Japanese School Lunch: Week 22
Dec 01 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.
It’s almost embarrassing to say this but whenever the “ethnic” lunches pop up, it really makes me miss Chinese take-out back in the US. Yes, I know it’s not real Chinese food and it’s loaded with unhealthy ingredients but I can’t help it. As much as I like Japanese food, I like the diversity of flavors the US has more.
| October 27, 2008 | |
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| Japanese Menu | American Menu |
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Barley rice |
Domino’s pizza |
| Other Notes | |
| I think the lunch center is really on a roll with the curry and soy sauce sprouts…this is the third of fourth time they’ve appeared and everyone still hates them. I wish I knew if they had a complaint card but somehow I doubt it. | |
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October 29, 2008 |
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| Japanese Menu | American Menu |
| Mixed vegetable rice Tofu and seaweed miso soup Tuna and miso cutlet Plum marinated salad Milk |
Hamburger steak with gravy |
| Other Notes | |
| I rarely say this but the US menu wins. The Japanese lunch was pretty bland. | |
| October 30, 2008 | |
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| Japanese Menu | American Menu |
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Milk bread |
Chicken noodle soup |
| Other Notes | |
| Three people were absent today so everyone got extras. I couldn’t finish my bread because there was so much spaghetti. | |
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Is that Broccoli salad (top left) in the last photo? I’m wondering what “Green Salad” is?
Sadly, I find that diversity isn’t a prominent trait with Japanese food. -_-”
@Ryan A: Some days, they really load up on the carbs. I never understood spaghetti with bread.
@Erin: I’ve never had authentic mapodofu so no idea what it’s supposed to look like. This one also suffers from being in a food program - yes, I know I say the school lunches are delicious but it’s only in comparison to the US school lunches.
@Hynavian: I checked the menu and it says, in katakana “Green salad”. It tends to be a mix of broccoli, cucumber, and cabbage though, with the cabbage and broccoli blanched.
@issa-sa: I think Japanese food within its own category is very diverse, maybe not with ingredients but with regional dishes. But it’s hard to compete against a country so multi-ethnic as the US. There’s just more food styles I’ve taken for granted back home that are rare/non-existent in this part of Japan.
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Look at all that spaghetti! That one looks like it would be really filling.