JSL: June 9th-13th

Jun 29, 2008 • Japanese School Lunch

Please note that an American menu will not be provided for comparison because of summer vacation.

I am so behind on the Japanese school lunch project! Anyway, there was a new soup that I have never had before: bean pot-au-feu. Getting the translation took a few seconds…it’s hard enough trying to katakana-ize the English and even more difficult in a language I can’t remember!

This is basically a beef and vegetable soup except they’ve substituted beans and small scraps of bacon for the beef. The result is a rather tasteless and bland soup. I also suspect that overcooked beans that were nearly mush didn’t help. The real version looks much more delicious.

June 10, 2008
Japanese Menu
Cheese bread Bean pot-au-feu Omelet with meat sauce Broccoli Fruit and jelly mix Milk
Other Notes
The kids weren’t so happy with the cheese bread…there was no cheese inside it, nor was there cheese on the top. There wasn’t even a cheese flavor! I wonder if the lunch center messed this one up.

June 11, 2008
Japanese Menu
Barley rice Pork curry pickles Tofu salad Milk
Other Notes
Standard curry lunch…except this time, there was too much curry and the kids couldn’t finish it all. This is rather rare.

June 12, 2008
Japanese Menu
Bread roll Egg soup Yakisoba Soybeans and crunchy, dried sardines Milk
Other Notes
I really like those small sardines, despite the aversion to eyes and tail. They’re sweet and nutty.

June 13, 2008
Japanese Menu
Seaweed rice Kenchin soup Salt-grilled trout Sesame and spinach salad Milk
Other Notes
Kenchin soup is from the Buddhist diet…it’s tasty but not my first choice.

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