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Japanese trays

Rice or soup, a main dish, and several small ones. The classic Japanese breakfast.

Grilled eel glazed in sauce over rice with shredded egg and shiso on a white oval plate, with simmered hijiki, a small side dish, soup in a wooden bowl and green tea

Morning

Unagi rice bowl with hijiki

Japanese breakfast tray with a gomoku rice ball, burdock and carrot kinpira, mozuku seaweed, blanched greens, soup in a wooden bowl, watermelon and yogurt with blueberries

Morning

Gomoku rice ball, kinpira, and watermelon

Slices of rolled omelet with hijiki seaweed, a piece of fried chicken, broccoli and tomato on a blue and white plate, with kabocha and cherries behind

Morning

Hijiki tamagoyaki and karaage

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

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

Japanese breakfast with stir-fried liver and garlic chives, a bowl of multigrain rice, egg and wakame soup, small side dishes and tea

Morning

Liver and garlic chives with multigrain rice

Japanese breakfast with grilled salmon, cold tofu topped with green onion, soup in a wooden bowl, small side dishes and watermelon

Morning

Grilled salmon, cold tofu, and watermelon

Japanese breakfast tray with grilled meat and shredded cabbage on a patterned plate, soup in a wooden bowl, melon, greens and yogurt

Morning

Grilled meat with shredded cabbage

Japanese breakfast tray with a meat and vegetable stir-fry, a small dish of dark greens, soup in a wooden bowl and a cold drink

Morning

Meat and vegetable stir-fry with greens

The Japanese breakfast tray

A classic Japanese breakfast is served on a tray: rice or soup, one main dish, and several small side dishes. Each dish comes in its own small bowl or plate.

My trays change with what I have. One morning it is grilled chicken with okra and mushroom miso soup. Another it is bitter melon stir-fry with simmered lotus root, or liver and garlic chives with multigrain rice.