Japanese School Lunch: Week 05
May 29 2008 • Japanese School Lunch
Please note that the American menu provided is from my middle school in the US. It is meant to serve as a comparison.
Once again, Domino’s pizza and a rice krispies treat in a week. I could be wrong, perhaps this is not the actual brand version but why else would they capitalize Rice and Krispies on the menu? I’m willing to cut some slack for the fact that Rice Krispies is what you have to use to make the darned cavity-inducing desserts though. However, there is also cherry crisp on that day, meaning they get 2 desserts. No wonder the world things the US is fat. Look at what we’re feeding impressionable kids.
This week’s menu is a little short. I had 1 kindergarten visit, where I don’t eat lunch with them, and 1 school cancelled on me.
| May 19, 2008 | |
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| Japanese Menu | American Menu |
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Barley rice |
Domino’s pizza |
| Other Notes | |
| Maybe it’s just been a while but the tartar sauce doesn’t really taste like tartar sauce. Its flavor is more like very weak flavored mayonnaise with some hard-boiled egg bits. | |
| May 20, 2008 | |
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| Japanese Menu | American Menu |
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Pizza toast |
Tortilla chips with meat and cheese |
| Other Notes | |
| This day is a day of unusuals for both sides. I think I’ve only had pizza toast 1 other time in Japan, ever, and frankly, it’s not very good. On the US side, what’s up with cherry crisp AND a rice krispies treat? That’s 2 desserts in 1 meal! | |
| May 22, 2008 | |
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| Japanese Menu | American Menu |
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Bread roll |
Hambruger steak with gravy |
| Other Notes | |
| It’s hard to explain what stamina chicken is. My guess is that it’s boiled or baked chicken with some kind of sweet sauce on it. It’s very similar to things at Chinese take out places. | |
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Aaah, how nice! Another one of your food posts, I love them so much.
Anyways, what I’ve always been wondering about is whether this food is actually enough for these children. Unlike Hynavian, I think my lunch is typically at least double that size.
On the other hand, although all this food looks incredibly delicious to me, I would fear for my children’s health and weight if I had lunches like that every day, especially on the american side. Or am I really the only person in the world who is used to extremely healthy food?
lawl @ Hynavian
Well, despite being a skinny bastard, just looking at that doesn’t look like it’s actually filling enough for me ): It’s the kind of stuff I’d have for a midnight snack (*´Д`)ﾊｧﾊｧ
@Hynavian: Maybe but maybe you’re eating empty calories, which is what the US menu reminds me of. All that junk food I used to consume was terrible.
@Sasa: Thanks! ^_^ It generally is enough for the kids…the pictures don’t really do a good job of showing how much food they consume. I should start adding in size references so you can see how deep the soup bowl is, how long the bread is, etc. In general, the calorie content of the Japanese lunch is about 600.
@Shin: That’s your SNACK??? Wow. o.O Actually, some of the JHS students want more food (usually the 3rd year boys) but for the most part, the kids are ok or have problems finishing it.
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Oh no, any one of the “American Menu” would have been my breakfast and lunch combined. On 2nd thought, maybe I eat too little, hehe. (: