food i had on my trip back home to oita :)

all the food i had, mostly made by my grandma, while on my trip back home to oita for the new years 🙂

photo 1-3: ebifry, oyster mushroom fry, and eggplant fry! and then yellowtail sashimi, yellowtail ryu-kyu marinade (an oita delicacy)

photo 4-7: new year’s eve feast was a traditional japanese meal made by my grandma and hot pot! we have shrimp, roast duck, datemaki (sweet rolled omelette), fish cake, kazunoko (herring egg), kurikinton (sweet potato with chestnuts), kobumaki (fish wrapped in konbu), salmon marinade, burdock root rolled in meat, chikuzeni (simmered vegetable and meat dish)

photo 8-9: tori-ten (chicken tempura which is an oita delicacy), eggplant tempura, ebi-fry, and oyster mushroom fry! and then salmon, yellowtail, and chicken sashimi! a cabbage salad! fish cake! japanese pickles!

photo 10: yellowtail sashimi, tempura, some bean dish, some crab dish, an unknown clam wasabi dish, gratin, egg custard, fish fry with tartar sauce, rice, miso soup, annin-tofu!

photo 11-14: japanese bbq! we had a family gathering feast plate with all sorts of cuts of meat and bibimbap, yukhoe, egg soup, and salad bar!