Wabi Sabi Kitchen

07/01/2023

Birthday girl and all her friends love Sushi 🍣 🥳 Sushi making party for 6 adorable girls . Birthday girl is super sweet and cute 🥰 . Together we made cucumber rolls, salmon rolls , temaki which is ice cream cone shaped sushi and Hello Kitty 🐱 Sushi . We had so much fun 🤩 together ! 🍣🐱🎈🎊🎉🍣 今日のお寿司のお教室は可愛い女の子のお誕生日パーティー。彼女と5人のお友達はお寿司がだーいすき🍣🥰皆んなでかっぱ巻き、サーモン巻き、手巻き寿司とハローキティ寿司を楽しく作りました。楽しいひと時に感謝🙇🏻‍♀️💫✨

06/01/2023

My lunch today , udon noodle soup using left over from the fridge. #👩🏻‍🍳🍲🥢今日のランチは冷蔵庫の残りものでおうどんでした。

05/01/2023

New Year ㊗️New You ! Festive season is over 😉Why not eat more Healthier 👩🏻‍🍳🤩Join Kei’s Cookery class and learn the Art of Japanese Cuisine and get inspired 🇯🇵💯 👩🏻‍🍳🥢🍱🍣🥢🔪

04/01/2023

My adorable granddaughter AnAn in Beijing 🧒🏻🥰She is a foodie and loves Japanese food 🇯🇵She is having Japanese cuisine with her mum , not in Japan but in China 🇨🇳 🧒🏻👩🏻‍🍳🍱🥢😘北京に居る孫のアンアン、日本料理が大好き❤ママと日本料理店でお腹いっぱい美味しい料理を食べました。

02/01/2023

Happy New Year ㊗️On this day until 3rd of January , traditionally we celebrate New Year in Japan . We eat Osechi which is New Year Celebration Cuisine . Each dishes symbolise Happiness , Long Life , Prosperity and Good Luck . We also drink O- toso , sake , Japanese rice wine which has been steeped with herbs for few hours . We believe this ritual will ward off sickness and peace and harmony within household for whole year .
Kagami mochi is a New Year Decoration consists of one small and one large mochi rice cakes . We also add daidai , citrus fruit and dried persimmons. The two rice cakes symbolise the past year and the New Year also the Moon ( yin ) and Sun ( yang ) , Happiness and Good Fortune.
Wagyu , Sukiyaki or Shabu Shabu is also served .
Nama gashi is a Japanese sweets made from natural ingredients such as rice cakes , fruits , jellies or sweetened bean paste . Edible piece of art , delicate sweetness , beautiful design and reflection seasonal and natural shapes . For New Year , skilled craftsmen will make 🐰Rabbit ( 2023 ) , 🌁Mt Fuji etc . Hagoita is a decorative wooden paddles which is good luck charm for New Year . We play a game called Hane tsuki , hitting feather shuttlecocks with Hagoita . To see more images, please swipe to your left . If you would like to find out more , please DM Kei . #👩🏻‍🍳

01/01/2023

01/01/2023

Happy New Year ㊗️Japanese Food Lovers , Friends and Followers 👩🏻‍🍳I very much hope you all had a lovely New Year’s Day . On this day until 3rd of January , we Japanese celebrate by eating celebration cuisine called Osechi . Each dishes symbolise good luck , long life and happiness . We also drink O-toso , it’s sake , Japanese rice wine which has been steeped with mixture of herbs for few hours . We believe this ritual will ward off sickness as well as invite peace within the household for whole year . Nama gashi is Japanese sweet made from mochi , red beans and other ingredients. Nama gashi is an art and each piece is made with love and special techniques. They make special edition for New Year ... Rabbit 🐰 Mt Fuji 🌁. Hagoita is a decorative wooden paddles which is good luck charms for New Year . We play a game called Hanetsuki , hitting feather shuttlecocks with Hagoita during this period . To see the images , please swipe to your left . ㊗️🍱🥳🍵㊗️ 明けましておめでとうございます。イギリス人にお正月に日本人はどのような食事をする習慣等の説明です。

01/01/2023

Happy New Year to You All 🙇🏻‍♀️🎍㊗️🎍Wish 2023 brings Health and Happiness to you and your loved ones. May all your wishes come true . 2023 is a Year of Rabbit, known to be the luckiest out of all the twelve animals . 🐰It symbolises mercy , elegance and beauty . Thank you to all who have helped and supported us this past year . Here’s to an better 2023 filled with lots of deliciousness , super exciting cookery classes , love and peace 🥰🥂🍾Please swipe to your left to see images of New Year in Japan . #👩🏻‍🍳 #🇯🇵 新年明けましておめでとうございます㊗️今後とも末長くどうか宜しくお願いします。

31/12/2022

Toshikoshi soba : Year - End Buckwheat soba noodles . It is a tradition to eat this noodle dish annually on New Year’s Eve in Japan . I made toshikoshi soba for my dinner tonight . Buckwheat soba are long and it is firm to bite and easy to break while eating hence “ breaking off the old year “ Eating soba noodles will also suppose to bring long life and prosperity. Buckwheat soba plants can survive severe weather and so soba represents strength and resilience. Make sure not to eat this soba noodle dish right at the midnight as this is considered bad luck 👩🏻‍🍳😉 🥢👩🏻‍🍳🍲今夜は年越し蕎麦プラス天麩羅。

31/12/2022

Dear Followers, Friends and anyone who loves Japan and Japanese Food . I want to reach out to explain typical New Year’s Eve in Japan which I really miss . Jyoya no Kane is the annual ritual of ringing the Bells 108 times at majority of Temples across Japan . The bell will ring 107 times and when the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s, passing the old year to the New Year, last bell , 108th rings . According to Buddhism, all human beings experience 108 times of worldly desires throughout the course of one’s life. Listening to the solemn sound of bell 🛎, it is believed that one will be cleansed of one’s problems and worries of last year .I found out that United Kingdom used to ring church bells in the distant past 🇬🇧 🔔 ⭐️🇯🇵🛎🙏🏻🌍🌏🙏🏻💫🙏🏻 #👩🏻‍🍳 今日は大晦日ですね。イギリスの方々に除夜の鐘の説明です。