今日、なに食べた？

Had Gyudon today~☺︎ It had beef slices, onions, shiitake mushrooms, and maitake mushrooms 🙌 Seasoning was simple: soy sauce, mentsuyu, mirin, cooking sake, and sesame oil. I skimmed the scum off the beef slices and simmered it on low heat, but I got hungry midway so I shortened the simmering time (lol). My soft-boiled egg attempt failed and it turned into a regular hard-boiled egg, but it was deliciousദി ᷇ᵕ ᷆ )

I just got over being sick and my throat still hurts, so I decided on udon and chawanmushi (savory egg custard) 😊

For lunch, I had a fried chicken wrap and, though not pictured, a miso soup with clams. For dessert, it was a maple leaf-shaped bun with chestnut paste. The fried chicken had a pretty strong garlic flavor and was quite rich. The maple leaf bun's dough was fluffier than I expected, and the chestnut paste was soft.

I tried making tsukemen with somen for lunch~ The dipping broth was made with chicken and mushrooms (shimeji, maitake, eringi, hiratake)! Here's a rough guide on how to make the dipping broth. First, cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces. Place the cut chicken in a microwave steamer and cook for about four minutes. After cooking, remove the steamer and add the mushrooms (50 grams each of shimeji, maitake, eringi, and hiratake). Add 250ml of water, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of vinegar, 1 tablespoon of cooking sake, and 1 teaspoon of Japanese-style granules, and simmer for about 5 minutes. Once simmered, remove the steamer and plate it. Next, boil water to cook the somen noodles, pour the boiling water into a pot, add the somen, and loosen them. After loosening, boil the somen for about 3 minutes, then rinse and cool them in cold water. Once cooled, plate the somen noodles, and it's done! I was shocked that I didn't have any mentsuyu, but I'm glad I could quickly substitute it with granules 😊 This was my first time trying somen as tsukemen, and it was delicious 😋

I had leftover tomato sauce from last night's meatball stew, so I made penne with it. I added plenty of basil from my garden. Dessert and sun plums. It was delicious!

My new semester started today and I was a bit tired, so I looked for something I could eat right after getting home~ and had a UFO cup yakisoba👍 It's my favorite cup yakisoba! The noodles are chewy

I tried the small, thick cream cheese shokupan I'd been curious about. The bread itself was chewier than I expected. It wasn't as packed with cream cheese as the red bean paste version in the same series, but it had a nice, balanced cream cheese flavor and was delicious. It's tasty just toasted without anything on it, so I really appreciate this series♡

The ramen here is delicious, so I go often🍜

Today's lunch was a tuna sandwich from my favorite bakery. Don't just think 'tuna sandwich,' though. This is a masterpiece: tuna, olives, capers, sun-dried tomatoes, and a hard-boiled egg, all sandwiched in fluffy focaccia. It was delicious!

I had agedashi tofu for the first time in a while! It was actually a popular menu item in the dorm cafeteria back when I was a student lol