A while ago I promised Charlene that I would cook her a 5 course Japanese meal if she did well on her exam that she took in HongKong.

So in the end it became a...

"welcome back from Hong Kong/You're done with exams/Happy Birthday" 

dinner!!! 

So this is what I ended up cooking!

I realized in the end that instead of a 5 course meal... 

if I included the rice as a dish, 

it would be a 6 course meal!!! 

This was my first time cooking a full course meal for 4 people so I admit I was super scared whether it would turn out nice...

but judging from everyone's reaction at the dinner table... 

I think it was a thumbs up!!!

How does it look?

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I decided on a healthy menu so that this dinner would be guilt free!

No oil was used during this meal and I tried to put in as many veggies as possible!!!!

Also instead of a normal steak I used konnyaku because konnyaku is SUPER healthy and it's a popular diet dish in Japan!!!

Usually it's used for oden and tonjiru but Japanese people have found many other ways to use konnyaku for their diet!

Here's a closer picture and description of the dishes!!!

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Salmon Sashimi!

(anyone can make this... lol)

Tonjiru 

(miso soup with pork and lots of veggies)

Mushroom rice

(3 types of mushroom & ginko nuts inside!)

I probably stuck in 500g of mushrooms inside so it's very healthy!!

Oh I also forgot to take a photo of the Chawanmushi...  *slaps self*

It's partially because it didn't turn out as pretty as it usually does...

I guess I'm not a pro multi-tasker as I thought I was... 

*image from wikipedia*

Either way...this is how it'll look like. lol

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I'll probably do a recipe if anyone is interested in how to make theses dishes!!

What did you recently cook??

I would love to see what kind of awesome creation you cooked up!!!

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xoxo

Kiyoko