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"Washoku," Japan’s unique food culture born in close connection with nature
"Washoku Home Cooking Machiko" is a washoku cooking class for foreigners staying in Japan. Experiencing Japanese life in the classroom, which is at the instructor’s home, students make and eat a variety of meals like the classic washoku/Ichiju Sansai and Osaka gourmet, which is perfect for making memories of your travels.
First, there is a lecture on washoku using tablets in the dining room.
The instructor checks food that students can’t eat beforehand and prepares ingredients suited for the students.
The instructor gives explanations about the lacquered instruments in the living room she inherited from her grandmother.
Freshly shaved bonito flakes taste and smell spectacular!
The instructor gives students tips at each stage.
The okonomiyaki is complete! Students enjoy the freshly made hot okonomiyaki.
The menu is so standard in Osaka that people say every household in Osaka has a takoyaki grill.
Using a cooking utensil called, senmaidoshi (awl), students flip takoyaki one by one.
Takoyaki is complete. They baked into perfectly round balls!
Learning how to make sushi by two highly-skilled and experience Japanese chefs. Also, we were given lots of information about the different types of food and ingredients.
I’m not sure if this was the standard course that she offers, because a sushi chef joined and taught us how to make real sushi.
Our experience was quite unique, authentic and very enjoyable.
Learning how to make sushi from experts.
Machiko was an incredible host who introduced us to Japanese cooking in her high rise modern Osaka apartment. She’s fluent in English and teaches cooking professionally. Hiro kindly explained the 7 step nigiri sushi making process. Everything was delicious and the atmosphere was easy going. A truly unique experience.
Learning how to make nigiri sushi and inari sushi properly.
