Marinated & Grilled Saba fish Bento(MenuA)

Marinated and grilled saba fish
nori seaweed and egg roll
lady finger and cheese stick spring roll
butter and soysauce steamed breen vegetable

15,16,19-24Mar 10:30-
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Pork Roll Bento(Menu A)

I am really thankful all the enquiries from many of you and am now really pleased that I finally can put up new schedule on my web.
This is the bento set(MenuA)that I will be teaching from 9 May.
For the main, you'll learn "ginger pork roll with sweet miso sauce" and marinated boiled egg and stir fried snow pea with toasted slice almond for the side menus.
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Yakitori Bento(MenuA)

(Skewered&Grilled Chicken with leek)Bento
For the side menu,you will learn how to make potato salad(with Japanese mayonnaise, QP is a universal language !) and braised dried raddish.
Lessons will be given 12,13,18,19,20,21,22 Oct
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Grilled Miso Marinated Cod-Tara no Saikyo Yaki Bento

Grilled Miso Marinated Cod
Toasted Hanpen(airy fluffy fish cake)with cheese
cucumber and ginger with sour sauce
kinpiragobo-stir fried spicy burdock(gobo)

Lessons will be given 4th,7-10th June
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Teriyaki Hamberg Bento

Teriyaki Hamberg
Simmered French Bean & Konnyaku noodles
Egg roll with spring onion
Lessons will be given
the 10th-14th May 2010
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Potato Croquette Bento

Potato Korokke(Potato Croquette),I can see clearly the influence of the western food culture from this dish.
But it has already got into our food cluture so long that you could find the potato croquette even in Zen cuisine or in home style cooking.
Everybody has concept of"my mother's potato croquette" from my reserch.
I usually ask all japanese people I encounter about their mothers'(sometime fathers')croquette and they have the answer.

Basic answer:stir fried minced beef and chopped onion & mashed potatos.
My mother's croquette is following this basic.She intentionally does not mash the potatoes completely, leaves some potato chunks for texture.
I use minced pork and braised hijiki seaweed instead of beef and onion.
Seaweed in potato?? It might sound strange but I am a huge fan of seaweeds, and well I believe hijiki goes well with potatoes.

For my fiance, who is a huge spice fan that I add chopped green chilies and beef instead.
That is also beautiful combination.
I will also be teaching stir fried squid with butter & soysauce/ Marinated spinach & carrot.

20th/21st/23rd April, 2010
from 10:30-
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Beef Vegetable Roll&Rice Ball Bento-Yasai no Gyunikumaki to Onigiri Bento

Beef vegetable(carrot&french bean)rolls .
Rice balls
stir fried capsicum&dried shrimp with mustard soysauce/stewed hijiki seaweed and preserved plum(umeboshi)
Lessons will be given 29th March2010-1st April 2010 10:30-
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Steamed Egg Rolled Minced Pork Bento

Chy sim with sesame dressing(Komatsuna no gomaae)
Braised dried daikon radish(Kiriboshi daikon no nitsuke)
Shiitake mushroom rice(Shiitake no Takikomi Gohan)
steamed egg rolled minced pork(Buta no Tamagomaki Mushi)

Tricolor Rice Bento

Tricolor rice bento(Sansyoku don Bento)
minced chicken sprinkles(Tori Soboro)/sweet egg sprinkles(Tamago Soboro)/Blanched french beans on rice
Squid & Aonori Seaweed Tempura(Ika no Aonori Tempura)
Stewed Hijiki Seaweed(Hijiki no Nitsuke)/Spinach with sesame sauce(Houlensou no Gomaae)

Classes will be given 8th-12th March 2010
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Teriyaki Hamberger Steak Bento

Teriyaki Hamberger Steak
Eggroll
Lightly pickled cucumber and tomato
Stewed hijiki seaweed
Boiled sweet pea

Most important thing when you make bento is "Keeping Balance of tastes".
For instance , when the main is sweet and salty like teriyaki , I would think of something sour , something plain to go with the teriyaki to balance tastes
I always think twice before making bento not to bore the person who's going to have the bento(mostly it's Me)