During the party last week one of the teachers asked us what kind of food we usually cook for dinner, and I replied that we eat mostly Asian food, but a lot of Japanese food. Kuniko laughed and said that we don’t eat all that much Japanese food at all, and I realized that maybe there is a kind of Japanese food that she wants to eat that we haven’t had much lately.

I went to the drawing board this weekend, and I think I’ll make a few more traditional Japanese dishes this week if I get home before Kuniko (our rule is that the first person home is in charge of dinner).

While I do cook a lot of Japanese food like various nabe soups, somen, udon, miso soup, takikomi rice, and Japanese curries and stews – I don’t usually make the traditional stuff – like boiled fish and vegetables (nimono) and tempura and yakisoba. When it comes to stir frying I usually make Chinese or Thai style, and I’m not a big fan of boiled things as the main flavor usually ends up being the soy sauce.

So this week I’ll try some other things, and see what the reaction is. That is, if I get home before Kuniko.