給食だより

ごはん　牛乳　ねぎまんじゅう

切り干し大根のナムル　マーボー豆腐

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today is a wonderful day!  It is mabo dofu day!  The namul was excellent and flavorful  I loved the crunch of the daikon strips and the tangy sesame goodness of the dressing.  Today’s mabo dofu was good and nice and hot.  I got a lot of tofu in mine today.  The dumplings might be the best part of today’s meal I think.  I like to put them into the mabo dofu to warm them up and add their flavor to it as well.  Great lunch today!

黒とうパン　牛乳　ハムチーズピカタ

ごぼうサラダ　カレーうどん

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

It’s curry udon day! Today I started with the gobo salad and it was delicious and sweet. I love the texture of gobo and the sweetness from the dressing and corn was quite fine. The ham and cheese picata was superb. The ‘stuffed’ egg dishes that come in kyushoku always feel like a roulette with what is inside and the flavor changes often so it’s a nice surprise. Today’s was very good. The curry udon was nice today and had a gentle spice to it which was good. The bread today was brown sugar bread and it had a light sweetness to it, which was nice. I think today’s theme was the color brown because the curry and bread were brown obviously, gobo is kind of brown, and the picata had some brown marks where it was cooked as well. I can’t say anything about the milk though! It was all white. A delicious meal.

ビビンバ　牛乳　えび団子スープ

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today’s menu has many Korean elements to it! Bibinba and shrimp ball soup. The greens for the bibinba were very nice and had a sesame flavor. The meat and root(?) mixture was excellently seasoned as always. I like the soy saucey flavors. The soup was very delicious with light flavors and an interesting texture from the noodles and vegetables. The shrimp balls were excellent and packed with flavor. A great lunch today!

ごはん　牛乳　さばのみそ煮

五目ひじき　さつま汁

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today is a Japanese style lunch with fish, hijiki, soup, and rice. The hijiki salad was good as always. Today there were some noodles in it, which was interesting. Also, I was lucky and got a big piece of meat in it which was nice. The satsuma soup was quite an interesting experience. It is just the regular miso style soup we often get, but with some sweet potato chunk in it. If you eat it without the sweet potato it is just normal soup, but after taking a bite of sweet potato the soup comes to life and tastes even better. I liked that. Today’s fish, saba, was cooked in a sweet miso sauce which paired very well with the natural flavor of the fish. It was quite delicious!

ごはん　牛乳　春巻

ハムとニラの和え物　八宝菜

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today is happousai, fried spring rolls, and salad. A Chinese-style menu. The salad was really good and I liked the tangy flavor of the dressing and the nice flavor from the sesame and ham. The happousai, or ‘Eight Treasure Vegetables’, was good. I like happousai but think it has a LOT of flavors and ingredients. All the flavors mix up so I don’t know how to describe it! I taste mostly the shrimp and squid though. Its great with rice. Today’s secret superstar is the fried spring roll though. The wrapper is salty and so good and crunchy I love it. The filling is nice and juicy and has great balance with the wrapper which is nice. I could eat like 20 of these I think haha. Great lunch!

ごはん　牛乳　厚焼卵

小松菜のごま和え　肉じゃが

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today something special has happened. Nikujaga has broken free from natto for the first time in the history of kyushoku! I walked past the menu and saw today’s menu was nikujaga, and knew that meant natto, but to see there was no natto was such a big surprise! The salad was excellent and the sweet sesame dressing was great. It was creamy, juicy, a little crunchy, and very hearty. The Tamagoyaki was very good too. It too, was sweet and juicy and very delicious. Japanese tamagoyaki always reminds me of French toast since it is so sweet and eggy. The nikujaga is like a masterpiece. The slippery and juicy noodles contrasted the potatoes and carrots which were filled with the delicious broth. Flavorful meat, onions, and green beans which have absorbed all the goodness from the soup were treasures as well. Today’s lunch was phenomenal and I am very happy. Top 10 if not a top 5. Certainly the best if not one of the best Japanese menus to date. Gochisousamadeshita!

食パン　とちおとめジャム　牛乳

焼きそば　海そうサラダ　ヨーグルト

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today is yaki soba day! Always a crowd pleaser. The seaweed salad was a little slimy as always but the crunch from the cucumbers, cabbage, and corn are nice and the flavors are a nice mix of sweetness and salty from the dressing. Today’s yaki soba was good as always. I got lucky today and had a fair amount of little pork chunks in it which was nice. For dessert we got a slice of white bread with some strawberry jam as well as yogurt. Bread and yogurt often come in a pair I notice which is quite interesting. I wonder if the nutritional content of bread and yogurt compliment each other. Either way I am a big fan and love kyushoku yogurt. It’s so sweet and creamy. Great lunch today!

いか天丼　牛乳　もみづけ　キムチ入りとん汁

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today is an Asian fusion style meal between Korean and Japanese food I think. Ika tendon and Kimchi tonjiru as well as a salad. The momitzuke salad is lightly flavored, but the sesame seeds are very good and add a lot of depth to it. It’s a personal favorite. The kimchi tonjiru is today’s secret champion since its warm and hearty and the flavors of the kimchi make the tonjiru really shine. It’s an excellent dish. I’ve said it before and I will say it again, the sauce for the ika tendon is seriously the best. I love that stuff. A wonderful lunch today. Thank you!

コッペパン　牛乳　スラッピージョー

チーズポテト　ワンタンスープ

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today is a wonderful lunch and I am extremely happy since I missed the last time that sloppy joes came out. Besides them, cheesy potatoes and wonton soup. What a mix of foods today, it is almost like a birthday present. I started with the wonton soup. It has noodles and chicken in it so we would probably call it chicken noodle soup back in America which would fit better than wonton soup which is a Chinese dish. Either way it was delicious and had a lot of umami and the chicken chunks were pretty big. The cheesy potatoes were great as well. We rarely get potatoes as a side on their own and they are my favorite vegetable for sure. I like the cheesy addition, but they could have used a little salt and pepper. I love pepper on potatoes. And finally the sloppy joe. This sloppy joe mix is pretty good and the onion flavor is excellent. Sloppy joes taste very similar if not exactly like this in American schools so it’s very nostalgic for me to eat this. What a treat. Today is a top 3 lunch for me and maybe the best kyushoku of the year. Maybe! Gochisousamadeshita!

ごはん　牛乳　さんまのみぞれ煮

白菜のおひたし　すいとん汁

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today is a Japanese style lunch with Miso Sanma, ‘Suiton’ soup, and some salad. I am excited to try the fish and soup. The flavor from the katsuoboshi in the salad was great and the crunch of the hakusai was nice and also quite juicy. A nice salad today. The suiton soup was great and had a nice flavor. It was almost like the broth of ramen since it was flavored with soy sauce. Suiton is apparently a small noodle-ball made of mochi. It was really good and nice with the soup. I liked this soup a lot and was really happy to try it. The Sanma was excellent and I love it and the flavor of the miso sauce it was cooked in. I ate all my rice very quickly thanks to that. Today was an interesting Japanese style lunch with some new textures and flavors which was great. Thank you!

そぼろ丼　牛乳　けんちん汁　みかん

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today is the last day of November and we have another nice lunch. Today is Saboro-don and soup with a mikan. The soup was good and warm and had a light flavor. I liked the cabbage and onions the best. The saborodon is very good. I love the ginger flavor of the ground chicken and the mix with eggs and some lima beans is perfect. One of my favorite kyushoku dishes. And the mikan was sweet, a little tart, and delicious. Also my second mikan today since I ate one with breakfast too! Vitamin C!

メンチカツバーガー　牛乳　マカロニのクリーム煮

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Wow! Cream stew with macaroni is back! I love this dish. Also, delicious menchi katsu burger as well. The menchi katsu burger is bread, katsu, cabbage, and sauce. The katsu tasted great and had a perfect crunch. The cabbage added some nice texture and moisture as well. The sauce went perfect with the katsu of course, since it is katsu sauce! I liked the bread as well which added some sweetness to the whole sandwich. I like to save some of the bread for the stew since they are a nice pair as well. The stew was nice and hot and on another very cold day it was quite welcome. The flavor was mostly of milk, but a little bit of the vegetable flavor came through along with some of the meat flavor as well. It is such a nice and delicious stew and I love it. Great lunch today, top ten! Gochisousama Deshita!

ごはん　牛乳　ねぎまんじゅう

じゃこサラダ　マーボー豆腐

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today is Mabo Dofu day. It is a wonderful day indeed! The ‘Jako Salad’ was a nice and easy start to the meal and I saw that there were little fish inside of it. I think they are the ‘Jako’ part. I liked the fried tofu bits and they reminded me of croutons. The steamed onion dumplings were superb. I could eat 20 of them easily haha. Today’s mabo dofu was hot and fresh and tasted great. I think the dumplings had the best flavor of the day, but mabo dofu is always one of the best kyushoku meals of all time. An excellent lunch and of course a top 10. Gochisousamadeshita!

いちごパン　牛乳　スパゲッティナポリタン

ビーンズサラダ　プリン（豆乳）

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today is a western style lunch with pasta, salad, strawberry bread, and pudding. The bean salad was yummy and hearty as well. The creamy dressing was nice and brought all the ingredients together. I like how the ingredients were the same size or cut to be similar to the size of the beans. The spaghetti was delicious and the slices of wiener add some savory goodness to the sweet tomato sauce. I was surprised to see how pink the inside of the bread was. It smelled so fresh of strawberries and was a treat. The sauce on the bottom of the pudding was excellent and had a nice caramel flavor. A great lunch on this cold and rainy day.

【とちぎ地産地消元気アップ・水産物献立】

ごはん　牛乳　ヤシオマスのフライ（ソース）

五目ひじき　沢煮椀

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today is a Japanese style lunch with fried fish, hijiki salad, and some soup. The hijiki salad is quite delicious and the meaty aburaage adds some nice texture and flavor. Today’s lunch theme is that many if not all of the ingredients are from Tochigi and from bodies of water like rivers and lakes. The soup ‘Sawani Wan’ translates roughly to ‘River Bowl’ and the ingredients are all cut into strips so that they flow easier I think. Interesting idea and very delicious. When all the ingredients in the soup are in small strips it adds an interesting texture like with gobo salad. Finally today’s fish, the fried Yashio trout was very big! Also, it is rare to get red fish in school lunch so it’s a real treat. And I heard that the Yashio trout is native to Tochigi which is interesting. Like the beef in the curry last week, this week’s trout is very high quality and really good. Nice and crunchy on the outside and juicy on the inside. Normally Japanese menu days are conservative with size, but today was special! A top 15 menu for sure. Gochisousama Deshita!

【地産地消週間】

県産小麦のコッペパン　とちおとめジャム　牛乳

ハンバーグのトマト煮　ポパイソテー

オニオンスープ　県産ヨーグルト

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today is a very big lunch! The ‘popeye sautee’ was quite good. I like spinach and the corn and ham were nice additions to the hot salad. The hamburg with tomato sauce was also very well seasoned and tasted great. I made a sandwich using my bread and it was yummy. We don’t often get onion soup and it was pretty good. I like onions a lot. I ate the strawberry jam with some of my bread and yogurt. It was a delicious mix of sweetness and creaminess. My kyushoku strawberry danish! Excellent meal today. This week was a very great week of good school lunch!

【とちぎ地産地消元気アップ・牛肉献立】

県産牛のビーフカレーライス　牛乳　ハムと大根のサラダ

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today many people are talking about the beef in today’s curry because it was raised in Tochigi and very high quality. I am very excited to try it! The ham and daikon salad with cucumbers was great. I love the crunchiness of the daikon, and the flavor of the dressing too. I can taste citrus in the dressing and it has a nice bright flavor that is satisfying. And next is the famous beef curry. The curry flavor was the familiar as always, but had a slightly more complex flavor thanks to being stewed in the meat giving it more umami. The beef was more tender and had a softer texture than usual which was nice. Also the flavor of course was a bit more ‘meaty’. I mean that I could taste the meat more than the curry seasoning when I was eating it and really enjoyed the savory and creamy flavors from the beef. It was an excellent curry as always, being able to enjoy such high quality beef from Tochigi is a treat, and I am thankful for the opportunity. A top 5 kyushoku of course! Gochisousama Deshita!

【地産地消週間・ごはん献立の日】

ごはん　牛乳　さんまのみぞれ煮

県産ごぼうのきんぴら　にこにこ汁

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today is ‘Rice Menu’ day! So there are many dishes that go great with rice. The gobo salad is great and has that earthy sweet flavor which I love. Of course it goes well with rice and is complimented by carrots, konyaku, and satsuma age. The king of food that goes great with rice today is the Sanma. Sanma with a delicious savory miso sauce is a perfect match and absolutely delicious and makes rice disappear quickly. The ‘niko niko’ soup was also quite good. I liked the daikon in particular for the juicy crunch it adds to the dish. Today’s champion was the sanma for sure and I would eat it again and again. Excellent meal today!

【地産地消週間】

ごはん　牛乳　県産ぶた肉ぎょうざ

かんぴょうサラダ　ワンタンスープ

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today’s lunch has a Chinese theme to it and looks delicious. Sadly I missed lunch yesterday, but it was natto so maybe I was lucky? I would have loved to try the ginger flavored nikujaga though. The salad was really good and I enjoyed the dressing a lot. After speaking with the Nutritionist, they mentioned that almost all the kanpyo in school lunch was made in Tochigi! The wonton soup was excellent and had a great light salty flavor with the wonton noodles adding a nice texture and soaking up the broth making for a nice juicy bite. Today’s gyoza used all Tochigi pork and were wonderful. A nice char and crunch on the skin while having a yummy ginger and pork flavor for the filling. An excellent school lunch today. Top 15 for sure. Gochisousama Deshita.

【地産地消週間】

ごはん　牛乳　県産納豆

小松菜のいそ香り和え　しょうが風味の肉じゃが

はちみつパン　牛乳　スペイン風オムレツ

白菜とツナのサラダ　カレーうどん　お米のババロア

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today’s lunch has a lot of items! It feels like a lot to eat and I am hungry! The hakusai and tuna salad is amazing and it has been a while since I’ve eaten it. Great as always and filled with vegetables and yummy flavor. The ‘Spanish style’ omelet is always a mystery to me. It tastes fine, like a small slice of quiche without any crust and has potato in it. I don’t know what is Spanish about it though, but it is still delicious. Last time I recall it had onions and this time potatoes. The curry udon has the classic kyushoku curry flavor and the spongy and yummy udon instead of rice. I actually dip some of the honey bread into the curry for a salty and sweet mix of flavors and it is pretty good. I like to save the bread for the dessert though since they are a nice pair and it’s almost like a Danish. The ‘bababloa’ was actually a surprise to me and tasted like a creamsicle. A creamsicle is a type of ice cream with fruity orange ice on the outside and creamy milky ice on the inside. It reminded me of the states. Today’s lunch was excellent and I loved it. Top 10! Gochisousamadeshita!

ごはん　牛乳　さばの味勝焼き

もみづけ　筑前煮

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Unfortunately I missed two days of school lunch including yakisoba and Korean style karaage. What a heartbreak.. But today’s lunch looks delicious so I am very happy. The ‘momizuke’ salad was quite nice and had a bright ginger flavor with sesame too. The ‘chikuzenni’ soup was nice and earthy, with a few bits of sweetness as well. I liked the daikon radish and it reminded me of oden. The fish was great with rice and the oil and salty flavor were nice with the natural flavor of the fish. A nice Japanese style kyshoku!

黒とうパン　牛乳　焼きそば　根菜サラダ

ごはん　牛乳　とりのからあげ韓国風

切り干し大根のナムル　みそ汁

コッペパン　マーシャルビーンズ　牛乳

きのこスパゲッティ　イタリアンサラダ

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

A nice Italian style lunch today with the main and side dish. Mushroom spaghetti and Italian salad. Also, one of my favorite school lunch treats, Marshall Beans. The Italian salad was great as always. I love the bright flavor of the dressing and variety of the textures from the vegetables and squid and shrimp. One of the best salads for school lunch and such a variety of interesting ingredients which come together very well. It may sound silly, but whenever there is a topping with lunch, I always worry if I will put it on the right dish. Today we got some seaweed flakes and I put them on the pasta. I hope it is right! The pasta was great and had a nice light flavor. It wasn’t too oily and the chicken and mushrooms were delicious. Finally I enjoyed the bread and marshall beans. I love how creamy and sweet it is. And the fact it is mostly soy beans is amazing. I love this stuff. What a wonderful lunch. A top 10 lunch for sure! Gochisousama Deshita!

ごはん　牛乳　厚焼卵

白菜のおひたし　鮭団子汁

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

Today is a Japanese style lunch with a soup, salad, and tamagoyaki. The salad was very nice and the flavor of the katsuoboshi was great. The tamagoyaki was sweet and the natural flavor of the eggs was quite nice. Of course it was soft and fluffy as well. Today’s main dish was the soup featuring salmon meatballs. It was like normal miso soup, but with the delicious and cute little salmon meatballs in it. They added a new dimension of flavor to the normal soup and it was really good. Went very well with rice! Today was a delicious school lunch!

コッペパン　牛乳　お豆とかぼちゃのコロッケ

グリーンサラダ　クラムチャウダー

～Lunch Report　By ALT～

I am unable to eat school lunch today! I am very sorry to miss clam chowder too. I bet it was great. Also, the pumpkin and bean croquette sounds super yummy.

ごはん　牛乳　いわしのしょうが煮

小松菜のごま和え　キムチ入りとん汁

～Lunch Report By ALT～

Today’s salad was very nice. I liked the sesame flavor. I think I tasted kinako too. It was good. The tonjiru with kimchi was excellent. Great flavors from the kimchi and a little bit of sour along with the garlic. It warmed me up very well. Today’s fish was quite tasty too. At first the taste was very fishy, but the ginger flavor started to come out more with each bite and it was wonderful. A great lunch today which warmed me up despite the grey and cold weather outside. Thank you.

セルフフィッシュバーガー　牛乳　かぼちゃのシチュー

～Lunch Report By ALT～

Today is another amazing lunch day. Excellent looking pumpkin stew, and a ‘make your own’ fish sandwich. Both of those items are delicious and I know before even tasting them. I started out with a fish sandwich. Although I think it is a lot of bread, the sandwich was good and the fish was nice. The tartar sauce completes the sandwich along with the cabbage. The stew was amazing. Maybe the best stew I have had with school lunch in a long time. The pumpkin flavor is warm and spicy and the vegetables are hearty and delicious. Truly a treat. A top 3 kyushoku for the stew alone! Gochisousamadeshita!

そぼろ丼　牛乳　けんちん汁　ゆずゼリー

～Lunch Report By ALT～

Today we have a kind of Japanese lunch I feel. Saboro don and Kenchin soup. The soup was quite nice and tasted very earthy. Recently, I feel like we are seeing taro in lunch a lot more recently. Saboro is a super yummy mix of minced chicken, scrambled egg, and edamame. It is really delicious and I love the flavoring that they give it. It is a little sweet and a little savory. I am interested to know the recipe! I’d like to try and make some at home someday. Finally, I finished the meal with the delicious yuzu jelly. It was very delicious and the yuzu flavor was quite strong. Refreshing and good. A fantastic lunch. I am a big fan of the Saborodon. Thank you.

コッペパン　牛乳　チキンのチーズ焼き

花野菜サラダ　ポトフ

～Lunch Report By ALT～

Today’s lunch is awesome! A big salad, an interesting main dish, and a yummy soup. The ‘flower vegetable salad’ was great. It had a similar dressing to the Italian salad and it was very hearty too. I liked how the broccoli absorbed the dressing and exploded with flavor when I bit it. The potofu was delicious too. I liked the hotdog and daikon slices. The chicken cheese sandwich was my favorite today. The seasoning and flavor of the chicken was fantastic. An interesting meal, maybe with a French theme? Either way, a top 10 easily. Gochisousamadeshita!

ビビンバ　牛乳　えび団子スープ

～Lunch Report By ALT～

Today is a Korean style lunch with bibinba and shrimp ball soup. I started with the soup and it was excellent. Hot, shrimpy, and juicy. The bibinba had a vegetable mix and a meaty mix with royal fern. The vegetables were steamed and lightly flavored and quite good. The meal had an amazing flavor cooked in soy sauce which was the best. I loved it. Today’s meal is a top 15! Gochisousamadeshita!

ごはん　牛乳　おろしハンバーグ

ごぼうサラダ　みそ汁

～Lunch Report By ALT～

Today is a nice lunch with hamburg, gobo salad, and miso soup. All classics. I am a big fan of the gobo and the salad was quite nice. The creamy dressing is very good. Today’s miso soup was standard, but the abura age and tofu gave it a fluffy and juicy element which was nice. The hamburg was excellent and meaty and juicy. The oroshi sauce was also very delicious. I liked the onion flavor with the meat. Wonderful lunch.

はちみつパン　牛乳　焼きそば　こんにゃくサラダ

ヨーグルト（※栃木県牛乳普及協会さんからの無償提供）

～Lunch Report By ALT～

Today is yakisoba and konyaku salad with yogurt and honey bread. The salad was good, but the konyaku and wakame were very slimy. It was very refreshing though. The yakisoba was good and the sauce was nice. Can’t beat it. Today’s true treat was the yogurt. It was made in Nikko I think. It is slightly less sweet than usual, but tastes very fresh. It also had a much thicker texture and was an absolute delight. It went perfect with the honey bread too. Great lunch today.

秋野菜カレーライス　牛乳　ツナサラダ

～Lunch Report By ALT～

I feel that fall has some of the best foods. Stew, nabe, etc. Today’s fall veggie curry is amazing. The tuna salad was excellent. Today’s dressing was special. I think I tasted shiso leaf in there. Curry is delicious as always and in particular I appreciated the sweet potato for its texture and flavor. Smooth, creamy, and sweet. An excellent day for school lunch. Top 5! Gochisousamadeshita!

米粉パン　牛乳　スペイン風オムレツ

ブロッコリーサラダ　マカロニのクリーム煮

～Lunch Report By ALT～

Today is another great menu and a sign of good things to come. I love stews and school lunch stews are great. Today is ‘Macaroni nimono’, but it is a stew. The broccoli salad was creamy and sweet and I liked the crunchy cucumber. The ‘Spanish omelet’ was good. I think there was potato in it. The pasta stew was very hearty and delicious. It had a very light flavor and I could taste the onions. The rice bread was great and went well with the stew. I like the interesting texture and sweet flavor of the rice bread. It is very unique. Excellent lunch. Top 5! Gochisousamadeshita!

ごはん　牛乳　あげぎょうざ

ホイコーロー　わかめスープ

～Lunch Report By ALT～

Today is a holy day! I think horikoro is my favorite kyushoku menu item. The soup was light and had a gentle seaweed flavor. The wet crunch of the wakame was nice. The gyoza was flavored excellently and the garlicy meat filling was awesome. Today the gyoza had a darker crust and the char added some nice earthy flavors. The honorable horikoro never fails to please my palate. Today’s was even a little spicy too. I don’t know if it is the best, but it is a top 3 meal easily. Thank you! Gochisousamadeshita!

【地産地消献立：里いも】

ごはん　牛乳　とろあじスタミナ焼き

五目ひじき　いものこ汁

～Lunch Report By ALT～

I was unable to eat school lunch on Friday sadly. I have few regrets in life, and not eating sloppy joe is one of them! Today is a very Japanese style lunch. The hijiki salad was awesome with a light sweetness. The texture was good and it was hearty thanks to the beans, pork, and tofu. I moved to the fish next and was greatly surprised by how delicious it was. Today’s flavor was garlicy and salty. The Toro aji was very nice and great with rice.Today’s menu highlighted the locally grown sato imo. I usually don’t like the mushy slimy texture of sato imo, but in today’s soup it was good. I am very thankful for all the people and plants and animals who made my lunch possible today. Thanks as always!

コッペパン　牛乳　スラッピージョー

チーズポテト　野菜スープ

ごはん　牛乳　春巻

ハムとニラの和え物　マーボー豆腐

～Lunch Report By ALT～

Mabo dofu day! Yeah! Today’s salad seems new! It’s quite good and has a nice tangy flavor that compliments the meal well. The spring roll was perfect and had a nice crunch. They tasted nice and salty with a warm filling. The mabo was great today. So much meat and tofu. With rice it is perfect. A classic kyushoku menu, but one of the best. Top 5! Gochisousamadeshita!

【ごはん献立の日】

ごはん　牛乳　さんまのみぞれ煮

五目きんぴら　さつま汁

～Lunch Report By ALT～

Today is 'rice day'. So it looks like a menu that pairs well with white rice. The kinpira is great and has a variety of textures from the vegetables, meat, and fish cake. It has a variety of nice flavors too. The sweet potato soup was a great mix of salty and sweet. The texture of the potato is nice with the soup too. The true champion of 'rice day' is, of course, the miso sanma. The yummy sauce and fish are a perfect pair and I would be surprised if anyone left any rice at all after eating it. A great meal.

ごはん　牛乳　納豆

もみづけ　ピリから肉じゃが

～Lunch Report By ALT～

I finished off my natto and cleansed my palate with white rice and salad. The salad was like a sponge, cleaning the natto taste and texture from my mouth and replacing it with bright ginger and delicious sesame flavors. Thank you salad. My hero, as always on natto day, is the nikujaga. So good and filled with with so many vegetables. It is always a treat.

ごはん　牛乳　ぶた肉と野菜のしょうがいため

豆腐入り中華スープ　オレンジ

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Today is ginger stir fry and Chinese soup with an orange slice on the side. The stir-fry was excellent and the ginger flavor and plentiful vegetables were delicious. In particular, the green pepper slices added a little excitement to the mix. The tofu and egg soup was nice and the calmer flavors were a nice contrast to the stir-fry. Finally, the orange was a bright and sweet end to the meal. A Top 10 lunch today! Gochisousama Deshita.

食パン　牛乳　肉団子

大根とツナのサラダ　きつねうどん

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Today is a big lunch with a lot of variety. The daikon tuna salad was filled with veggies and had a bright flavor which brought out the best in the tuna. The kitsune udon was great. Tons of proteins with fish and chicken, and the delicious juicy sweetness from the fried tofu. I love kitsune udon and today's was excellent and hearty. 

ごはん　牛乳　さばのみそ煮

小松菜のおひたし　里いもと大根のそぼろ煮

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Today is a very Japanese style lunch. The salad was crunchy with strong katsuo bushi flavor. The satoimo soup was quite good. The sliminess of the sato imo theickens the sou into a stew. It was mostly a salty savory soup, but I tasted a little sweetness. My favorite part of today's lunch was the fish. The sweet miso sauce on the fish is amazing and with rice it's perfect.

コッペパン　牛乳　ハムチーズピカタ

ほうれん草サラダ　ミネストローネスープ　りんごゼリー

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Quite a valiety of items today. The spinich and tuna salad is wonderful as always, with a nice sweetness from the corn. Normally there is tuna inside the little stuffed omelet but today it had ham and a little bit of cheese. It was super good and I'd like to try are fresh out of the oven. Today's main was minestrone soup. The shells and bakon stood out today in texture and flavor. My apple jelly was in perfect condition and loaded with chunks of apple.

ハヤシライス　牛乳　イタリアンサラダ

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Hayashi rice and Italian salad are always delicious. Crunchy texture and cheese-like squid are a nice combination and the dressing is great. So I researched Hayashi rice and there are 2main ideas about it's origin.

1. It is named after a person called Hayashi.

2. It is from the English word "Hashed Beef".

I don't know the answer but today's Hayashi rice was super good!

いか天丼　牛乳　大阪づけ　むらくも汁

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Oosakatzuke is a salad of pickled daikon strips and cucumber with a light ginger flavor. It was pretty good. Murakumo soup was a nice flavorful egg drop soup with lots of onion and sea weed. Salty and savory. Very nice. Next up, Ika tendon. Squid tempura is OK, but with that sauce it is excellent.

コッペパン　牛乳　ハンバーグきのこソース

コールスローサラダ　えびだんごスープ　十五夜デザート

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This is a great line up today. A cole slaw salad with mayo, corn, and cucumbers which has flavor from the mayo, corn, and something tangy too. The dumpling soup was nice with a salty flavor but the dumplings had a very strong shrimp flavor and a meaty texture. Very good. I like to cut my hamburg lengthwise and make a sandwich using the bread. It was delicious and the mushroom sauce was terrific finally the cute jelly had a little rabbit shape in it for the celebration of moonviewing.

ごはん　牛乳　ポークシューマイ

ナムル　八宝菜

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Today's lunch has a Korean theme to it. The 'namul' was good with a nice crunch and sesame flavor.  The 'Happosai' soup was interesting.  Quail eggs, pork, shrimp, and squid too. So many proteins! But the flavor was nice and there were many vegetables too. The pork shumai ware great and I ate them with rice and soup to warm them up. The flavorful pork had garlic and other tastes as well.