Saeko Sasaki

Cooking instructor, YouTuber, Food stylist, Recipe creator🍳 Teach Japanese cooking in English for foreigners in Osaka🇯🇵 Love cooking and traveling!

[Saeko Sasaki @JpkitchenW]

⚡️ "Japanese Cooking Studio -WA-"

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[Saeko Sasaki @JpkitchenW]

It’s been a while! I didn’t post very long time but reopened cooking studio in the end of last year, and met so many guests in first half of 2023. Wanna post about some classes. Guests from 🇩🇪🇺🇸 joined Ramen & gyoza class in January and February.
I’m happy to hold classes again!!

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🎥YouTube video is uploaded!!
▶️https://t.co/yiL4MqzY9S

It’s been a while! I uploaded a new recipe video for the first time in 7 months. Sorry to have kept you waiting for months but it would be your favorite recipe if you love vegetables.
Hope you enjoy the recipe!

[Saeko Sasaki @JpkitchenW]

I made a bunch of tamagoyaki for shooting of the TV show today.
The bento is one of the dish using tamagoyaki taken for the show.
I don’t usually make bento but many Japanese mom make beautiful bento full of love for her family. My mom also made it for me in my childhood.

[Saeko Sasaki @JpkitchenW]

It’s been a while! Do you know Japanese spring ingredients like bamboo shoot and various wild edible vegetables from mountain? We can get them only during a month.
They has a strong bitterness so need to remove lye before cooking. It requires a lot of work but the taste is great!

[Saeko Sasaki @JpkitchenW]

It is the day called Setsubun today which means the final day of winter in the lunar calendar.
We have a custom to eat a fat rolled sushi while facing to the the fortune direction of the year to pray good luck!

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🎥YouTube video is uploaded!!
▶️https://t.co/49rlfLzs5x

Chawanmushi is a steamed egg custard that consists of egg, dashi and various ingredients inside. It has a delicate, savory, and rich flavor. It needs some technique to cook but not difficult if you learn once! Enjoy it!

[Saeko Sasaki @JpkitchenW]

@LizZakos Thank you! It's challenging but fun😁

[Saeko Sasaki @JpkitchenW]

An American family from Boston joined private online cooking class!
The husband requested to learn Karaage and Agedashi tofu as a Christmas gift for his wife. Wonderful idea! We enjoyed cooking and chatting on zoom. It was awesome time! Thank you for joining my class!!

[Saeko Sasaki @JpkitchenW]

I’m planning to hold online classes for private groups from February. You can join the class with your family or friends from wherever even you live separately with them.
I will inform again when I’m ready!

[Saeko Sasaki @JpkitchenW]

It is miso making season in winter so I try to make new types of miso using black beans and chickpeas.
Some are homemade over 10 months ago and the others are bought. From the left, white miso, brown miso, wheat miso, rice miso and red miso. Have you tried them?

[Saeko Sasaki @JpkitchenW]

During winter time, I make Oden in a large pot at least once. Ingredients become more delicious leaving for several hours or a day after finish cooking.

[Saeko Sasaki @JpkitchenW]

I welcomed a British guy living in Japan to a private cooking class!
It was reserved by his wife as a surprise Christmas gift. We planned it for him to learn Japanese classic dishes like dashi, tempura, miso soup, dashimaki-tamago etc.
Such a lovely gift! I really enjoyed it🥰

[Scott O @Scott_ODonnell]

Every year end I look in Japanese markets and I cannot find the ingredients or the packs. #七草粥

[Saeko Sasaki @JpkitchenW]

@Scott_ODonnell Have you ever looked for them after new year holiday? They are sold only for a few days before January 7. Some people grow them or pick wild one.

[Saeko Sasaki @JpkitchenW]

We have the custom to eat seven herb rice porridge on January 7 in Japan. We tend to eat too much in the new year holiday so eat the dish to let our stomachs recover. Moreover, January 7 is the kind of festival to get rid off evils. Eat seven herb with praying not to be sick.

[Saeko Sasaki @JpkitchenW]

@rallat ありがとう😊

[Saeko Sasaki @JpkitchenW]

Happy New Year!!
This is Osechi-ryori, a traditional Japanese assortment box of small dishes to celebrate new year. I prepared it from scratch for 2 families. Each small dish has each meaning to pray fortune.
Wish everything will be better and everyone all the best and stay safe!

[Saeko Sasaki @JpkitchenW]

Happy New Year!!

[Saeko Sasaki @JpkitchenW]

It is the last working day today this year. After work, went to have yakitori in Osaka. It was crowded cuz lots of Japanese have new year holidays from tomorrow. I felt like time flies in December cuz I'd been busy. I'm gonna have a rest and buy new year's dishes ingredients.

[Saeko Sasaki @JpkitchenW]

Hope all of you have a happy Christmas!!