MY FIRST and LAST COOKING

Hi!!

When I started this blog, I said

"I like eating but I'm not good at cooking......I'll try it!!!!"

After I said that, I didn't cook anything... but I did it during my vegetable challenge!!

I made "Tofu Hamburg"(=0% meat hamburg)

I'll tell you recipe:)

(4people)

・tofu.......1

・chinese yam.......8cm

・carrot..........1/3

・onion...........1/3

・salt...........some

・pepper.....some

・starch....2~3tablespoons

1.Drain the tofu.

　Cut onion into small pieces, and grate chinese yam and carrot.

2.Put carrot, chinese yam and onion into a bowl, and put tofu(drained)crushing by hands.

3.Mix thoroughly by hand till these have no figure.

4.put starch in the bowl and mix more.

5.Pan-fry both sides.

You are now ready to serve!!

I've eaten tofu hamburg before but it contains meat. Usually I think tofu hamburg is made of meat and tofu...but this time, no-meat!!

So, I'm really worried about the taste...

The taste is........good.

but I don't think that it is a kind of hamburg.
The taste is more similar to Hash Browns or French freis...of course! it is made of almost only potato(chinese yam) and starch is also made of poteto!!

So, it is almost baked poteto!lol

The texture is.....interesting.

It's like a rice cake. Sticky texture.

It because of chinese yam. It is abundanted in dietary fiber.

I do not recommend you to eat this "tofu hamburg" as hambhurg, but if you eat it as new food, it's delicious;)

BTW,

Chinese yam is very good for our health!

・promote digestion

・constipation prophylaxis

・prevention of hypertension

・soothing effect

etc....

I think it is good for summer weariness!!

Chinese yam is better to eat raw than bake or boile.

Be careful of SUMMER WERINESS!!

PUB...HUB...FUN!!

Hello, this is Mariko.

It get hotter and hotter, so I think it is the best season to....

DRINKING!!

We learned that Japanese have a lot of Izakaya and it is very unique.

Izakaya have not only alcohol but also meals. On the other hand, western bar have only alcohol.

However! we can enjoy that kind of place(western bar) in JAPAN!!

I think it is already populer espesially KUIS students...

the name is HUB (british pub)!!!!

HUB is British style pub. It is in Japan, but it is not same as Japanese Izakaya.

Let's compare HUB and Japanese Izakaya!!

HUB Izakaya

purpose drink drink & eat

(drink:food=76:24) (drink:food=40:60)

seat chair&table private room
(not separate room) (separate room)


price cheap cheap but cost just you sit there(charge)


order counter at table
(bring drink by yourself) (staff bring drink&food to your table)

The biggest difference is purpose and how to spend at there.
Japanese go to Izakaya after work →drink&eat → they go home.

But, British(may be western) go to PUB after work →drink → go home→eat diner with family.

I think this idea(british)is very good, because we can drink and communicate with friends and co-worker AND we also can eat dinner and spend with family.When Japanese people go drinking, they eat a lot at izakaya so they do not eat dinner at home.If they are single, it may be ok. but if they have family, I think British style is better.

I often think that I need "space"
the "space" means the space where we(my friends and I) can gather.
HUB satisfy this need and they want to spread "British PUB culture" to Japan.



I went to HUB sometimes.
My recommended drink & food is that...




Fish&Chips American Lemonade(wine&lemonade)



this is British!!! refreshing&easy to drink



AND!!! If you are a hard drinker, I recommend...

this, tarantula!
30% alcohol;)


Which type do you like? PUB style or Izakaya style??