給食だより

ごはん　牛乳　冷ややっこ

小松菜のおひたし　肉じゃが

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Nikujaga & tofu. The komastsuna salad was delicious. The smoky katsuoboshi really lends a nice flavor to the vegetables. Before I jumped into the nikujaga I prepared and ate my tofu. It was so smooth and creamy and flavorful. It is very high quality tofu which is great. The soy sauce that came with it was very good as well. The nikujaga was perfect. Seriously kyushoku nikujaga is so filled with delicious umami and sweet flavors and has so many noodles and vegetables it is phenomenal. So hot and filling, it is perfect for the cold and rainy weather today. Lovely lunch!

ミルクパン　マーシャルビンズ　牛乳

スペイン風オムレツ　ビーンズサラダ

オニオンスープ　ラ・フランスゼリー

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MARSHALL BEANS!  Excellent lunch day today of course.  The beans salad is amazing and is a crunchy hearty start to my meal.  The broccoli makes sure there is plenty of dressing since it doesn’t stick to the beans very well.  The spanish omelette, which I will call a quiche, was great.  I like the potatoes adding a bit of different texture from the eggs.  The onion soup is amazing as well.  There are so many onions finely sliced into this soup and their sweetness really gives a nice flavor with the bits of meat in it.  The cabbage acts as a nice base and makes for a hearty and crunchy bite along with the yummy soup.  I use some of my bread roll to clean the salad dressing and some to soak up some soup so I can get a nice ratio for my chocobread.  The ratio of marshall beans to bread must be good or else it’s too dry.  Lastly, the pear jelly was quite nice and a good refreshing end to the meal.  Such a great meal today!

【野菜の日】

かきあげ丼（野菜かきあげ・たれ）　牛乳

キャベツの塩こぶ和え　沢煮椀

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Last lunch of the Month! Kakiagedon and ‘vegetable day’. Kakiage is my absolute favorite so hopefully school lunch kakiage is good! The Salty Cabbage salad was excellent and the sesame oil really took it to the next level adding such flavor and umami to the natural sweetness of the cabbage. Also I don’t think I have seen this salad in school lunch before/recently so it is a super great addition to the line up. The Sawaniwan soup is an old favorite as I love the rooty earthy flavors and the salty soup. The kakiage was good! Crunchy, some good friend flavors, and a nice texture from the vegetables inside as well. The sauce on top is wonderful of course, but I think I used too much sauce and it overpowered the natural flavors of the kakiage. Such a great menu today and it’s only Tuesday! All this week is great delicious meals for lunch so I am excited. Thank you!

ごはん　牛乳　ポークシューマイ

ゴーヤチャンプルー　春雨スープ

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Goya Champloo today.  Always an interesting item.  We got shumai today as well and the first thing I do is put them in my soup to warm them up.  Classic technique!  The goya was good and any bitterness is paired well with the meat and eggs which were flavored to match it perfectly. The harusama soup has a very gentle flavor compared to the powerful goya champloo and it’s a nice little break from all that strong flavor.  After a couple minutes in my soup, my shumai have warmed up a little bit and they are delicious.  Juicy and flavorful.  The onions and pork are a great pair and make for a nice meaty satisfying bite.  Great meal today!

黒とう食パン　牛乳　肉団子

ハムと大根のサラダ　きつねうどん

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Meatballs, bread, and kitsune udon!  An interesting combination and a delicious one!  Ah, the ham and daikon salad is so delicious.  Seriously such a perfect match of textures, flavors, and so simple too.  The kitsune udon as well was very good.  I think the soup broth has a lot of flavor in it as well which is great.  The kitsune tofu was good, but I like it a little sweeter.  Maybe it is because I like the cup noodle kitsune so much?  It was still very juicy and delicious.  Looking at today’s menu, it would look like the udon is the main dish, but to me, it is the meatballs and bread.  Another ‘ura-menu’ technique I love is making a simple little meatball sandwich.  The meatballs were sweet and tasty and went perfect with the slice of bread as well.  It was a sweeter meatball sandwich but super good and satisfying for me.  Wonderful lunch to finish the first week of school back from break.

夏野菜カレーライス　牛乳　こんにゃくサラダ

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Curry rice and Seaweed salad!  A school lunch classic for our second school lunch after the break.  Today’s dressing tasted like it had a little bit more punch than usual which was nice and the corn is great as always balancing out the flavors and textures with some sweetness and a crunchy bite.  The curry today was truly amazing.  The summer vegetables really take it to a new place flavor and texture wise with pumpkins adding sweetness and a creamy texture and eggplants with a juicy bite too.  I was super satisfied and happy to get this meal today. Thank you!

【始業式】

米粉パン　牛乳　チキンのチーズ焼き

ブロッコリーサラダ　トマトスープ

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Wow!  School lunch!  It has been over a month!  And today’s school lunch is a great one. Yummy broccoli and cucumber salad with corn is so refreshing and tasty.  I like to use some of my rice bread to clean up the dressing on the plate.  It was very well baked and has a great chewy texture with a nice outer crust.  The tomato soup was simple and nice with some onions, egg, and a little meat as well making it more robust.  Delicious, and of course I clean the bowl with a piece of the yummy rice bread.  Finally, I save a big hunk of the bread to make into a bun for my baked chicken and cheese.  This little sandwich is seriously one of my favorite ‘ura-menu’ items.  Please try it! 

【終業式】

ホットドッグ　牛乳　みそラーメン

ガリガリくん

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Last kyushoku of the semester.  Hot dog and ramen with a nice treat in the form of a garigarikun ice cup.  The hot dog was great and I think it is fun to prepare it and make it the way I like it.  The flavor of the sausage on the dog is great.  Today’s miso ramen was wonderful as well. The texture of the noodle was great and flavor of the broth very satisfying and hearty.  I liked the bits of corn in it as well which gave a little sweetness and crunch too.  The garigarikun ice was just like the real thing!  Soda flavored and super sweet and nice.  So nice on a hot day like today.  A wonderful conclusion to school lunch on this final day of school for the students.

ごはん　牛乳　さばのみそ煮

五目きんぴら　キムチ入りとん汁

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Second to last school lunch of the first semester.  Saba in miso sauce and kimchi tonjiru.  The gobo salad was great and tasted wonderful.  A nice sweetness and some savory goodness from the meat bits as well.  The kimchi tonjiru was tasty and had a nice spice level to it giving the tonjiru a little bit of excitement. It was nice to go back and forth between the soup and the fish.  The Saba was great today as always with a nice sweetness from the Miso sauce and hearty with a great texture as well.  A very nice lunch today.

ハヤシライス　牛乳　じゃこサラダ

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Hayashi Rice!  A wonderful day and I am very hungry!  The salad was nice and had nice almost crunchy abura age which were like croutons.  The hayashi rice was quite good and nice and beefy with great flavors from the mushrooms as well.  Delicious!

ミルクパン　マーシャルビンズ　牛乳

かぼちゃメンチカツ　ブロッコリーサラダ

サマーシチュー

ごはん　牛乳　冷ややっこ

いそ香り和え　ピリ辛肉じゃが

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NIKU JAGA!  Today’s spinach and sprout salad was pretty good and had a kind of unique taste that I can’t really describe.  There was sesame, but also something else.  The salad is called ‘Isokaori ae’ so whatever iso is, is probably it! Good stuff.  The tofu was super good.  So soft and creamy that I could barely pick it up with my chopsticks and pretty much just drank it after a while.  The soy sauce was a nice pairing of course and the tofu itself was very high quality I think.  The nikujaga today was excellent and delicious as always.  Today’s was advertised as being slightly spicy, but my old tongue couldn’t tell.  It was very delicious and had a lot of flavor, but as far as spice was concerned it was very gentle.  The gobo in particular was very interesting and added a kind of new element to the dish, while the potatoes and noodles were such a perfect pair soaking up that yummy juice making for a hearty and pleasant main dish.  I love nikujaga.

【ごはん献立の日】

ごはん　牛乳　さんまのみぞれ煮

五目ひじき　いなむどぅち（沖縄風とん汁）

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Today is a Japanese lunch menu with sanma, hijiki, and soup.  The hijiki was great.  It was packed with lots of protein from the meat and beans too.  Today’s soup, the Inamuducchi was interesting.  It reminded me a little bit of the Dosanko soup and although it looks like a miso soup, I think the base is different.  Maybe it is from the amount of satsumaage in it giving the soup a more complex flavor.  It was good.  The sanma today was excellent and a great dish with the rice.  The sweet and savory daikon oroshi sauce was delicious and gave the sanma a more interesting flavor and matched it with rice even more perfectly.  A great menu today!

三色丼　牛乳　みそ汁

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Today is the delicious sanshokudon with soup.  The juicy sesame greens and the yummy egg and chicken mix are a perfect match and go very well with the rice of course.  The miso soup was excellent today and the onions and potatoes were particularly delicious adding great flavor as well as hearty and enjoyable texture.  One of my favorite lunches so there isn’t much to say!

ごはん　牛乳　春巻　ハムとニラの和え物

マーボー豆腐

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I missed lunch on Friday sadly!  I wanted to try the jam!  Today is mabodofu, a classic kyuushoku menu. The salad was quite refreshing and good with yummy sesame flavors.  Undoubtedly todays VIP are the spring rolls.  They are so crunchy and good.  The flavors are like a yummy savory Chinese soup.  The mabo today was quite nice.  It had a bit more punch than last time so it was more enjoyable to eat.  A nice lunch today!

バターロール　ブルーベリージャム　牛乳

夏野菜スパゲッティ　ツナサラダ

いか天丼　牛乳　もみづけ　むらくも汁

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Ikatendon!  Today is a mysterious menu to me because when I look at it I don’t think that I will like it, but everytime it is super delicious and enjoyable.  Very strange.  The momizuke is so simple, but the flavors are there and its enjoyable to eat. The ‘raincloud’ soup is another excellent side dish and perfect for today’s (This week’s) weather.  The egg and onion flavor have been boiled really nicely giving the whole soup a nice base and the chicken adding a lot of great umami.  The squid tempura is fine on its own but with the sauce and rice is perfect.  I love kyushoku ikatendon very much.  A nice lunch and quite filling.  If only it could make the rain go away!

【七夕献立】

米粉パン　牛乳　星型ハンバーグ

短冊サラダ　天の川スープ　七夕デザート

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Today is a special menu for Tanabata, the Stars Festival.  Everything is star shaped in the menu today!  Well not everything, but almost everything.  The salad was bright and delicious with a nice crunch and sweet sour dressing. The ‘heaven’ soup has nice delicious noodles and a great simple salty flavor and the Naruto slices have little stars in them too.  The hamburg which was also shaped like a star was nice too.  Meaty and good with ketchup as well as a good pair with the bread.  The rice bread is one of my favorites.  I love and soft and stretch texture as well as the nice crust on the outside too.  Last was the special dessert.  I love this dessert, it has so many flavors like lemon and grape and the best part is the little orange star on top.  I save it for last every time!  A truly wonderful meal across the board!  Thank you!

ポークカレーライス　牛乳　海そうサラダ

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Pork Curry and Rice today baby! Oh yeah!  The seaweed and cucumber salad was slippery and crunchy at the same time.  The flavors of the dressing and freshness of the vegetables was great.  The curry was excellent and had a great spice level.  The potatoes and onions in particular really hit the mark today.  A classic lunch menu but a great one!

ごはん　牛乳　カマスの西京焼き

小松菜のごま和え　とん汁

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The komatsuna salad was sweet and soft with a squishy crunch.  I like the sesame flavor.  The tonjiru was warm and hearty and I got a lot of potatoes which were soft and delicious.  Today’s fish is not my favorite and I tried to eat it quickly.  Today is a classic Japanese menu, but this fish is slowly becoming one of my kyuushoku villains alongside of natto after I got a big bone in my fish.  Still, I am very thankful for the delicious meal!