Hataraku Gohan

Meals of a working life in Japan. The big meal is breakfast.

A breakfast diary from Japan

Her biggest meal is breakfast, cooked before work.

She works full-time in Japan and cooks a large breakfast every morning. She has for more than ten years.

See her morningsWeekends

Keema curry on yellow rice topped with a soft egg, with a green salad and a glass bowl of watermelon and grapesMorningKeema curry for breakfast(1 of 5)Two homemade pizzas, a salad topped with sliced roast beef, and glasses of red wine on a weekend tableWeekendHomemade pizza on the weekend(2 of 5)Omurice topped with ketchup beside a green salad, with a cup of pumpkin soup, a slice of pound cake and yogurt with fruitMorningOmurice, pumpkin soup, and pound cake(3 of 5)Raw beef and pork slices, shiitake mushrooms, green peppers and eggplant on plates beside a tabletop grillWeekendYakiniku at home with red wine(4 of 5)Hamburger steak with melted cheese and a fried egg beside lettuce and sprouts, with mushroom soup in a wooden bowl, melon and yogurtMorningHamburger steak and a fried egg(5 of 5)

More from her kitchen

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Japanese breakfast tray with stir-fried bitter melon, simmered lotus root and carrot, miso soup in a wooden bowl, watermelon and yogurt

Morning

Bitter melon stir-fry and simmered lotus root

Whole figs simmering in a dark red enamel pot with a cinnamon stick, for fig compote

Weekend

Fig compote with cinnamon

Braised pork and daikon on a blue and white plate, with a large chopped salad, cold tofu, fruit and yogurt

Morning

Braised pork with daikon

Slices of seared bonito over lettuce, cucumber and tomato, topped with sliced onion, green onion and grated ginger, with a can of beer

Weekend

Seared bonito salad and a cold beer

Japanese breakfast tray with grilled chicken and pink pickles, okra, tofu, mushroom miso soup in a wooden bowl, melon, grapes and yogurt

Morning

Grilled chicken, okra, and mushroom miso soup

Pan-fried gyoza on a blue and white plate beside a bowl of noodle soup with oysters, cabbage and carrot

Weekend

Gyoza and noodle soup with oysters

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Dinner for breakfastJapanese traysFish morningsEggs

From her table

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A working woman, and her mornings.

She cooks breakfast, goes to the gym, then comes back to eat it. What is left becomes lunch.

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