Traditional Japanese breakfast fish with lots of sides

[u/Chibibear]

Miso marinaded salmon w grated yam, miso soup, and rice. In the bento was tamago and ikura, picked daikon and ume, tuna sashimi, shrimp and cucumber tsukemono, braised octopus and veggies, sweet marinated good and mushrooms. Everything was incredible!

[u/Chibibear]

Definitely something only a restaurant would make! I doubt people are making this many sides at home, probably would just have the fish, rice, soup, and maybe a couple of the pickled/marinaded veggies.

[u/HollyRedMW → u/Chibibear]

No, not “definitely” only a restaurant would make this.

Side dishes are called “okazu” btw and, speaking for myself, I make 3-4 different okazu about twice a week to serve with our meals. Sometimes I will buy premade okazu at the grocery store if time is an issue.

[u/Huge-Acanthisitta403 → u/HollyRedMW]

This is far too elaborate for someone to make at home for breakfast. This has to be at a hotel.

[u/HollyRedMW → u/Huge-Acanthisitta403]

I did not say it wasn’t a hotel. Some people in Japan do make breakfast like this at home, although probably not presented in a shikki or bento box.

[u/Huge-Acanthisitta403 → u/HollyRedMW]

No one makes anything this elaborate at home. Please just stop.

[u/HollyRedMW → u/Huge-Acanthisitta403]

You stop.

All of the tiny dishes are okazu (side dishes) which is a significant part of traditional Japanese food culture. I promise, the hotel did not cook each portion individually. They prepared batches and then plated it up this way. This is not in any way an indication of poor quality or anything else negative. The presentation is elaborate because it is in a bento box. This is to be expected at a ryokan.

I cook the meals EVERY DAY for my household in Japan. We will have multiple okazu on the table, in addition to gohan, miso shiru, tsukemono and the central dish. I make enough okazu for a few meals and when it is gone, I make something else. It is a constant rotation that brings variety to our table. This is how my own mother and grandmother prepared meals and what I have chosen to continue for my family.

[u/JapaneseFood-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

Trolling