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Hi, I'm Aki, a minimalist who is a school
teacher living in a small village in Japan. Today, I’ll be sharing about what I eat
in a day from morning to night. To be honest, my daily diet isn't
as cool as any other Vlogger. However, in this video, you will able to see "What Japanese people usually eat everyday",
and "How to make delicious matcha and cook rice" ,so please watch it until the end.
So, let’s get started! 5:00 am Breakfast After changing clothes and cleaning my
room as usual, I go down to the kitchen. So, I'm gonna start making my
breakfast … but before that, I’ve been asked by many people
about Japanese breakfast, like "What do Japanese people
usually eat in the morning?" So, I'll answer this first. Traditionally, we eat Japanese food like this. However, these days, many people eat Western
food like this.and I always answered, “bread.” It depends on the generation,
but I think it's about 50/50. So for example, sometimes Japanese
school students will ask their friends, "What do you usually have for
breakfast, rice or bread??" While growing up, in my home I would usually
eat bread and Western style breakfast. and I always answered, “bread.” But as I grew up, my
breakfast preferences changed. Now as an adult, I usually drink
smoothies and matcha for breakfast. In other words, my breakfast is a
combination of Western and Japanese styles. First, I’ll be talking
about my breakfast smoothie. The ingredients I usually put
in my smoothies are dates, ginger, apples, eggs,
bananas, soy milk, and cobon.
Occasionally, I add other vegetables
such as spinach and tomatoes. People often ask, "Is it really
okay to eat raw eggs?", I would say, “Yes, the quality of eggs in
Japan is carefully controlled, so it's okay to eat them raw. We love it.” Cobon is a drink made from natural yeast. With even a small amount of it, it really
helps kick-start my digestive system. The reason why I drink
smoothies in the morning is that m
First, it is easy to digest fruits and vegetables.
Also, since smoothies are light meals, so you can also exercise and work
out after drinking it, like me.
As you can see, smoothies have many advantages,
but they also have some disadvantages. It makes my body cold. So, in order to counteract that feeling, I
always drink warm matcha after the smoothie. I usually do a more casual version of
tea ceremony and drink matcha like this. But today, since I’m making this video, I would like to introduce two
ways to make delicious matcha. The first way, in my opinion, is the
most delicious way to prepare matcha. These are the items to prepare: If you don't have these things in your
home, you can substitute something similar. When people prepare their matcha, many
immediately put the matcha in a tea bowl, but you shouldn’t do this if
you wanna make delicious matcha. The first thing you should do is preheat your bowl so that the matcha won’t get cold and you’ll be
able to make a well frothed and creamy matcha. At the same time, it would be great if you can warm up the chasen in warm
water to soften the tips. After that, please don't forget to
dry the tea bowl with a clean cloth. Then, you are going to place the bowl on the
scale, and set it to zero with the sifter on top.
And I'm going to add 2g of matcha. This process is going to break up the matcha
powder and give you a much nicer texture. Then finally, add hot water. I tested it many times, then I found that 90g of hot water at 65 ℃ (149 ° F)
is the best for traditional matcha. Then, you want to whisk for
15 seconds with a chasen. When whisking, it’s preferable to move it
like writing M instead of making circles. And I do about 3 seconds of gathering in. Then I do 5 seconds of vigorous whisking. And about 6 seconds you’ll
see I’ve started moving slower and then gently mix the surface
to get really nice foam.
Finally, put the chasen center and pull
it out of the middle of the matcha. You want to check the foam attached
to the tip of the chasen like this, that’s the sign that you got a nice froth. It's complete. Next is the method for those who don’t
have the normal tools to make such matcha. This is what you need to prepare. After warming up the Mason jar, put
matcha and hot water in the same way...
Then... Shake it!!! for 15 seconds!! And it's complete. Pretty easy, isn’t it? I think matcha made with chasen
is more delicious of course, but this method also gets the job done.
By the way, today I used this
brand of matcha called Matcha Moon. And this gave a good texture and flavorful taste. Also, in the future, I think I’ll
make a matcha comparison video. During the morning Today I was making a kamakura,
which is an igloo with my friend.
12:00 pm Lunch Now it's time for lunch. These days I’m really into Mentai Kamatama Udon. Kamatama-Udon is boiled udon
noodles with raw egg and soy sauce. I always put mentaiko in it as
well, which is spicy cod roe. When the noodles are boiled, I strain
them and then put them in a bowl. Add mentaiko, an egg, Then pour soy sauce and Yuzupon on it. That’s it. Super simple! Then, I mix it up and eat it. I love it so much that I never
get tired of eating it every day. By the way, apparently mentaiko is sold under the
name, “Hakata spicy caviar”, outside of Japan.
During the Afternoon Finally, the kamakura is completed. I enjoyed drinking matcha with my friend. I will also make a video about this
too, so please look forward to it. 18:30 pm Dinner Well, I’m going to make dinner. First, I cook rice in a clay pot. Then put pesticide-free brown
rice in the pot and add water. Actually, you want to soak the brown rice in water
for about 30 minutes in advance before cooking, if you want to make more delicious rice. But I was so hungry that I couldn’t wait. haha I cook it on the electric stove
for about 20 minutes on high heat. If you use a gas stove, 15 minutes
is about enough on high medium heat. After that, I turn off the heat
and leave it for 20 minutes. Make sure not to open the lid. I’m going to prepare side
dishes while the rice cooks. Today, I’m gonna grill saury on
the fish grill, under the stove. Reheat the miso soup I made yesterday. The ingredients for miso soup are
tofu, nameko (which are mushrooms), green onions, and white radishes.
This is the miso I used,
which is a 3-year-old miso made and purchased in the hot spring
town near the Snow Monkey Park. By the way, I am currently
using a Teflon-coated pot, but I would like to buy a cast-iron
pot in the future. While the rice finished
cooking, I grated the radish. Mmmm it looks delicious! I'm a minimalist, so I have only these plates. I’m going to put the food on a plate, take out
chopsticks, then arrange them on the table. Ok! it’s finally time to eat. Itadakimasu. After that, I made matcha in
the kamakura again at night because it was very beautiful.
It was cold, but fun. Summary Today, I introduced what I eat
in a day from morning to night. I'm sorry it's not very fancy and
cool, but I promise it’s delicious! In the future, I hope my meals will help inspire you to
create even more delicious and healthy dishes. However, if you think this is something
that you want to incorporate into your life, I think that’s really great. If you like this type of video, please give
it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel.
Also, it would be great if you let me
know what you think about this video or what you eat in your
country in the comments below. Stay safe, have fun, and thank
you for watching as usual. I hope to see you in the next video. bye bye..
