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wanderluster_kp over for Shabbat dinner. And, as you do for Shabbat dinner, I made Japanese food. That's how it works, right?
I complain a lot about the state of Japanese restaurants in Chicago, but one of the worst losses was the closure of Sunshine Cafe, an oasis in a desert of generic sushi restaurants, steakhouses, ramen joints, and izakaya that are barely worthy of the name. Sunshine Cafe had the kind of food you'd find in a small-town Japanese restaurant that serves mostly locals, with a simple menu that tastes amazing. They actually served riceballs with pickled plums on them, and their nanbanyaki tasted just enough like Funky Tonky's yakiniku pilaf that I got it every time I went. In 2015, with the owner over 90 and no one else available to take it over, it closed and now there's a Greek restaurant in its place. We shall not see its like again.
But, I had Funky Tonky, my favorite restaurant in Chiyoda, and Sunshine Cafe in mind when I picked what to make. Nikujaga (literally, "meat and potatoes") is a very simple Japanese dish that's almost always home-cooked, meat, onions, and potatoes in dashi with a few other ingredients. I came home from work, looked up a recipe, and got to work.
The first time I've ever peeled potatoes!
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wanderluster_kp over for Shabbat dinner. And, as you do for Shabbat dinner, I made Japanese food. That's how it works, right? I complain a lot about the state of Japanese restaurants in Chicago, but one of the worst losses was the closure of Sunshine Cafe, an oasis in a desert of generic sushi restaurants, steakhouses, ramen joints, and izakaya that are barely worthy of the name. Sunshine Cafe had the kind of food you'd find in a small-town Japanese restaurant that serves mostly locals, with a simple menu that tastes amazing. They actually served riceballs with pickled plums on them, and their nanbanyaki tasted just enough like Funky Tonky's yakiniku pilaf that I got it every time I went. In 2015, with the owner over 90 and no one else available to take it over, it closed and now there's a Greek restaurant in its place. We shall not see its like again.
But, I had Funky Tonky, my favorite restaurant in Chiyoda, and Sunshine Cafe in mind when I picked what to make. Nikujaga (literally, "meat and potatoes") is a very simple Japanese dish that's almost always home-cooked, meat, onions, and potatoes in dashi with a few other ingredients. I came home from work, looked up a recipe, and got to work.
The first time I've ever peeled potatoes!
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