Some Mandatory Choices for Breakfast at Home

SOME MANDATORY CHOICES FOR BREAKFAST AT HOME IN JAPAN

Hi guys, welcome back again on my blog. As usual, here I’ll discuss about Japan, especially about family life in Japan. So today, I’m going to tell you about “Some mandatory choices for breakfast at home”. Before I tell you about the title above, I wanna tell you; what are the benefits of breakfast?

Last week, I have told you about breakfast at my last post that breakfast is the first meal of the day when taken in the morning. So, the benefits of breakfast are as an energy source, maintain brain concentration, our body's metabolism is balanced, add nutrition, prevent ulcer disease and many others. People in Japan are famous for hard workers because they need extra energy to do activities, the Japanese people don't forget for breakfast. So families in Japan care about breakfast. And usually, if we are breakfast at home, the meal will prepare by the mother.

Here are some mandatory choices for breakfast at home in Japan:

1.    Rice

Same with Indonesia people, rice is one of choice for breakfast in Japan. It has been more than 2000 years, rice is the main food when breakfast in Japan and usually they add raw eggs on a bowl of rice that is still hot and and added nori. Nori is the name of seaweed in Japan.

2.    Miso Soup

This miso soup is made from miso paste dissolved in chicken broth. This miso soup consists of raw tofu, topped with tofu that has been fried and nori.

3.    Tamagoyaki

Tamagoyaki is the name of omelet in Japan. Tamagoyaki is made with a mixture of mirin and soy sauce which is rolled and cut into pieces and usually tamagoyaki is served with daikon radish. Mirin is a Japanese sweet rice wine that lends mild acidity to a dish. Beside that, tamagoyaki can be made as a bento menu.

4.    Yakizakana

Yakizakana means grilled fish. Yakizakana is also one of the most favored breakfast in Japan. Because they believe that eating fish can make their brains smarter and can work more optimally. Usually the fish that is often grilled is salmon and mackerel.

5.    Natto

Natto is a fermented soybean which has a strong flavor, sticky texture and unique taste. But only a few people like natto because of its unique taste. Natto can also be eaten with hot rice.

6.    Tsukemono

Tsukemono means pickle (acar). Pickles are one of the breakfast menu that can't be left in Japan The pickles are usually made from vegetables or fruits. But the most famous and often eaten at breakfast are pickled plums, pickled radishes, and various vegetable pickles from cucumber, carrot, eggplant and daikon radish.

7.    Ramen, Soba and Udon

Ramen, soba and udon are same but different. Why?. Ramen, soba dan udon are made from noodles but the form of noodles and how to serve when you want to eat is different. And remember, when you eat them don’t forget to use chopsticks, and you have to know how to use chopsticks very well in Japan. Because when you are wrong in using chopsticks, you will be embarrassed. If you want to know about that keep reading on my blog.

a.    Ramen

The texture of ramen is more springy, long and thin. Ramen noodles are always served hot because the pleasure of ramen noodles lies in the spicy sauce that is rich in flavor. This type of noodle is usually made from wheat flour.

b.    Soba (buckwheat)

Soba is made from rye cereal. Soba noodles has a darker color than ramen and udon. The shape is thin like ramen but the way to eat is different. if soba can be consumed when it's cold.

c.    Udon

Udon has the largest size then ramen and soba. Udon noodles is white and thick shape. Same like ramen and soba, udon can eat when it’s hot or cold with clear broth or cloudy broth.

            Ramen noodles, soba and udon are foods for breakfast inspired by Japanese anime cartoons such as Naruto, Doraemon, Kekaishi, and others. Because the characters in it often eat ramen noodles, so these noodles become one of the breakfast menus for Japanese people.

             So every parent in Japan, especially mother; they must serve meals for breakfast on the table for children and their husbands at home before going to school or going to work. Because according to Japanese people breakfast is very important.

If you want to know more about family life in Japan, keep reading on my blog.
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