Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Kyu-shoku (Japanese for "School Lunch")


This is what I had for lunch today. It's a "donburi" which is Japanese for "rice bowl." This kind of rice bowl is called a "Hanjuku-don" because it's been stolen from the Koreans and then modified and enhanced by the Japanese (like so many things here).

It's rice, then stir fried beef (spicy), and then a poached egg on top. When you get the bowl, you poke the egg with your chopstick, releasing all of the runny yolk onto your rice and beef, and then you stir vigorously with your chopsticks while smacking your lips loudly. That's pink pickled ginger there in the corner (gross, I know, I threw it out).

It's quite yummy. I am trying a new o-bento (lunch box) every day for the month of February. More to come.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow! That looks really tasty!! Please post more about what you are eating for lunch everyday, that is SOOO interesting.

I think it's slightly better than watching paint peel!

For god sakes write about something we give a shit about, dude!