrot and baby smelt.

Thursday March 1, 2012

2012-02-29T20:39:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Steamed rice cooked in vegetable broth with carrots, bamboo shoots, pea pods, onion, egg, and shitake mushrooms.
Vegetable soup in dashi broth with tofu, seaweed, scallions, carrot and inoki mushrooms.
Cabbage salad with bean sprouts, carrots, and cucumber in a peanut-vinegar dressing.
Hina-matsuri nut snack.

The Japanese Doll Festival 雛祭り Hina-matsuri, or Girls' Day, is held on March 3. Platforms covered with a red carpet are used to display a set of ornamental dolls 雛人形 hina-ningyō representing the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period.

Wednesday February 29, 2012

2012-02-28T20:29:00.000-08:00

Milk with coffee and cocoa powder.
Udon noodle soup with pork, chicken, carrot, onion, cabbage, and daikon.
Rice flour bread roll.
Spinach salad with apple, broccoli and mayonnaise.

Tuesday February 28, 2012

2012-02-27T19:59:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Vegetable curry with minced beef, onion, green peas, carrots, lotus root, soybeans and potato.
Cabbage salad with carrots, cucumbers, bean sprouts and pickled bamboo.

Monday February 27, 2012

2012-02-26T20:45:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Baked mackarel marinated in soy sauce and vinegar.
Miso soup with tofu, carrot, daikon, onion, pork, gobo root and shitake mushrooms.
Cabbage salad with carrot, cucumber, and pickled bamboo shoots.

Friday February 24, 2012

2012-02-23T20:14:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Miso soup with ramen noodles, pork, squid, mushrooms, cabbage, fish cake, and carrot.
Vanilla custard with bananas and canned peaches.
Sliced white bread.

Thursday February 23, 2012

2012-02-22T17:21:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Macaroni pasta soup in tomato base with cabbage, bacon, carrot, onion, and potato.
Agi pan - Rice flour bread, lightly deep fried and dusted with powdered sugar and soy bean.

Wednesday February 22, 2012

2012-02-21T17:17:00.001-08:00

Milk with coffee and cocoa powder.
Macaroni pasta in cream sauce with carrot, ham, onion, potatoes, and mushrooms.
Iceberg lettuce salad with carrot, squid and cucumber in light oil and vinegar.
Sliced wheat bread.

Tuesday February 21, 2012

2012-02-20T18:20:00.000-08:00

Milk with coffee and cocoa drink powder.
Spaghetti with mussels, clams, inoki mushrooms, carrots, and onions in light cream sauce.
Carrot salad with corn, tuna, tomato, and iceberg lettuce.
Rice flour bread roll.

Monday February 20, 2012

2012-02-19T18:15:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Pork and beef hamburg steak with inoki mushrooms in demi glaze sauce.
Two cherry tomatoes.
Miso soup with daikon, carrot, rice noodles, seaweed and onion.

Friday February 17, 2012

2012-02-16T13:00:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Macaroni in cream sauce with mushrooms, onions, carrot, an bacon.
Iceberg lettuce salad with cucumber, cabbage, pineapple, and ham.
Sliced wheat bread.

Thursday February 16, 2012

2012-02-15T23:52:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Kim chi fried rice served with shrimp har gao.
Vegetable soup with inoki mushrooms, carrots, onion, seaweed, bean sprouts, and tofu.
Spinach salad with carrot, bean sprouts, cucumber, daikon, and sesame seed dressing.

Wednesday February 15, 2012

2012-02-14T21:49:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Sukiyaki: Rice noodles served with thin sliced beef, carrot, cabbage, onion, and mushrooms in a sweetened soy sauce.
Cabbage salad with cucumber, carrot, kelp, bean sprouts and squid in sesame ginger dressing.

Tuesday February 14, 2012

2012-02-13T21:45:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Marinated soy and vinegar mackeral and deep fried.
Cabbage salad with spinach, bean sprouts, carrots, kelp, and crushed peanuts with sesame dressing.
Dashi base egg flower soup with carrot, shitake mushroom, onion, seaweed and daikon.

Monday February 13, 2012

2012-02-12T21:42:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Vegetable soup with quail eggs, pork, napa cabbage, onion, fish cake, carrot, inoki mushroom and squid.
Sliced white bread.
Mashed sweet potato with baked apples.

Friday February 10, 2012

2012-02-09T21:37:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Tuna salad with carrot, mayonnaise, cucumber, and celery.
Sugar sweetened omelet slice.
Fried shrimp crusted with panko.
Nori sheet.
Miso soup with tofu, carrot, onion, kelp, and fried tofu.

Thursday February 9, 2012

2012-02-08T16:09:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Vegetable soup with miso broth, chicken, pork, potato, chickpeas, carrot, onion, spinach, celery and cabbage.
Iceberg lettuce salad with shredded carrot, cucumber, cashews, and squid.
Rice flour bread roll.
Sugar coated soybean dessert.

Wednesday February 8, 2012

2012-02-07T16:00:00.000-08:00

Milk with mocha coffee powder.
Spaghetti with inoki mushrooms, mussels, onion, spinach and bacon.
Julienne carrot salad with lettuce, corn, celery and cucumber in light vinegar dressing.
Rice flour bread roll.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

2012-02-06T20:07:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Deep fried mackeral marinated in vinegar and sugar.
Cabbage salad with bean sproutsm spinach, carrots, cucumber in sesame dressing.
Vegetable stock soup with chicken, pork, egg, carrot, seaweed and onion.

Monday, February 6, 2012

2012-02-05T22:51:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Paella rice: steamed rice cooked in chicken broth with carrot, squid, baby shrimp, onion, and mushrooms.
Cabbage soup in vegetable broth with carrot, bacon, onion, potato, and sweet potato.
Cucumber and pumpkin salad with ham, mayonnaise and carrot.
Strawberry yogurt dessert.

Monday, October 24, 2011

2011-10-24T19:16:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Rice flour bread roll.
Spaghetti salad served with ham, tuna, cucumber, carrot, and cooked onion.
Yogurt served with mixed fruit: bananas, peaches, oranges, and pineapple.
Slivered alond and baby fish snack.

Friday, October 21, 2011

2011-10-21T19:12:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Steamed rice with edamame and minced pickled plums.
Flat rice noodles with sweet red bean paste served with stewed potato, carrots, shredded chicken, onion and celery.
Tofu soup with dashi stock, carrots, shitake mushrooms, onions, carrots, kelp, and cabbage.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

2011-10-20T00:20:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Pork curry with potato, carrot, onion and peas served with a hard boiled egg.
Steamed white rice.
Cabbage salad with cucumber, oranges, carrtos, and pineapple.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

2011-10-19T00:15:00.000-07:00

Potato croquette filled with minced whale, chopped onions and carrots.
Minestrone soup with white beans, cabbage, carrot, onion, bacon in tomato base.
Cabbage salad with shredded carrots and sliced cucumbers.
Bread roll served with warm bowl of powdered milk.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

2011-10-18T00:16:00.000-07:00

Milk and rice flour bread bun.
Brown sugar dusted peanuts.
Chili con carne with peas, carrots, minced beef, tomato and beans served with yakisoba noodles.
Cabbage salad with daikon, cucumber, onion, and apples.

Monday, October 17, 2011

2011-10-17T00:19:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice served with nori.
Miso soup with fried tofu, kelp, carrot, daikon, chicken, and onion.
Pickled and steamed salmon served with pickled daikon and pickled plum.

Wednesday December 22, 2010

2010-12-21T20:52:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Soft boiled egg.
Beef curry with potatoes, carrot, onion and pickled daikon.
Cabbage salad, cucumber, almonds, onion and mandarin oranges.

Tuesday December 21, 2010

2010-12-20T20:49:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Grilled salmon with light soy marinade.
Steamed white rice.
Miso soup with tofu, kelp, onion, cabbage, carrot, and chicken.
Nori (seaweed paper.)

Monday December 20, 2010

2010-12-19T20:47:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Chili con carne with ground beef, carrots, tomatoes, onions and green peas.
Rice noodles.
Iceberg lettuce salad with apples, pineapple, cucumber with lemon vinaigrette.
Peanuts with ground sesame.
Rice flour bread roll.

Friday December 17, 2010

2010-12-16T14:01:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Bread roll and strawberry jam.
Seafood soup with shrimp, carrot, spaghetti and kelp.
Fried liver with fried sweet potato.
Pear slice.

Thursday December 16, 2010

2010-12-15T13:58:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Bread roll and strawberry jam.
Seafood soup with shrimp, carrot, spaghetti and kelp.
Fried liver with fried sweet potato.
Pear slice.

Wednesday December 15, 2010

2010-12-14T13:50:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Bread roll and strawberry jam.
Seafood soup with shrimp, carrot, spaghetti and kelp.
Fried liver with fried sweet potato.
Pear slice.

Tuesday December 14, 2010

2010-12-13T13:25:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Natto!
Steamed rice.
Cucumber, carrot, kelp, bean sprout salad.
Squid stew with potato, carrot, green beans.

Monday December 13, 2010

2010-12-12T13:22:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Mackerel braised in soy sauce.
Cabbage, bean sprout, carrot, cucumber salad.
Fried rice with pea pod, egg and onions.

Friday December 10, 2010

2010-12-09T13:16:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Apple jello.
Salad with white fish, cucumber, cabbage, onion in rice vinegar dressing.
Bread roll.
Spaghetti noodles with mushrooms, pork and ham.

Thursday December 9, 2010

2010-12-08T13:13:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Bread roll.
Yakisoba noodles with fungus, chicken and pork.
Salad with cucumber, carrot, potato, mayo, and onion.
Cookie.
Apple wedge.

Wednesday December 8, 2010

2010-12-07T13:02:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Tangerine.
White bread.
Spaghetti soup with cabbage, pork, onion, chicken and tofu.
Mixed fruit with vanilla pudding,

Tuesday December 7, 2010

2010-12-06T12:55:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Nabe soup: potato, miso broth, carrot, mushroom, tofu, chicken.
Daikon salad with bean sprouts, kelp in a soy dressing.
White rice with soy braised salmon.

Monday December 6, 2010

2010-12-05T12:47:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Tangerine.
Steamed white rice.
Miso soup with cabbage, kelp, carrot, onion, ham and bean sprouts.
Tofu, onion, peppers in a tomato sauce.

Friday December 3, 2010

2010-12-02T12:44:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Fried rice with pork, chicken, egg, and onion.
Croquette: panko breaded lotus root stuffed with ground chicken.
Vegetable soup with carrot, daikon, onion, potato and dango.
Tangerine orange.

Thursday December 2, 2010

2010-12-01T12:37:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Spaghetti in cream sauce with carrot, ham, onion and green peas.
Broccoli salad with soy beans, ham and mayonnaise.
Rice flour bread roll served with blueberry jam.

Wednesday December 1, 2010

2010-11-30T12:33:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Bread roll.
Cabbage, cucumber, carrot salad with vinegar based dressing.
Miso soup with seaweed, carrot, potato, chicken, ham, and tofu.
Fried fish with tomato salsa.
Jelly orange fruit cup.

Tuesday November 30, 2010

2010-11-29T23:01:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Spaghetti in cream sauce with bacon, corn, carrot, onion and spinach.
Cucumber, cabbage, carrot and cashew salad.
Rice flour bread roll with apple chunks.

Monday November 29, 2010

2010-11-28T22:56:00.000-08:00

Milk with chocolate coffee powder.
Steamed white rice.
Nori snack.
Ground pork stew with carrots, potato, green beans, onions, tofu and sweet potato.
Bean sprout, spinach, cucumber, and peanut salad.

Friday November 26, 2010

2010-11-25T22:53:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Miso soup with quail eggs, mushrooms, fish cake, carrots, daikon, onion and tofu.
Mashed sweet potato and apple with butter.
Rice flour bread roll with panda shaped white cheese.

Thursday November 25, 2010

2010-11-24T23:25:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Miso soup with mushrooms, carrots, onions, seaweed and chicken.
Omurice, egg with chicken fried rice with carrots, peas, and onions served with ketchup.

Omurice, sometimes spelled "omu-rice" (オムライス, Omu-raisu), is a contemporary Japanese dish consisting of an omelette made with fried rice. Its name is a wasei-eigo of the words "omelette" and "rice".

Cucumber, cabbage, bean sprout carrots.

Learn to make Omurice at home!

Wednesday November 24, 2010

2010-11-23T22:58:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Vegetable and seafood stew with carrots, tomato base, potatoes, onions, mushrooms, squid and octopus.
Rice flour bread roll with chocolate spread.
Mashed potatoes with onions, ham and corn.

Monday November 22, 2010

2010-11-21T22:48:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice with dried smelt marinated in mirin, sugar and sesame seeds.
Mirin (味醂 or みりん) is an essential condiment used in Japanese cuisine, consisting of 40%–50% sugar.
Sukiyaki with beef, tofu, carrot, scallions, cabbage and rice noodles.
Pickled daikon, carrot, and cucumber.

Friday November 19, 2010

2010-11-18T22:46:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Rice fettuccine soup with chicken broth, carrots, chives, spinach, shrimp, and onion.
Fried chicken and sweet potato.
Rice flour bread roll.
Mikan orange.

Thursday November 18, 2010

2010-11-17T22:39:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Ground beef curry with tofu, carrots, peppers and tomato.
Spinach, cucumber, carrot, bean sprout and peanut salad.
Soy sauce.

Wednesday November 17, 2010

2010-11-16T22:43:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Miso soup with daikon, carrot, mushrooms, chicken and potatoes.
Soy marinated and steamed salmon.
Cucumber, bean sprout, cabbage, and carrot salad.

Tuesday November 16, 2010

2010-11-15T18:12:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Miso soup with dumplings, mushrooms, carrots, onions, daikon, scallions and chicken.
Rice flour bread roll.
Sweet baked red beans.
Mikan.
In Japan, it is known as mikan or formally unshu mikan (Japanese: 温州蜜柑, unshū mikan). In China, it is known as Wenzhou migan (Chinese: 温州蜜柑; pinyin: Wēnzhōu Mìgān).

Monday November 15, 2010

2010-11-14T18:10:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Fried rice with ham, onion and pickled daikon.
Miso soup with carrots, daikon, dango, celery, fish cake and quail eggs.
Potato and cheese croquette.
Japanese tangerine.

Friday November 12, 2010

2010-11-11T18:07:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Rice flour bread roll.
Spaghetti with bacon, carrot, onion and mushrooms in light tomato sauce.
Cucumber, lettuce, ham, carrot salad with mayonnaise.
Red apple wedge.

Thursday November 11, 2010

2010-11-10T18:03:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Natto.
Cabbage, carrot, cucumber, bean sprout salad with crushed peanut dressing.
Steamed white rice.
Nabe with potato, quail eggs, tofu, fish cake, and chicken.
Nabemono (鍋物, なべ物, nabe cooking pot + mono things, stuff, kinds) or simply called nabe, is a term referring to all varieties of Japanese steamboat dishes, also known as one pot dishes.

Wednesday November 10, 2010

2010-11-09T18:02:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Fried chicken liver and sweet potato with black sesame seeds.
Miso sop with quail eggs, cabbage, carrot, bamboo shoots and fish cake.
Sliced egg bread.
Yogurt cup.

Tuesday November 9, 2010

2010-11-08T17:59:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Pork curry with carrots, potatoes, peas and onions served with pickled radish.
Lettuce, cucumber, carrot, kelp salad with bean noodles.

Monday November 8, 2010

2010-11-07T17:56:00.000-08:00

Milk.
Steamed broccoli.
Panko crusted, deep fried fish filet.
Egg salad with cucumber, onions, celery and mayonnaise.
Vegetable soup with cabbage, ham, corn, onion, and mushroom in chicken broth.
Sliced wheat bread with grape jam.

Wednesday November 17, 2010

2010-11-06T22:36:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Sweet and sour pork with onion, bell pepper, and potato.
Rice flour bread roll.
Banana pudding peaches.

Friday November 5, 2010

2010-11-04T17:54:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Egg, chive and fish cake.
Miso soup with tofu, carrot, daikon, onion, seaweed, and kelp.
Cucumber, fungus,ham, carrot and cabbage salad.

Thursday November 4, 2010

2010-11-03T17:51:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Tamago, sweet egg omelet.
Fried rice with ham, peas, carrots and onions.
Dashi soup with fish cake, carrots, bean sprouts, tofu and seaweed.
Cucumber, cabbage, ham and lettuce salad with mayonnaisse.

Tuesday November 2, 2010

2010-11-01T18:46:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Grilled calamari steak.
Steamed white rice with pickled plus and peas.
Dashi soup with tofu, carrot, inoki mushrooms and onions.
Cabbage, cucumber, carrot and onion salad.

Monday November 1, 2010

2010-10-30T18:43:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Fettucine with light tomato sauce and broccoli, carrot, tomato, inoki mushrooms, and octopus.
Cucumber, carrot, macaroni, and daikon salad with mayonnaise.
Rice flour bread roll with peanut spread.

Friday October 29, 2010

2010-10-28T18:40:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Fried rice with peas, bacon, carrot, onion and egg.
Deep fried pork gyoza.
Egg flower soup with seaweed, carrot, onion, shitake mushrooms, and kelp.
Cucumber, shredded daikon, carrot, onion and bean sprout salad.

Thursday October 28, 2010

2010-10-27T18:37:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Soy and garlic marinated braised salmon.
Cucumber, carrot, bean sprout, kelp and bean sprout salad.
Steamed white rice.
Miso soup with daikon, carrot, scallions, potato and ham.

Wednesday October 27, 2010

2010-10-26T18:28:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Panko breaded fish filet.
Cabbage, cucumber, carrot, pineapple and cheese salad.
Miso soup with sausage, carrot, onion, potato and white kidney beans.
Rice flour bread roll.

Tuesday October 26, 2010

2010-10-25T22:43:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Cabbage, carrot, cucumber, bean sprout salad.
Steamed rice cooked in chicken broth with carrots and onions.
Breaded and deep fried sardines.
Dashi soup with fish cake, seaweed, mushrooms and onions.
Dashi 出汁, だし is a class of soup and cooking stocks considered fundamental to Japanese cooking.

Monday October 25, 2010

2010-10-24T22:40:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Potato and cream soup with chicken, shrimp, squid, carrot, onions and mushrooms.
Cucumber, corn and carrot salad.
Rice flour bread roll.
Toasted almonds with dry smelt.

Friday October 22, 2010

2010-10-21T22:37:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice with soy paste pack.
Stir fried tofu with with mushrooms, scallions, carrots and bean sprouts.
Cabbage, cucumber, carrot, bean sprout salad with crushed peanuts.

Thursday October 21, 2010

2010-10-20T22:32:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice with edamame and chestnuts.
Broiled mackerel marinated in soy sauce and garlic.
Cabbage, spinach, carrot, bean sprout and onion salad.
Miso soup with tofu, seaweed, carrots and onions.

Wednesday October 20, 2010

2010-10-19T22:58:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Miso soup with tofu, daikon, onion, carrot, seaweed and scallions.
Pork tonkatsu cutlet.
Tonkatsu 豚カツ, とんかつ, or トンカツ, pork cutlet was invented in the late 19th century of Japan.
Spinach, red bell pepper, carrot, bean sprout and onion salad.

Tuesday October 19, 2010

2010-10-18T22:54:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Squid stew in tomato sauce with green beans, carrots, potatoes, and onions.
Cucumber and carrot salad with ham and scrambled egg.
Natto.
Nattō (なっとう or 納豆) is a traditional Japanese food made from soybeans fermented with Bacillus subtilis.

Monday October 18, 2010

2010-10-17T22:50:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Chicken and bacon stew with peas, carrots, potatoes, and onions.
Cabbage salad with corn, cucumber, ham, mayonnaise, and cheese crumbles.
Rice flour roll.
Persimmon wedge.

Friday October 15, 2010

2010-10-14T22:45:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Nori.
Steamed white rice.
Japanese curry with quail eggs, potatoes, green bell pepper, onion, pork, carrots, daikon, tofu, chicken, and gobō 牛蒡 or ゴボウ. (Burdock root)
Cabbage, spinach, onion and bean sprout salad with crushed toasted peanuts.

Thursday October 14, 2010

2010-10-13T22:39:00.000-07:00

Milk.

Miso soup with daikon, carrot, celery, scallion, ham and dango.
Dango 団子 is a Japanese dumpling made from rice flour, related to mochi.
Steamed rice with roasted chestnuts.
Crab and potato croquettes.
Tangerine orange.

Wednesday October 13, 2010 Agipan!

2010-10-12T21:39:00.001-07:00

Milk.
Edamame salad with cucumber, cabbage, red bell pepper, corn and vinegar dressing.
Udon soup with tofu, carrot, chicken, kelp, pepper, and onion.
Agipan. (Fried bread with cinnamon and brown sugar)

Tuesday October 12, 2010

2010-10-11T23:11:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Broiled chicken breast marinated in soy sauce.
Dashi soup with tofu, fish cake, smelt and carrot.
Fried rice with peas, carrots, onions, pickled smelt, mushrooms, and tofu.
Cucumber, cabbage, bean sprout and carrot salad.

Friday October 8, 2010

2010-10-06T22:11:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Fried chicken liver with potatoes, red bell pepper and toasted peanuts.
Vegetable soup with ham, celery, onion, carrot, cabbage, garlic and bean sprouts.
Cucumber, cabbage, and kelp salad with rice noodles and ham.
Rice flour bread roll with grape jam.

Thursday October 7, 2010

2010-10-06T22:05:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Curry with quail eggs, carrots, potatoes, shitake mushrooms, and onion.
Cabbage, cucumber, carrot, pineapple, and onion salad.
Prunes.

Wednesday October 6, 2010 You Can Take the Boy Out from Bento but You Can't Take Bento Out of the Boy

2010-10-05T17:41:00.000-07:00

Today is school wide Art Day. No need for my English skills but it also means no kyuushoku.

Fret not! Instead of Japanese school lunch, I made myself a German brunch.

Ceylon tea with maple syrup and lemon.
Homemade yogurt with dried cranberries, frozen blueberries, and flax meal.
Conbini cheese bread sticks, boiled egg, gouda, soft salami, picles, German mustard and mayonnaisse.

Tuesday October 5, 2010

2010-10-04T12:39:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Steamed rice with pickled shiso and umeboshi 梅干; literally "dried ume."
Vegetable stew with white beans, carrots, ham, chicken, onion, celery, potatoes, and konnyaku (糸蒟蒻).
Spinach, cucumber, kelp and cabbage salad with carrots.

Konnyaku jelly is called "konjac tofu" (魔芋豆腐 moyu doufu)

Monday October 4, 2010

2010-10-03T22:02:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Miso soup with tofu carrots, onions, and scallions.
Vinegar marinated mackerel.
Glass noodle salad with scrambled egg, ham, cucumber, onion, carrot and cabbage.

Friday October 1, 2010

2010-09-30T22:01:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Rice flour bread roll.
Spaghetti with meat sauce, mushrooms, onions, peas and carrots.
Pineapple, cucumber and cabbage salad.
Honey roasted peanuts.

Thursday September 30, 2010

2010-09-29T19:56:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Fried rice with edamame, carrots, onions, mushrooms and ham.
Sweet egg omelet.
Cabbage salad with cucumber, onion, bean sprouts, and tuna with mayo.
Fish ball soup with inoki mushrroms, carrots, cabbage, onion in chicken broth.

Wednesday September 29, 2010

2010-09-28T21:54:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Pepper steak stir fry with onions, red bell pepper and shitake mushrooms.
Vegetable soup with carrots. tofu, cabbage, onion, and shitake mushrooms with miso broth.

Tuesday September 28, 2010

2010-09-27T13:47:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Bread roll.
Cream soup with potatoes, carrots, edamame, onions, mushrooms, pork and squid.
Tuna salad with cucumber, cabbage, carrot, scallions, and mayonnaise.
Fruit jelly cup with mandarin orange.

Monday September 27, 2010

2010-09-26T12:22:00.000-07:00

This lunch goes out to Shannon.
She likes the horizontal view better so I am bringing it back today.

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Beef stir fry with bean sprounts, carrots, cabbage, onion, spinach and mushrooms.
Egg flower soup with kelp, ham, squid. and fish cake.

Friday September 24, 2010

2010-09-23T16:23:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Dry and pickled smelt with mushroom fungus.
Stew with peas, potatoes and ground beef and pork.
Cabbage, kelp, cucumber, bean sprouts and ham salad.

Wednesday September 22, 2010

2010-09-21T14:18:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice with pickled plums.
Miso soup with tofu, mushrooms, bean sprouts, onions, and daikon.
Salmon marinated in soy served with cabbage, carrot, onion, and cucumber salad with vinegar dressing.

Tuesday September 21, 2010

2010-09-20T22:39:00.001-07:00

Milk.
Rice flour bread roll.
Panko breaded, deep fried salmon.
Cucumber, carrot, cabbage, onion and peanut salad.
Miso soup with fish cake, shitake mushrooms, onions, cabbage, bean sprouts and carrots.

Monday September 20, 2010

2010-09-19T20:32:00.000-07:00

No School Lunches Today 'Cause There Ain't No School!
It's Senior Day in Japan.
So, to celebrate with my favorite septo and octogenerians, I decided to go all the way to Fukuoka to get some American style burgers at L.A. Diner in Canal City.

They are open until 11pm every night. The burgers have the right heft and size of an American burger. Cheeseburger with a Pepsi and fries or onion rings will set you back about 1000 yen or about $12.00. They have great onion rings, the BLT is delicious, and serve milkshakes too.

Friday September 10, 2010

2010-09-09T21:21:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Fried and breaded sardines.
Cabbage, cucumber, carrot, bean sprout salad with ham.
Egg flower soup with chicken, carrot, onion and ham.

Thursday September 9, 2010

2010-09-08T21:37:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Seafood curry with potato, carrot, onion, shrimp, squid, and octopus.
Cucumber, cabbage, radicchio, and onion salad.

Wednesday September 8, 2010

2010-09-07T21:31:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Rice flour bread roll.
Chicken liver with fried sweet potato slices.
Grapes.
Rice noodles with stir fried celery, cabbage, shitake mushroom and squid.

Tuesday September 7, 2010

2010-09-06T21:26:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Egg flower soup with spinach, seaweed, bacon, onion and carrot.
Beef stir fry with onion, carrot, bean sprouts, and yakisoba noodles.

Monday September 6, 2010

2010-09-05T21:28:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Seafood curry with squid, shrimp, eggplant, potato, carrot and onion.
Cucumber, seaweed, kelp, and onion salad.

Friday September 3, 2010

2010-09-02T21:11:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Steamed white rice.
Salmon marinated with soy sauce and sugar.
Cabbage, carrot and cucumber salad with peanut dressing.
Vegetable soup with tofu, carrot, mushrooms, okra, onion, and konnyaku.

Thursday September 2, 2010

2010-09-01T21:26:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Fried pork gyoza.
Rice flour bread roll.
Yakisoba noodles with beef, carrot, shitake mushrooms, cabbage, onion in beef sauce.
Asian pear wedge.

Wednesday September 1, 2010

2010-08-31T16:59:00.000-07:00

Milk.
Sliced white bread.
Cabbage, cucumber, and pineapple salad.
Chili con carne with white beans.
Glass noodle soup with pork, cabbage, seaweed, shitake mushrooms, onion, and carrot.