Simple Japanese Cooking

Food shopping in Japan has a reputation for being a touch on the expensive side, and as you wander the aisles of your local supermarket looking at your basic groceries – cheese, fruit, freshly baked bread – it is hard to disagree. However, if you look at local produce you will find that the weekly shop doesn’t have to be such a pain in the wallet. The only problem may be that you are unused to preparing and cooking with Japanese foods. If this is the case, a fun and interesting – not to mention potentially money saving – cultural experience is to take lessons in Japanese cooking. ABC Cooking Studios Let’s start with the big boys, and they don’t come much bigger than ABC Cooking studios who have been going since 1987 and have 124 studios nationwide. There is a huge choice of menus on offer, from washoku (traditional Japanese dishes), bread, cakes and even Chinese, western and world foods. And it’s not just you who can learn to cook at ABC Cooking Studios, but your family too, with courses offered for children from four years old up to 3rd grade elementary. A percentage of profits from one day courses go to the UNHCR…