There was a Japas (=Japanese Tapas) Cooking Class and Sake Tasting
sponsored by Divertimenti, one of the biggest kitchen tool store in London.
With great Atsuko san of Atsuko's Kitchen!
Today's participants are 6 people, from someone who used to live in Japan
to someone who knows almost nothing about Japanese cooking,
yet everyone was very enthusiastic because of their love of Japanese cuisine.
ロンドンの有名キッチン用品専門店Divertimentiのナイツブリッジ店にて、
Atsuko's Kitchenの敦子さんとジャパス（=ジャパニーズ・タパス）の料理教室と
日本酒のティスティングイベントを行いました。
参加者は６名。日本在住経験のある方から、全く知識の無い方々まで様々。
しかし日本食はみんな大好き！ということで、興味津々です。
敦子さんの食材や調味料、調理方法についての丁寧な説明の後、
参加者みんなでクッキングスタートです。
Today's menus include:
Tuna & Avocado Salad with a Wasabi Sauce,
Crisp Gyozas served with Sesame Chilli Oil & Sujoyu Dipping Sauce,
Dengaku (seared ribeye steak with daikon and red miso),
Dashimaki Tamago (egg roll served with grated daikon and chives)
Mini Oyako Don (salmon sashimi fillet on pressed sushi rice
and garnished with salmon roe)
wonderful!
本日の献立は以下：
鮪とアボカドの山葵ソースのサラダ
クリスピー餃子、胡麻ラー油と酢醤油
牛ロースステーキと大根の田楽味噌
出汁巻き卵、ミニ親子丼
豪華！
Grounding Daikon, knowing how to use Mirin or Dashi stock,
Making Dashimaki Tamago, making Sushi rice, wrapping Gyoza.
everything seemed new to the people here and at first they were little afraid,
but soon got better and better and I loved to see participants enjoying to cook.
大根をすりおろす、味醂や出汁の使い方を知る、
出汁巻き卵を作る、シャリを切る、餃子をつくる。
ひとつひとつがこちらの方には新鮮で、最初は難しいと尻込みしていた方でも
途中から黙々と楽しんでいる姿に嬉しくなりました。
Today's Sake menu is (from the left on the photo) :
Garyubai, Junmai Ginjo Yamadanishiki (Shizuoka preefcture),
Shirakawago, Junmai Ginjo Sasanigori (Gifu prefecture),
and Yamatoshizuku, Yamahai Junmai (Akita prefecture).
今回は、臥龍梅（静岡）さんの純吟 山田錦、
白川郷（岐阜）さんの純吟 ささにごり、
やまとしずく（秋田）さんの山廃純米を飲んで頂きました。
Garyubai Junmai Ginjo was the most popular because of its fresh and fruity flavors,
Yamatoshizuku Yamahai Junmai was served warm and male guests loved it.
Participants seemed to enjoy tasting the different characteristics of Sake and finding your favorite ones,
and I enjoyed to communicate with each of them about their specific questions like
how to serve sake and match with food, where to buy and etc.
飲みやすさからか、臥龍梅の純吟が一番人気、
やまとしずく山廃はぬる燗で出したのですが、男性の方に好評でした。
にごりを始めて試された方もいて日本酒の味わいの違いに感激されていました。
少人数のため、日本酒の飲み方や食べ合わせ、どこで購入できるか…など
皆さんと対話しながら説明ができて非常に楽しかったです。
Thank you very much Atsuko san!
next collaboration is our two day pop-up restaurant named "A La Japonaise"!
I will open a little Sake store there.
28th is fully-booked, there are still some seats available on 29th, please book!
あつこさん、お疲れさまでした。
次のコラボは、二日間限定のpop-up レストラン
A La Japonaise！日本酒ブースを出させていただきます。
２８日は満席、２９日も残席が限られているので、是非お申し込みを！
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A LA JAPONAISE - AUTUMN |
Aki Matsuri on 28-29th October
A la Japonaise is the brain child of Atsuko and Elsa, two professional chefs who have decided to make their native Japanese and French cuisines collide for a series of special culinary events organized throughout the year.
Each month, we will celebrate the seasons and creating dishes with the most delicious things that Nature has to offer, "à la Japonaise". We will be following the festive Matsuri calendar. Our goal is to create a memorable dining experience serving you refined comfort foods to contemporary tastes balanced by traditional sensibilities and visual artistry.. All in all , a friendly and intimate experience!
Autumn Events
While our summer dining events were candlelit and held in an elegant Kensington garden, our autumnal dinners take a twist and take you the opposite way to the east end, to SNAP Studios, a renowned photo studio to take a peek on what's happening on the other side!
Aki Matsuri October 28-29th
For some, autumn is the mere reminder of the ending of summer, its greenness and its warmth. But in Japan, it is essentially a period of renewal and harvests, marked by a spirit of abundance. Just as for spring’s cherry-blossom viewing (sakura), thousands travel to contemplate the colour-changing landscapes (koyo) and taste the regional autumnal dishes.
Luckily (or unluckily, depending on the time of the phrasing), our own British summers are easy to forget and they pave the way to wonderful autumnal gourmet seasons. Hence, our mission, this month, to show you that autumn is definitely the new summer, with its abundance of flavours and colours!
When:
Friday 28th October 8:00pm - fully booked Saturday 29th October 7:00pm *spaces are limited.
Menu: Six-courses menu. *please let us know if you have any dietary requirements.
Suggested donation: £45
Drinks:
A sake bar will be held from 7:00pm with specially selected sake offered by our professional sake sommelier Natsuki, a winner of Sake Communicator Award 2011 of IWC.
Booking:
contact Elsa on 077 3946 2216 or email elsa@washoku.co.uk contact Atsuko on 079 2139 7792 or email classes@atsukoskitchen.com |
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