I was asked to cook at a Japanese-theme dinner party, which was hosted by a friend of my friend. So, I catered dinner for the group of 8 people at the host's house in Hollywood the other night.
It was such a pleasure to introduce healthy home-style Japanese dishes including donabe dishes to American people.
The evening started with two kinds of tofu dishes. Tofu "Shira-ae" (creamy tofu salad), and my homemade rectangular tofu.
"Shojin" (Buddhist-style vegan) Kabocha soup was served cold.
I made the young "shin-shoga" ginger and edamame rice with the double-lid donabe rice cooker, "Kamado-san".
With my donabe steamer, "Mushi Nabe", I left the steam grate and used it as a classic-style all-purpose donabe to make the chicken sukiyaki!
Two kinds of dessert...azuki filled dumpling cookies, and houji-cha cake.
I had a lot of fun, and I was also very happy that everyone told me how much they enjoyed the dinner!
Happy donabe life.
