Japanese School Lunch: Week 09

Jul 03 2008 • Japanese School Lunch

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

Still catching up on the backlog of lunches. Fruit is starting to enter the menu more and more, probably as summer approaches and prices get cheaper. I really like this because we rarely get dessert, unlike one of my friends, so this is as close as it gets.

My favorite one was probably bibinba, the Korean dish. There’s a local restaurant that makes it really well - this school lunch version, while tasty, is a poor comparison. Some of the kids have a hard time eating this because the meat makes the rice harder to pick up with chopsticks…in the restaurant, you at least get a spoon.

June 16, 2008
Japanese Menu
Barley rice Sweet potato and miso soup Fried tofu Bean sprouts salad Grapefruit Milk
Other Notes
Some kids were absent today so we all got a little extra salad and soup.

June 17, 2008
Japanese Menu
Apple bread Vegetable soup Chicken with aurora sauce Kamikami salad Milk
Other Notes
I tried to find out what, exactly, aurora sauce was, but failed. If you know, please tell me. It’s pretty tasty too.

June 18, 2008
Japanese Menu
Barley rice Chinese-style soup Bibinba Yogurt Milk
Other Notes
Bibinba is actually a Korean dish that is loved by Japan. I wish they included kimchi as well but no such luck.

June 19, 2008
Japanese Menu
Bread roll Apple jam Cream stew Salmon with lemon-vinegar daikon Kiwi Milk
Other Notes
Cream stew is more like a cream soup…not sure why it’s called stew.

June 20, 2008
Japanese Menu
Onigiri Kimchi soup Japanese rolled omelet Seaweed salad Milk
Other Notes
The seaweed salad had little fish in it. I can deal with them when they’re dried, crunchy, and coated in a sweet sauce but when they’re raw, they’re slimy, like overcooked noodles. Gross.

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Comments

issa-sa

Added on Jul 03 2008 at 20:21

Hmm, my cafeteria serves stuff with aurora sauce too but I’ve yet to figure it out myself.
OMG, bibimba(p)! Absolutely love the dish, especially when it comes in the hot stone bowl :D

Lils

Added on Jul 08 2008 at 05:14

That egg roll… is rectangular. Awesome.

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