What is the best home-style japanese meal to cook for my gf who is homesick.?

Question

she misses home-style food like a japanese mother would make. Not sushi, any ideas?

Answer 1

YAKISOBA (JAPANESE STYLE NOODLES WITH
SAUCE)

1-2 lbs. thinly sliced beef
4 pkg. Japanese style noodles (chow mein) with sauce
3 carrots, thinly sliced
1/2 head cabbage, chopped
2 yellow onions, sliced
2 tbsp. oil
3 tbsp. sugar
6 tbsp. oyster sauce
Salt and pepper to taste

In big frying pan, heat oil and brown meat. Add all the vegetables and stir-fry until vegetables become tender. Add oyster sauce, sugar, salt and pepper to taste. Set them aside. Cook Japanese style chow mein as directed on the package with sauce. Add vegetables and meat to the chow mein and mix them or heat. Serves 4 to 6 people.


Odango (Japanese traditional snack)

1/2 box MOCHIKO (sweet rice flour)
1 box MORI-NU TOFU or 200 ml water
1/4 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon starch (with water)

Mix together in a bowl MOCHIKO AND TOFU and water. Shape into balls (1 inch). Prepare boiling water on the stove and drop balls into pan. It is ready to eat when the balls float.

Sauce - In a pan combine soy sauce, sugar, water and stir. Pour starch (with water) into pan when boiling and stir well. Cook until the sauce is sticky.


Chi Chi Dango Mochi

1 pound mochiko (glutinous rice flour)
2 1/2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
1/4 teaspoon red food color
1 1/2 cups potato starch

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan. Whisk together the rice flour, sugar and baking powder; set aside.
In a medium bowl, mix together the water, vanilla, coconut milk and red food coloring. Blend in the rice flour mixture. Pour into the prepared pan.
Cover the pan with foil and bake for 1 hour. Allow to cool completely.
Turn the pan of mochi out onto a clean surface that has been dusted with potato starch. Cut into bite size pieces using a plastic knife. The mochi does not stick as much to plastic knives.

Answer 2

There are regional variations on foods in all countries, including Japan. So, you might want to try checked into that first. Once that's done, it should be very easy for you to find cookbooks that feature Japanese cuisines.

I don't have any particular ideas for you other than those above, but I will say that no matter what, any attempt that you make here will almost certainly be very welcome, particularly as it shows your understanding and consideration.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Noodles! Find some nice udon, add a good broth and any little goodies she likes: bits of crab, shrimp, egg, veggies, you name it. It's really up to the individual taste.

Not only tasty, but good comfort food.

Answer 4

Where is she from? If she is from anywhere near Osaka, you could quite easily make her some 'okonomiyaki', and you would be the hero for days!

Yum!

http://www.japan-guide.com/r/e100.html

Answer 5

Take her to a Hibachi restaurant!