給食だより

黒とうパン　牛乳　焼きそば

ごぼうサラダ

～Lunch Report By ALT～

A new month and a classic school lunch.  Today is Yakisoba.  The gobo salad was sweet and delicious and I love the flavor and crunch of the gobo.  It is wonderful and I like to use some of the sweet bread to clean the bowl of the dressing.  The dressing and the sweet bread actually go together quite well.  The yakisoba was good today as well.  It is filling and had a light flavor today.  Thankful as always for the delicious meal!

ごはん　牛乳　とりのからあげ韓国風

ナムル　春雨スープ

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Excellent korean-style flavors in today’s lunch.  The namul was pretty good, a simple spinach salad with come carrots and bean sprouts with sesame seeds.  A nice and easy start.  The harusame soup was also quite good.  I liked it mostly for its hotness and the yummy noodles, since the flavor was quite light today, but I could taste white pepper which was nice.  Today’s main event of course is the Korean-style karaage.  It was fried perfectly and still crispy despite being cooled down which was amazing.  It actually had a little bit of spice and some nice savory sweet flavors as well.  The sauce was amazing.  A wonderful meal today that filled me up and made me happy to enjoy. Thank you!

ごはん　牛乳　ほっけの塩焼き

白菜のおひたし　とん汁　りんごゼリー

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Back at it again and the first lunch of the week is fish, salad, and soup. The salad is spinach-based with some other veggies tossed in and flavored mostly with delicious smokey bonito. It’s a kyushoku classic and a nice start to the meal. Today’s fish, hokke, is not my favorite. It has a kind of creamy oily texture and the flavor is slightly bitter to me although the nutritionist often tells me that students think it tastes sweet. I ate it quickly with my rice and moved on to the soup which is today’s MVP. It was buttery and filled with delicious vegetables and meat as well. It was flavored quite well and was very enjoyable. Today’s apple jelly was amazing and filled with apple chunks. It had more of a natural texture than jelly making it similar to apple sauce which I love. A fine meal today. Thank you!

はちみつパン　牛乳　スパゲッティナポリタン

ハムと大根のサラダ　ヨーグルト

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Wonderful pasta today.  I have smelled the cooking onions all morning leading up to lunchtime while walking in the halls between classes and it was great.  The daikon, ham, and cucumber salad was excellent.  Great dressing and perfect balance of ingredients as well.  The pasta was not a let down at all and tasted wonderful. The sauce had a light sweetness, but was still salty and savory enough for me.  The little hot dogs were lovely as always.  I use some of the bread for the pasta sauce, but like to save most of it to enjoy with the yogurt and the milk. As a nice little final dessert.

ごはん　牛乳　にらまんじゅう

春雨サラダ　八宝菜

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Chinese menu today with happosai, spring noodle salad, and manju.  The spring noodle salad is quite delicious and tangy with sesame seeds as well.  Strips of ham give some nice flavor as well as the cucumbers, cabbage, and carrots which offer a nice crunch.  Today’s main dish is the happosai, or 8 Treasures Vegetables.  It’s a very interesting naming for a dish, but it has a ton of interesting ingredients which I think are the treasures.  Today’s was tasty and a treasure to enjoy for sure.  Today’s super treasure was the nira manju though.  The strong flavor from the nira and the meat inside the dumpling make for a very delicious treat that was enjoyable.

フィッシュバーガー　牛乳　マカロニのクリーム煮

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A wonderful day for school lunch again.  Creamy macaroni stew and fried fish sandwiches.  Perhaps another reward for the teachers participating in today’s observation lesson?  The fried fish was delicious, crunchy, and had a nice flavor.  The sauce added some tangy flavors to the fishy and meaty goodness.  With the moisture from the boiled cabbage, it’s a nice collection of textures that makes for a yummy dish.  The cream stew was delicious as always.  So hearty and the pasta is quite yummy filled with sauce.  In particular the mushrooms were a nice addition to this adding an interesting texture that was enjoyable.  I feel like the flavor of the cabbage kind of won out over the others and I was hoping for a stronger onion flavor.  It was still an absolute delight and I am very thankful for such a powerful meal before an important lesson this afternoon!  Thank you!

三色丼　牛乳　けんちん汁

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Today the parents came to watch lessons!  With many many people, we also have a meal with many many ingredients.  Sanshokudon!  The kenchin soup was quite good.  I liked how hot and hearty it was, filled with lots of veggies and tofu.  The sanshokudon proper was delicious as always.  The savory egg and chicken with the tasty sweet and sesame spinach as well is a delicious meal great with rice.  Thank you!

県産小麦のコッペパン　とちおとめジャム　牛乳

おろしハンバーグ　かんぴょうサラダ　オニオンスープ

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What a bounty on display today!  Hamburg steaks, delicious onion soup, kanpyou salad, and jam with bread.  The salad was excellent and had a wonderful and delicious creamy sesame dressing.  The onion soup was packed with flavor and had a great texture from the cabbage and the sliced onions.  I use some of the bread as buns for the hamburg and enjoy it like a little sandwich.  Its super good and the oroshi sauce is prefect with the bread.  Such a tasty meal and super filling.  Last the tochiotome jam is sweet and enjoying it on the bread with my milk makes for a nice little dessert to end the meal.  What a wealth of delicious foods today and almost all of them using ingredients from Tochigi!

【地産地消献立：大根】

大根入りカレーライス　牛乳

ほうれん草サラダ　にっこり（なし）

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Today’s menu theme is local daikon radish which is featured in the curry.  I started with the tune and spinach salad which was pretty good!  The tuna was good and the crunch from the corn and cucumber were a nice additional texture.  The curry today was very good as well!  The daikon is a pretty good match and its juiciness allowed me to appreciate the spiciness of the curry a bit more I think.  A lovely meal today.  Thank you.

米粉パン　牛乳　県産ぶた肉コロッケ

海そうサラダ　冬野菜シチュー

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Today is a super excellent menu. The seaweed salad was alright. A little slippery for my liking, but it tasted quite nice and the corn gave it some texture. The pork croquette very delicious and perfectly fried. It had a nice balance of meat to potato in the filling as well which was very enjoyable. The stew today is a winter vegetable cream stew and it was pretty good. It was creamy and hot and had a light flavor, with broccoli having the most prominent flavor among the rest of the vegetables. Great lunch today. Bring on more stew!

ごはん　牛乳　いわしのおかか煮

五目きんぴら　さつま汁

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Japanese style food has been popping up a lot recently!  Today is fish in bonito sauce and kinpira with sweet potato soup as well.  Quite the meal today.  The kinpira is sweet and earthy with good flavors from the sauce as well as the gobo.  It also has a nice sweetness which is enjoyable.  Kinpira is really good in school lunch.  The sweet potato soup was similar to the miso soup or tonjiru we get often, but has sweet potatoes in it.  The sweetness and bright color of the satsumaimo give it a nice extra layer of flavor and color.  Today’s fish is pretty good and the sauce is really nice.  I love bonito and the smoky goodness of the sauce adds a lot to the fish.  Delicious meal today!

【地産地消週間】

ごはん　牛乳　県産納豆

じゃこサラダ　しょうが入り肉じゃが

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Back from the weekend and its Nikujaga and Natto!  I vanquished my natto quickly, but I think today’s mustard or soy sauce or both was a little different.  It was a slightly different color after mixing it up.   Then I jumped into the salad to cleanse my chopsticks and mouth.  The jako salad is alright with a slightly fishy taste in addition to the dressing.  The nikujaga is the main event today for sure though.  I adore that great taste and super hearty vegetable content.  The little pops from the ginger which was added in was a nice change of pace as well.  Happy for the full meal and absolutely adore the nikujaga!  Thank you!

ミルクパン　チョコパテ　牛乳　ほうれん草グラタン

アスパラガスソテー　ポークビーンズ

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Today there are a few new menu items which is nice!  We have a new interesting asparagus sautee as well as a spinach gratin.  Also pork and beans soup with bread and a new style of chocolate pate/cream as well instead of marshall beans.  The sautee is quite delicious and the asparagus and corn are a nice juicy and crunchy pair with nice flavor.  The meat is a nice touch as well.  The gratin is an interesting little dish.  It looks like a patty, but it was baked into an oval, but is still quite soft on the inside.  The creamy spinach has some cheese as well and it is very good.  It has a ton of great flavor and is very satisfying.  This is something I would expect to see at a bakery or a café.  The pork and beans was wonderful and super hot.  It was hearty and delicious and perfect with the bread as well.  The new chocolate sauce was pretty much straight up chocolate sauce with 1.5mg of iron in it.  It was super sweet and great on the bread and with milk as well.  Quite a change from marshall beans and reminds me that marshall beans isn’t actually chocolate haha.  Super nice treat.  A really interesting and delicious menu today!

ごはん　牛乳　ぶた肉と野菜のしょうがいため

えび団子スープ

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Ginger Stirfry and shrimp ball soup. The stirfry tastes great and has a nice ginger flavor. The meat and onions in particular were cooked really well and go great together. The shrimp ball soup was excellent as well and super hot too. I love the juicy shrimp balls which give it a really big burst of flavor. Simple lunch, but very good and quite satisfying.

【ごはん献立の日】

ごはん　牛乳　さんまの開き

小松菜のごま和え　すきやき風煮

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Today is sanma day! The komatsu sesame salad was super good. I love that sweet and sesame flavor. The sukiyaki style soup was absolute delicious. Sweet and noodly, with lots of great flavors. The sanma was also quite good today and nice and salty. The salty sanma and the sweet flavors of the salad and soup were a great match up and wonderful with rice. Super nice lunch today. Nothing but good menu items today and the sukiyaki-style soup is a great new addition to the school lunch lineup.

ごはん　牛乳　厚焼卵

五目ひじき　キムチ入りとん汁

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Kimchi Tonjiru, hijiki, and tamagoyaki.  A very Japanese menu on a very rainy day.  The hijiki was nice and filling with plenty of meat and tofu along with the seaweed and other beans and veggies.  The tamagoyaki was sweet and I enjoyed it with rice.  Lastly, the kimchi tonjiru was excellent.  I love that flavor and it is warm and tasty on this cold day.  Wonderful lunch.

【いい歯の日】

いか天丼　牛乳　切り干し大根のナムル

たぬき汁　ぶどうグミ

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It is a kind of rainy and gloomy Monday today, but we have lovely fried squid to boost our spirits!  The dried daikon namul was pretty good and the dressing was very nice.  The little slices of ham add a lot to it as well.  The tanooki soup was ok.  It was nice and warm and had an earthy flavor.  Today’s fried squid was excellent and the sauce was delicious as well.  A nice lunch that charged me back up for the afternoon. The grape gummies were also a nice treat as well. Thank you!

ミルクパン　牛乳　スラッピージョー

コールスローサラダ　大根のポトフ

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Today is sloppy joes, cole slaw, and soup.  The cole slaw is simple and pretty delicious.  I like the sweetness and the crunchy texture.  The daikon potofu was interesting and having daikon radish instead of potatoes was an interesting choice, but it still worked really well.  Quite nice and most of the flavor comes from the little sausage slices in it.  The sloppy joes were excellent and the bread to meat ratio was nice today.  It is a great little sandwich and reminds me of America.  Wonderful lunch today!  Looking forward to the weekend!

ごはん　牛乳　春巻　チンジャオロースー

豆腐とわかめのスープ

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After another nice holiday we come back and there is another great lunch waiting!  Chinese style food with spring rolls and chinjaross!  The chinjaross was excellent and filled with nice ginger and savory flavors.  The tofu and seaweed soup was light and nice.  I liked the juicy and soft tofu.  Today’s VIP by far is the spring roll, crunchy, savory, and absolutely delicious.   Great lunch today!  Great crunch today!

ハヤシライス　牛乳　大根とツナのサラダ

ラフランスゼリー

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First day back after sports day and we get a yummy hayashi rice and tuna salad! The salad was nice and pretty hearty with lots of tuna and daikon radish. I like the sweetness the corn adds to the mostly tart dressing and fishy tuna flavor. The hayashi rice was nice and had a good flavor. It has a good balance of tomato and the vegetables are great too. I like how smooth it is. Last, was the La France Jelly. I think that it is pear flavored. It is delicious with a light sweet flavor. A nice change after the hayashi rice. Thank you!

【ハロウィン献立】

ミルクパン　牛乳　とりのからあげレモンソース

花野菜サラダ　春雨スープ　パンプキンババロア

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Halloween is this Sunday so today is the Halloween menu.  We get karaage with lemon sauce, some soup with cute pumpkin Naruto, and delicious flower vegetable salad.  Lastly of course a yummy pumpkin babaloa dessert.  The salad was awesome and is one of my favorites.  This and the cube salad are maybe the best.  I love how juicy the flower veg salad is and enjoy how much dressing the broccoli and cauliflower soak up.  I like to make a chicken sandwich and use some of the remaining bread to soak up the yummy lemon sauce / dressing combo on the plate.  The harsame soup was great.  The little pumpkin shapes were really cute and the color of the soup in general really gave it a nice autumn vibe.  The lemon chicken was quite good and I adore the sweet and slightly sour sauce that comes with it.  I like it as a sandwich with school lunch, but want to try it right out of the fryer/oven some day in the future.  Last, the pumpkin babaloa was a very tasty little creamy dessert with some whipped cream on top as well.  Excellent lunch before sports day tomorrow! 

ごはん　牛乳　いわしのおかか煮

もみづけ　とん汁

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Today is fish, salad, and soup.  The momizuke was quite good and I like to mix it with the sauce from the fish when I eat it giving it a bit more flavor.  The tonjiru is nice and hot with a light flavor.  The meat and vegetables are nice and its very good.  The iwashi was excellent and the sauce on it was fantastic.  It has almost a smoky flavor which is savory and a little bit sweet.  It’s quite good and great with rice of course.  A nice Japanese style lunch today.

米粉パン　牛乳　オムレツ

ハムと大根のサラダ　マカロニのクリーム煮

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Yes, one of the holy days of school lunch has arrived!  The daikon ham salad is such a great starter and delicious in all ways.  Super crunchy and juicy at the same time with a nice dressing that is complimented by the natural flavors of the ham.  Love this salad.  The omelet was nice and had pretty good flavor.  I liked to eat some of the bread along with it.  Of course today’s main event is the delicious macaroni stew.  I love it.  It is filled with plenty of delicious vegetables and chicken and so creamy and good.  Absolutely amazing.  Great lunch today!

ごはん　牛乳　えびシューマイ

ハムとニラの和え物　マーボー豆腐

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Today is mabodofu and shumai with a kind of Japanese-style namul.  The vegetables have kind of a tart and tangy dressing as well as a nice sesame flavor.  The mabo was nice and hot.  I liked the tofu in it a lot and there was even a tiny bit of spice in there I feel which was nice.  The shrimp shumai were tasty and a nice contrast to the flavors of the salad and the mabo.  Nice lunch today!

ごはん　牛乳　厚焼卵　ブロッコリーのごま和え

ぶた肉と大根の煮物

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Nice simple lunch today but with many ingredients.  The broccoli and cucumber salad is juicy and crunchy with great sesame flavors.  The tamagoyaki was sweet and fluffy.  I liked it along with rice and some of the sesame sauce left in the plate.  The daikon no nimono was fantastic. Nice and hot.  Great with rice and filled with nice juicy flavors.  The nimono and the sweet egg contrast each other really well making a nice set for the menu today.  Excellent lunch! Thank you!

黒とうパン　牛乳　肉団子

じゃこサラダ　カレーうどん

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Curry Udon and meatball sandwiches to end the week!  Nice!  The jako salad is always interesting with a slight fishiness from the little jako spread in it and the nice flavors from the sesame and aburaage.  Today’s cury udon is absolutely wonderful and has a great spice level.  I always feel like the curry udon is always spicier than the regular curry and rice.  The meatballs and bread together make an excellent sandwich which is great. Lovely lunch today!

ごはん　牛乳　ホイコーロー

ポーミントン（中華風卵入りコーンスープ）　アセロラゼリー

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Today is hoikoro and pominton! A yummy Chinese-style lunch which looks really good and smells great. The hoikoro is stellar and it is packed with so much meat and vegetables its great. The spices were also really good today too and the pepper was excellent and really stood out giving this dish some kick. Pominton is like the normal eggy kind of chinese soup, but filled with lots of corn which gives is a new level of flavor and depth. A seriously amazing lunch today which is rounded out by the cold and sweet aserora jelly which is refreshing. One of the best lunches all year and the first appearance of hoikoro in a long time I think.

メンチカツバーガー　牛乳　さつまいものシチュー

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Menchi Katsu Sandwich and sweet potato stew! Today is another one of those super-autumn school lunches. The menchi burger was super good and the crunch of the katsu along with the soft bread was a really enjoyable texture. The strong onion and meat flavors from the katsu were mellowed out by the bread and cabbage and also complimented by the sauce making the burger a super satisfying and tasty main dish. The stew was truly amazing. It was creamy and flavorful, filled with a nice variety of vegetables including sweet potato and even meat as well. I liked to go for some stew after a few bites of the sandwich to help with the bread and it was amazing. Any stew lunch is going to be delicious and today was no exception! Fantastic meal that I am quite thankful for.

【地産地消献立：さといも】

ごはん　牛乳　さんまの開き

小松菜のおひたし　けんちん汁

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Today is special local sato imo day with sanma.  I don’t really like sato imo very much because of the texture, but I do love sanma very much.  The komatsuna salad is quite delicious and juicy with a nice smoky flavor from the katsuoboshi.  The kenchin soup was actually quite delicious and the fresh local satoimo had a much less sticky texture than normal so it was much better than I was expecting.  It was actually quite creamy which was great.  The sanma was excellent if a little bit salty today.  I love the oily crispiness of the sanma and enjoyed it thoroughly with my rice.  Wonderful Japanese style lunch today!

三色丼　牛乳　みそ汁

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Sanshokudon and Miso soup. I feel like we haven’t gotten sanshokudon in a long time so I am happy to see it today. The greens are super tasty and the sesame flavor is sweet and delicious. The egg and chicken mix is great as always and has a nice light soy sauce flavor which I love. The miso soup is good as well today and I enjoyed the potatoes especially. A classic school lunch menu and very nice and filling. Thank you!

ミルクパン　とちおとめジャム　牛乳

煮こみハンバーグ　チーズポテト　白菜スープ

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Hamburg and cheesy potatoes!  What a blessing.  I immediately make a sandwich using the bread saving some for the jam.  I dig into the potatoes which are excellent and the cheesy goodness is great.  The hakusai soup had a very light flavor, but was packed with lots of vegetables and yummy clear noodles as well.  It was a good pair with the potatoes which might have been too dry without a little soup to help them along.  The hamburg was pretty good and had a kind of ketchuppy sauce which was alright!  I enjoyed it, but I think today’s MVP has to be the cheesy potatoes without a doubt.  The tochiotome jam and bread was a delicious desert for the end and great with milk too.  SO sweet and nice.  A great lunch today! Thank you and have a nice weekend!

ごはん　牛乳　納豆　おおさかづけ

ピリから肉じゃが

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Natto and Nikujaga day!  The natto was fine as usual, but I think the dashi that came with it was different.  It tasted slightly more salty or flavorful than usual. The daikon and cucumber salad was ok and nice after eating the natto to clear my mouth out.  The best bit of today’s lunch is the nikujaga of course.  It was great and packed with delicious flavor.  I didn’t taste much of the spiciness, but it was super good. The potatoes and noodles sucked up all the juicy flavors and exploded with deliciousness in my mouth.  Yum!

ごはん　牛乳　さばのみそ煮

五目ひじき　どさんこ汁

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Fish, Dosanko soup, and hijiki today!  A nice Japanese menu on this rainy day.  The hijiki was quite good and a nice start to the meal.  I like the nice flavors and texture from the noodles and beans together with the seaweed.  The dosanko soup was excellent today.  The butter flavor was really delicious and there were a lot of carrots and bean sprouts.  It was nice to have with my rice while eating the fish.  The saba was meaty and satisfying with a nice sweetness from the miso.  It went perfectly with the rice.  Simple and classic school lunch today and one of the most delicious!

ごはん　牛乳　あげぎょうざ

キャベツの塩こぶ和え　生あげの中華いため

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Today is a Chinese-style menu.  The salt and sesame cabbage salad is super good.  So delicious and very healthy.  The flavors are so great.  Speaking of great flavors, the stir fry with fried tofu was excellent as well.  Super delicious and the textures of the tofu were quite enjoyable.  The secret star of the day is the fried gyoza.  I love them and today they were super good with nice flavor from the onions and nira.  I like garlic in my gyoza and this was pretty close.  Although today my gyoza wasn’t very crispy, it was still really good.  But the edges of the gyoza were still crispy though.  One of the best menus for strong flavor today and it didn’t disappoint at all!

秋野菜カレーライス　牛乳　こんにゃくサラダ

きょほうゼリー

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Curry and Rice!  Classic school lunch menu and at a great time!  The seaweed salad doesn’t have my favorite texture, but I quite like it and the dressing is nice and refreshing.  The curry was great as always and had a nice spice level.  Super delicious and warm on this sunny windy day.  Also, there were yummy sweet potatoes in it as well which was a nice surprise and I even found some chestnut chunks as well which were super nice.  Fall curry!  Lastly some yummy grape jelly with iron!  It was delicious and sweet and refreshing.  Lovely finish to the meal today.

はちみつパン　牛乳　焼きそば

大根とツナのサラダ　みかんゼリー

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Happy Friday and wonderful yaki soba to welcome the weekend! The tuna and veg salad was great. Nice and crunchy with a slightly sour dressing. The sweetness of the corn and umami of the tuna help to balance out the sour flavor giving it a well rounded finish. Today’s yakisoba was great as always and I was lucky and had plenty of meat in my portion today! The honey bread was delicious and good with milk and also the jelly too. Mikan and Honey bread was a nice touch at the end of the meal. Have a nice weekend!

ごはん　牛乳　カマスの西京焼き

切り干し大根の煮つけ　のっぺい汁

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Today is fish and shredded daikon.  The shredded daikon is ok!  It is pretty soggy, but the flavor is pretty good.  Today’s fish is kamasu.  We call kamasu barracuda in English.  Barracuda!  I don’t like it very much.  Everyone tells me that it is sweet and I think that is one reason why it doesn’t appeal to me.  My image of fish isn’t sweet and today my fish had a lot of bones in it too! Oh well!  The soup was kind of tonjiru style soup, but with a different name.  It was hot with a light flavor and I enjoyed it.  It also had satoimo which I don’t like either.  Kind of a bad luck day for me today with school lunch!  Still happy to get a nice lunch even though it had a few things I don’t like. Thank you!

コッペパン　ラフランスジャム　牛乳

チキンのチーズ焼き　ポパイソテー　ポトフ

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Popeye Sautee and Baked chicken with Cheese!  What an amazing menu today!  Seriously recently kyuushoku has been nothing but super star level.  It is excellent.  I look forward to it every day so much!  The spinach sautee was great.  It has a nice sweet and buttery flavor almost with nice sweetness from the corn.  Baked chicken and bread day is the ideal day to make some yummy sandwiches.  They were delicious and there is a lot of cheese on them and the chicken is still quite juicy too.  A great combo.  The soup was simple, but good.  The hotdogs add a little variety to an otherwise regular veggie soup.  Today’s jam, however was far from ordinary.  It had a very light and nice flavor and a very velvety texture.  Super delicious and a nice sweet finish to the meal.

スタミナ丼　牛乳　えび団子スープ

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Stamina don and shrimp ball soup.  A great lunch.  I am so hungry today and this is the perfect meal for me today.  The stamina don was excellent and the juicy flavor of the soup/sauce that it is in really tastes great.  Packed full of meat and vegetables it is super hearty and satisfying.  Contrasting the strong flavors of the donburi is the wonderful shrimp ball soup.  The soup itself has a light flavor with yummy noodles, but the shimp balls are awesome and explode with shrimpy goodness.  Great lunch today!

ごはん　牛乳　ぶりフライ（ソース）

いそ香り和え　すいとん汁

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Today is fried fish with suitonjiru soup.  The salad was delicious and juicy with some sesame flavor.  The natural flavors of the vegetables and spinach are great.  The grilled fish was delicious and perfectly fried.  Crispy and nice with lots of meaty goodness inside.  The soup in particular surprised me with the little mochi balls and that is when I realized what suiton was.  I had forgotten!  Very delicious and nice lunch today.

コッペパン　マーシャルビンズ　牛乳

きのこスパゲッティ　ハムチーズサラダ

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First day of October and a wonderful day for school lunch.  Marshall beans and pasta!  The salad was good and had a lot of dressing on it.  I liked the cheese in particular for giving it a creamier texture.  The ham and cheese are a great flavor combination as well.  The breadroll was perfect for cleaning up the plentiful dressing left over after finishing it.  Today’s pasta is an oil based spaghetti with meat and mushrooms in it.  It it quite delicious

ごはん　牛乳　とりのからあげレモンソース

もみづけ　にら玉汁

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What have we done to deserve such a wonderful blessing!? I don’t know, but today’s lunch is another wonderful present. The ultra-flavorful and satisfying lemon karaage. The momizuke is quite good with a nice sesame flavor, but some of the chicken’s lemon flavor mixed with it making it super delicious. A nice preview of what’s to come later in the meal. The soup was awesome and juicy. The flavor was quite good and the nira really added a lot of depth to it. The karaage was perfect and the lemon sauce was super good adding some sweetness and sour flavors to the well fried chicken. I ate it with rice and enjoyed it thoroughly. Thank you as always!

米粉パン　牛乳　ハンバーグきのこソース

チーズポテト　野菜スープ

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Almost like a reward after eating my natto yesterday, today’s lunch is absolutely amazing.  Steak and potatoes!  Well, hamburg and cheesy potatos which is just as good.  The potatos are amazing.  They look like they would be very dry, but are fairly moist and the cheese adds such a nice flavor as well.  It is great with the gravy sauce from the hamburg.  The vegetable soup was a little plain, but it is kind of taking the place of the salad in today’s menu.  Dipping the rice bread into it is quite nice.  The hamburg steak itself was excellent and the demi-glace sauce was so good.  Such a good menu today.  I enjoyed it thoroughly!

ごはん　牛乳　納豆

じゃこサラダ　じゃがいものそぼろ煮

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The day has come.  Natto.  I ate it very quickly and proceeded to drink lots of milk and eat plenty of rice.  Next up is the jakko salad.  The crispy tofu is good and the dressing is nice as well.  Cuts through that natto stickiness and refreshes my mouth to enjoy the rest of the meal.  Usually we have nikujaga on natto day, but today they named it jagaimosoboroni.  Which is basically nikujaga with a different meat in it haha.  It is excellent and the saving grace for the meal.  I love how hearty and juicy it is.  It is thicker than a stew thanks to the potatoes having thickened up the sauce.  It has some sweetness but is otherwise a delicious savory treat.  I love it.  Besides dealing with my enemy, natto, today was a nice meal!  Thank you.

ごはん　牛乳　さばのみそ煮

五目ひじき　キムチ入りとん汁

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Fish, hijiki, and kimchi tonjiru day! A mixed menu, but one that always tastes great. The sweetness of the hijiki is delicious and I really like the beans and meat bits as well. The kimchi tonjiru was tasty and warmed me up. I like the flavor of the kimchi with the soup. The saba in miso sauce is the absolute best and so great. Such delicious flavor with umami and saltiness but mixed with that sweet and savory miso sauce. I love it. Great lunch today.

ミルクパン　とちおとめジャム　牛乳

メンチカツ　ブロッコリーサラダ　トマトスープ

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After the nice holiday we are back at school for one more day! And I am glad to be here because this lunch is super delicious. Menchi katsu and tomato soup! The broccoli salad was awesome and the dressing with it refreshing and creamy too. I love how crunchy and juicy the salad is. The tomato and egg soup was hot and flavorful. Today’s main dish was the menchi katsu and I made it into a sandwich using the breadroll. The katsu was great, fried well, and totally crunchy. The meat filing inside was good and it went well with the bread. Lovely lunch today.

はちみつパン　牛乳　トマトミートオムレツ

カリコリサラダ　マカロニのクリーム煮

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Today is an excellent menu and how I know that autumn is coming soon!  Macaroni stew! And cube salad!  Crunchy cube salad is so fun to eat and delicious with the nice sour tangy dressing and yummy ham.  All the crunchy cucumbers and daikon and carrots make it delicious and satisfying.  The tomato and meat omlette was a tasty treat and the meat sauce was pretty good.  The super star of the day of course is the macaroni stew.  So hearty and with such a creamy texture and flavor it can’t be beat.  It’s got meat and mushrooms adding a lot of depth.  Today’s bread was honeybread and its light sweetness adds something nice when drinking milk or dipping into the stew.  It was a great lunch today and I am super full! Thank you!

【十五夜献立】

ごはん　牛乳　さんまのかぼす煮

いそ香り和え　いものこ汁　十五夜ゼリー

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Japanese menu celebrating the full moon tonight! How lovely. The salad was good, and had a nice flavor. I don’t know how to describe it really, but it had hints of sesame and some flavoring similar to wakame. The soup was good, with a very light rooty flavor, but has too much satoimo for my liking. Also it had cute little Naruto fish disks that were supposed to be a yellow moon with a white rabbit on it, but I thought it was a tooth at first! Hah! Now I can’t see anything but a tooth. Sorry! I think that the best part of the meal was the sanma though by far. The tangy and sweet sauce was perfect and I could eat that forever. So delicious and juicy.　Last, was a yummy jelly with a little jelly bunny. Sweet and delicious!

【地産地消献立：なす】

黒とうパン　牛乳　なす入りミートスパゲッティ

ツナサラダ

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Meat sauce spaghetti and tuna salad.  A classic kyushoku menu.  The tuna salad has a nice texture with crunchiness and juiciness as well as a great flavor from the dressing and tuna.  This is a great salad and I am always happy to enjoy it.

三色丼　牛乳　けんちん汁

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Sanshokudon!  This is a great menu today.  Today’s kenchin soup was good with a very light flavor but it was enjoyable.  I liked the juiciness of the cabbage.  The sanshokudon is great as always and the sweetness and nice sesame flavor on the spinach is excellent.  The chicken and egg mixture is also super good with great flavors.  There isn’t a lot to say from me about this menu other than how much I like it.  Thank you!

【ごはん献立の日】

ごはん　牛乳　あじフライ

根菜サラダ　五目みそ汁

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Ajifry!  I love the fried fish in school lunch and today we get some nice miso soup and the absolutely delicious konsai salad.  This salad is a creamy crunchfest!  So good and satisfying to eat and the flavors are perfect.  In particular the lotus root and gobo are my favorite.  The gomoku miso soup was also great today as well.　I really liked the big slices of tofu which had a nice crust on them.  They were excellent.  Finally, the perfectly fried and crispy ajifry was delicious and also juicy on the inside.  The sauce was nice and my rice disappeared quickly.  Today was a really nice lunch and very satisfying from the beginning to the very end.  Thank you!

ポークカレーライス　牛乳

海藻サラダ　ヨーグルト

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Curry and Rice!  A classic menu on a lovely day.  The kaisou salad was nice and had a delicious dressing.  It tasted a little bit like plum and I saw something pinkish red in my salad so I think it was umeboshi.  The pork curry was hot and delicious and had a fair spice level.  It was stewed to perfection and went perfect with rice.  Very enjoyable.  Finally the delicious yogurt was creamy sweet and great.  I love this yogurt so much and it’s a refreshing end to the meal.

ごはん　牛乳　にらまんじゅう

チンジャオロースー　ポーミントン

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Today is a Chinese-style menu with jinjaros and niramanju.  The flavor of the jingaros is out of this world and goes perfectly with rice.  I could eat this forever.  Great texture with juiciness and crunch the whole time.  The ‘pominton’ soup is good and also a new menu item I think.  It is like a mixture of the cloudy soup and a corn soup and a very delicious mix.  I quite like it!  The nira manju was excellent as well with great flavor from the nira which pumped the meaty filling full of flavor.  A really good lunch today with a great variety of strong and delicious flavors.  Can’t beat it!

ホットドッグ　牛乳　チャンポンメン

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Hot dogs and chanpon noodles! The hot dogs are tasty and the cabbage is quite nice. I appreciate the delicious and soft buns. The noodles were super good and very filling. I enjoy the thick texture of the noodles and the delicious taste of the broth. I don’t like the squid very much, but overall the dish is very good. A nice lunch!

ごはん　牛乳　豚肉と野菜のしょうがいため

えび団子スープ

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Ginger pork today!  The ginger pork has great flavor and is filled with delicious vegetables and wonderful textures, not to mention that it goes perfect with rice.  The shrimp ball soup was nice and hot today for me.  The broth had a nice flavor and I could taste a lot of pepper today and it was good.  I love pepper.  The juicy noodles and ultra meaty and yummy shrimp balls make it almost as hearty as today’s main dish.  A delicious lunch!

ミルクパン　りんごジャム　牛乳

照り焼きチキン　ポパイソテー　ポークビーンズ

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Popeye sautee and teriyaki chicken with pork and beans too.  A nice menu.  The popeye salad, named after the popular character is loaded with boiled spinach with some bits of corn and meat as well.  It is quite nice and has a lightly smokey flavor.  Maybe it was because the chicken and salad got a little mixed up?  I like to use the bread to make a chicken sandwich and some for my apple jelly so I split it in half.  The teriyaki chicken sandwich was amazing and the flavors on the chicken were very good.  It pairs perfectly with the bread and makes a really nice sandwich.  I also like to use some of my bread to dip into the pork and beans.  The soup was nice as well and had a tomato base.  I like the texture of the beans very much as well.  I used the apple jelly to make a jelly sandwich and it was absolutely delicious and perfect with milk.  The apple flavor is light, but very enjoyable and sweet to conclude the meal.  Thank you!

ごはん　牛乳　いわしのごまみそ煮

れんこんきんぴら　沢煮椀

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Today is Fish and Kinpira.  The renkon kinpira was quite good with a sweet flavor and a nice crunch.  The sesame seeds are a nice touch.  I usually move my fish onto my rice and like to mix the miso sauce with my kinpira to give it some extra flavor.  It was nice.  The soup, sawaniwan, was nice and hot.  It has very light flavors compared to the fish and kinpira, but was a nice side dish.  The iwashi was amazing, cooked perfectly, and the miso sauce tasted sweet and savory.  I really love the miso sauce that is added to the fish.  A very yummy lunch today!

タコライス　牛乳　ボイルキャベツ

豆腐とわかめのスープ　日向夏ゼリー

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Taco rice on this rainy and chilly day.  The taco rice was superb to put it simply.  I mixed all the cabbage and meat sauce and rice in my bowl and enjoyed it like that.  The boiled cabbage still had enough water in it so that it helped to temper the spiciness of the meat sauce and added a crunchy element as well.  This is quite the interesting dish and very good.  Authentic taco flavors!  Completely contrasting that powerful full flavored rice dish is the more gentle tofu and wakame soup.  Since the taco rice has such strong flavors, the more subtle and Japanese flavors of the soup are easier to discern allowing me to taste them clearly.  An interesting pair that works together surprisingly well!  The jelly for dessert was delicious and had a sweetened grapefruit flavor.  It was very enjoyable and strong enough to refresh my pallet despite having enjoyed the heavily yet deliciously flavored taco rice!  Excellent meal today!  I am full!

あんパン　牛乳　焼きそば

ハムと大根のサラダ

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Yakisoba and anpan!  We rarely if ever see anpan so I am excited to try it.  The daikon and ham salad is a winner everytime and today is no different.  I really think it’s the umami of the ham and sour and salty flavors of the dressing that really make it so delicious.  The yakisoba was delicious and the noodles had a nice soft texture.  Quite good.  There was a little crunchy texture from the carrots and cabbage as well here and there which was nice.  The anpan was excellent!  Good texture and a nice level of sweetness.  Why don’t we have anpan for school lunch more?  ANPAN REVIVAL!

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!

バターロール　とちおとめジャム　牛乳

キャベツのマリネ　インド煮

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Another rainy day today, but we have warm and spicy indoni to enjoy for lunch.  The cabbage salad was great.  The nice and tangy dressing with the umami from the ham and nice crunch from the cabbage makes it a yummy one.  The indoni was excellent.  It isn’t quite the same flavor as curry and the eggs in it give it a nice and unique flavor and texture as well which is a welcome change and a delicious one too.  Indoni is always interesting.  I feel like it has a curry and tomato base and they add extra liquid to make it more like a soup than a rue.  One of the kyushoku mysteries that I just enjoy eating.  It goes quite well with the butter roll as well.  As always the tochiotome jam and butter roll are a delicious final snack to enjoy with my milk.

ビビンバ　牛乳　春雨スープ　アセロラゼリー

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First day of July.  Bibinba!  The namul salad mix is quite nice and has a subtle sesame flavor and a nice juicy bite.  The meat is delicious and very flavorful and the vegetable/root that is served with it has a kind of hard texture, but is also very good.  The harusame soup is hot and delicious with a light salty flavor.  It is also packed with vegetables and yummy noodles as well.  The clear noodles are my favorite.  And the acerora jelly was a nice sweet finish to the meal as well.  A delicious to July!

ミルクパン　マーシャルビンズ　牛乳

トマトオムレツ　ブロッコリーサラダ

カレーうどん

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MARSHALL BEANS!  Today’s lunch is an all star menu in my book.  The broccoli salad is crunchy and juicy and the dressing with it is creamy and sweet.  The tomato omelet is fluffy and nice with a nice and savory tomato sauce inside of it.  I like to use some of my bread to make a little egg sandwich with it, but of course I save most of it for the Marshall Beans.  Today’s curry udon was amazing.  The spices were nice and it had a bit of kick to it which is great.  Wonderful lunch!

ごはん　牛乳　とりのからあげ

もみづけ　沢煮椀

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Unfortunately yesterday I couldn’t enjoy the spicy taco rice which breaks my heart.  Today is karaage, though and I am sure it will be great!  The salad was simple and good and the sesame seeds gave the salad a nice little smokey flavor along with the slightly bitter and sour flavor of the dressing.  Today’s soup, sawaniwan, is delicious.  It is a more rare soup to get with lunch and tastes great.  It gets a lot of flavor from the green onions, mushrooms, and meat.  The karaage was amazing.  Crunchy and salty and just oily enough, while the inside was juicy and flavorful bursting with umami.  Usually the karaage has a special flavor which is always enjoyable, but sometimes the classic and simple flavors are the best!  A delicious lunch on this grey and dreary overcast day.

タコライス　牛乳　ボイルキャベツ

もずくスープ　シークワーサーゼリー

フィッシュバーガー　牛乳　マカロニのクリーム煮

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What a menu today.  Fried fish burger and the tremendously good macaroni cream stew.  The first thing I do on ‘burger’ days like this is to make my sandwich.  The bread and fish are not really compatible size-wise so I find the best technique is to cut the fish with my spoon diagonally and then you can spread it nicely along the bun.  After covering it with sauce I am ready.  The sandwich is delicious and although it is a little too much bread for the amount of fish, it is delicious.  The fish’s crust is crunchy and the inside is juicy with a light flavor.  The macaroni cream stew is amazing.  Today the flavor was quite nice and the bits of meat in it were delicious as well.

ハヤシライス　牛乳　こんにゃくサラダ　オレンジ

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Today is hayashi rice!  The seaweed salad was ok today.  Mostly slimy and slippery, but the corn and cucumber make it more appealing to me.  Today’s dressing had a very light flavor.  The hayashi rice on the other hand had a lot of great flavor and delicious ingredients that make it a very hearty and enjoyable.  The onions were sweet and delicious and the little pops from the green peas add a nice surprise contrasting the sauce.  The nice citrusy orange slice at the end work great to clean my mouth up and refresh me for the rest of the afternoon.  Quite a nice lunch today.

黒とうパン　牛乳　チキンのチーズ焼き

ハムと大根のサラダ　ミネストローネスープ

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Chicken Cheese Sandwiches and Minestrone soup!  The Daikon, cucumber, and ham salad is wonderfully balanced with great flavors and textures.  It is creamy and crunchy with a nice sweet vinegarette that is perfect with the hams flavor.  The minestrone today was actually very flavorful.  Sometimes it can be watery, but today it was delicious and the beans and shells in particular were my favorite.  Today’s main event however is the chicken and cheese sandwich on the kokutopan.  It was stupendous.  The sweetness of the bread and the savory flavor of the cheesy chicken make an interesting combo and it is very easy to eat and super yummy.  The chicken was good and fairly juicy too.  One of the best lunches of all time.

ごはん　牛乳　にらまんじゅう

中華くらげ和え　八宝菜

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Today’s menu is kind of Chinese style.  The salad was very crunchy and had a nice sour dressing which was unique and enjoyable.  There was sesame and a little bit of sweetness too.  The happosai is such an interesting dish with so many varied ingredients.  I often find that the squid or shrimp or some other seafood overpowers the other flavors though.  I do love the quail eggs though and it is a very good soup.  Today’s secret VIP in my heart, though, is the niramanju.  So flavorful and tasty, the manju is very satisfying and delicious.  I like to bury it inside my happosai to warm it up and thanks to the wrapper it still retains its strong flavor without mixing with the soup.  A nice lunch today!

ごはん　牛乳　いわしのごまみそ煮

五目ひじき　どさんこ汁

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Today is a Japanese style menu with some fish, dosanko soup, and hijiki.  Today’s hijiki was juicy and warm and quite good.  I liked the little meaty bits and the noodles in it as well.  It has a nice sweet and earthy flavor.  I always move my fish on to my rice and there is usually sauce left behind.  I ate the remaining hijiki juice and miso sauce with some rice before enjoying my soup.  The miso sauce is sweet and delicious. The dosanko soup is phenomenal and the flavors are always great.  It is a buttery and savory soup with all the good vegetables that I love.  Hokkaido knows what they are doing!  Today’s fish, iwashi, is a little bitter but the miso and sesame sauce is perfect and pairs with it making the bitter taste less intense.  I love the miso sauce and today’s fish is soft and well cooked too.  Great meal today!  Love that dosanko so much!

県産小麦の食パン　ブルーベリージャム　牛乳

焼きそば　大根とツナのサラダ　県産生乳ヨーグルト

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Today is yaki soba and salad day with bread and jam.  The salad was delicious and bright and had great flavors.  Today it tasted like there was a special ingredient like ginger or something in it.  Today’s yaki soba felt extra juicy and there was a lot of yummy sauce.  I like to use some of the crust from the bread to soak up the salad dressing and yaki soba sauce on the plate.  The bread and jam was great to finish the meal with the yogurt as well.  A nice classic school lunch today!  Thank you!

ごはん　牛乳　県産大豆納豆

じゃこサラダ　ピリから肉じゃが

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Dreaded Natto day.  I quickly dispatched it and followed it up with plenty of rice and some jako salad.  The Jako salad is quite unique and delicious.  Its dressing is very acidic and its strong flavor is refreshing and cuts through the sticky and slimy natto coating in my mouth which rice cannot wash away.  But then finally the nikujaga.  Today’s nikujaga is labeled as ‘pirikara’ meaning it is slightly spicy.  I am thankful for the sweetness and delicious flavors which boiled into the meat and potatoes and noodles.  The sweet and juicy onions and soft carrots are a dream to enjoy all filled with flavor.  And all the while time to time I get a nice little crunchy surprise from the gobo chunks and beans.  A true thrill for my mouth and really the saving grace of today’s menu.  Thank you nikujaga.

米粉パン　とちおとめジャム　牛乳　県産ぶた肉コロッケ

かんぴょうサラダ　にら入り春雨スープ

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Today is korokke!  The kanpyo salad is delicious and the flavor of the ham and the creamy dressing is quite nice.  The corn especially goes well with the dressing.  The spring noodle soup is amazing and tastes very nice.  The flavor is fairly well developed and has some nice umami to it.  Today’s korokke is quite crunchy and warm.  I found the flavor quite light and it was fried very nicely.  The rice bread is delicious and the texture fantastic.  Komekopan is so unique and delicious.  There is no denying how delicious and tasty the jam is and with the rice bread it is only better. It honestly feels like kenmin day part two because of the tochiotome jam and locally sourced pork korokke as well.  Quite a delicious meal today.

【栃木県民の日】

ごはん　牛乳　あゆのかんろ煮

県産ごぼうのきんぴら　五目みそ汁　県民の日デザート

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Today is Tochigi Citizens day.  The kinpira made from ingredients from Tochigi was delicious and sweet.  I love the gobo.  The fish today is Ayukonroni.  It was very sweet and delicious and quite good!  It even still had its head and face intact which I am learning to enjoy more and more.  I like the crunchy goodness even though it is a bit bitter.  The miso soup was as good as always.  The citizens day dessert was amazing.  Delicious strawberries and fresh sweet whipped cream.  Super duper delicious and I would eat like 5 of these if I had the chance!  Fantastic lunch today!

【地産地消週間】

三色丼　牛乳　けんちん汁

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Sanshokudon!  Love this!  The chicken and egg has delicious ginger flavor and is very delicious.  The sesame spinach is also very flavorful and a little sweet too!  Such a great sanshokudon!  The kenchin soup was pretty good and had an earthy flavor.  The satoimo has a unique texture.  Short review today, but a very nice lunch!  Thank you!

ホットドッグ　牛乳　チャンポンメン

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Today is chanponmen and a hot dog.  The chanponmen is absolutely delicious and the thick noodles have a great juicy texture as well.  The meats, squid, and shrimp in it are also very enjoyable.  Kyushoku chanponmen is a real treat, but I don’t like the sound it makes when people eat it at all.  The hot dog was also pretty good today!  I always find the pair of a bowl of noodles and a hot dog to be an interesting one, but it is yummy so I don’t ask questions haha.  Thanks as always for a nice lunch!

ごはん　牛乳　五目あつ焼き卵

大阪づけ　すき焼き煮

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Sukiyaki!  Today’s salad was daikonzuke and it was a very simple salad.  It tasted a little bitter to me today, but was ok.  Contrasting that, today’s tamagoyaki was extra thick and filled with flavor and lots of sneaky little ingredients as well.  At a glance I think I can see carrots, onions, and maybe even mushrooms as well.  It was super delicious.  Also I used some of the nori to wrap the rice and it was quite good.  Today’s nori was flavored and a nice little addition to the meal and especially yummy with the tamagoyaki.  The sukiyaki today was hearty and delicious and had a little touch of sweetness as well.  I enjoyed it very much!

【ごはん献立の日：適正塩分、カルシウム強化】

チキンカレーライス　牛乳　カリコリサラダ

セノビーゼリー

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Chicken curry and crunchy cube salad!  The salad is amazing and has a wonderful dressing and the cube shaped veggies and meats and cheese are fun to eat.  Great crunch and the cheese cubes are so good in the salad too.  Today’s curry is quite good with a nice spice level and the chunks of chicken are nice!  Can’t beat a good curry and today is one of those days.  Lastly, the zenobi jelly.  It was sweet and pretty good.  It tasted like sports drink or Calpis water.  Classic and delicious lunch today.

ごはん　牛乳　あげぎょうざ

きゅうりの香り和え　マーボー豆腐

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Mabo day.  I started off with the cucumber and squid salad and it was pretty good!  Nice and crunchy and the dressing goes well balancing out with the squid flavor.  Today’s mabo is delicious.  Super hot and a nice light flavor that I think all the students in the school can enjoy.  Today’s gyoza were also nice and delicious with a little bit of char and some some Chinese flavors including garlic I think!  Super nice. A good lunch today.

ごはん　牛乳　さんまの梅煮

切り干し大根の煮つけ　みそ汁　ぶどうグミ

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Today is a Japanese menu with sanma, miso soup, and dried daikon salad.  I don’t know how I really feel about the dried daikon.  It is sweet and pretty good, but the texture I think is too much for me sometimes.  It is tough to describe since it is a little bit crunchy but also soft and juicy at the same time.  It is a unique dish.  Today’s miso soup was good as always and I enjoyed the potatoes and onions in particular today.  Today’s main dish is the real superstar of the menu with sanma in plum sauce.  The plum sauce is tart and a little sweet and really makes the fish taste completely new and fresh.  It is great.  I was expecting the regular miso sauce that usually comes with it, but was pleasantly surprised at the sour and sweet flavor of the plums mixing so well with the fish.  The meat itself was cooked perfectly and the perfect texture between being soft and meaty.  What a treat hidden in plain sight.  The final treat in today’s lunch is the sweet little fruit gummies that we got as well.  Three little grape dots which were tougher than normal gummies but had a nice grape flavor.  A little sweet treat at the end of a nice meal.

【歯と口の健康週間】

ミルクパン　牛乳　スラッピージョー

グリーンポテト　オニオンスープ　ぶどうグミ（⇒７日に変更）

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Very unique school lunch today.  The ‘green potato’ is what my mother used to simply call parsley potatoes, a kind of drier mashed potato with a liberal mix of parsley  Mashed potatoes have to be one of my all time favorite foods and these are not bad.  I think they need salt and pepper, but they are still very good.  They pair well with the soup as well which is quite good.  The onion soup is really nice and has some good flavors.  The bacon adds a lot of good smokey flavors as well which is nice.  The sloppy joe is a super tasty sandwich and tastes very close to the ones I ate when I was younger.  Very interesting and delicious lunch today and satisfying as well.  It is so rainy and dreary today so having a nice lunch like this feels good.