Teishoku is Japanese for "set meal," a common feature in many restaurants and cafes in Japan, especially during lunch hour. A typical teishoku includes rice, miso soup, pickled vegetables, meat or fish and maybe a salad--all for around 700 yen! Oh, how I miss teishoku; all the variety and the bargain price.
Keizo has been keeping me appraised of all the delicious things I have been missing though, sharing photos from his cell phone when we talk on Skype.
Meal 1: Homemade teishoku at his parent's home in Tokushima. Rice, grilled fish, sashimi, potstickers, pickled vegetables and some really amazing looking soup.
Meal 2: Typical restaurant teishoku, again with rice, miso soup and pickled vegetables. The main here looks like fried shrimp and some kind of croquet. For all the attention the Japanese diet gets in our media for being really healthy, there are plenty of fried entrees to choose from!
Meal 3: From a bento shop (bento meaning lunch box;) again with the rice, some grilled fish, a meat ball, fried chicken, tamagoyaki, vegetables and a side of fruit.
Yum. Bet you can guess what I wish I was having for lunch.
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