Tofu day
After my business trip in Izu, I called Chika over to hang out for the entire day. I wanted to see how it feels to be impetuous like her. I prepared her favorite food - tofu - for the whole day. I tried to figure out what kind of tofu dishes she'd like through recalling Yuichi's complaints about the inn that Chika recommended.
As I cooked tofu the whole day, I couldn't help but ponder over this food. In a sense, it's both a meaningful and an interesting food to me. If the inn had served anything but tofu, which Yuichi did not believe is suitable for a growing boy like him, he wouldn't have complained to me on the phone, and I wouldn't have rushed to bring him the katsudon. That made me think about how people demonize tofu and claim they have feminizing effects on men. I guess maybe that's why they call it "monk's food", as monks are surely not people's first choice of representation for masculinity. Either way, it's a ridiculous claim, I concluded before returning to reality and hung out with Chika for the rest of the day.
Tofu day
After my business trip in Izu, I called Chika over to hang out for the entire day. I wanted to see how it feels to be impetuous like her. I prepared her favorite food - tofu - for the whole day. I tried to figure out what kind of tofu dishes she'd like through recalling Yuichi's complaints about the inn that Chika recommended.
As I cooked tofu the whole day, I couldn't help but ponder over this food. In a sense, it's both a meaningful and an interesting food to me. If the inn had served anything but tofu, which Yuichi did not believe is suitable for a growing boy like him, he wouldn't have complained to me on the phone, and I wouldn't have rushed to bring him the katsudon. That made me think about how people demonize tofu and claim they have feminizing effects on men. I guess maybe that's why they call it "monk's food", as monks are surely not people's first choice of representation for masculinity. Either way, it's a ridiculous claim, I concluded before returning to reality and hung out with Chika for the rest of the day.
Cooking Instructions
- 1
For breakfast, I made a hearty soup with egg tofu. I took some tofu out of the fridge and diced up a zucchini.
- 2
Boil some chicken stock and season with chicken bouillon. Then, put all the ingredients in and wait for 5 minutes.
- 3
Breakfast is served.
- 4
For lunch, I made tofu spring rolls. First, wash some lettuce and cilantro. Cut the avocado in thin strips. Fry an egg and also cut them thinly. Fry the tofu until crispy and cut.
- 5
Wet the rice paper on both sides to make rolling easier. Put all the ingredients at one end, roll them up twice and close the edges before continuing to roll the rest.
- 6
Make the sauce using 1 tbsp fish sauce, 1 tbsp sugar, 1/2 tbsp vinegar and 3 tbsp water. I also added some thai chili. Put the rolls on the plate and enjoy.
- 7
For dinner: There's always rice for dinner at the inn! I made tomato tofu, which I usually really love, but I was getting kind of sick of tofu. I see what Yuichi was saying now. Anyways, first, I cut the tofu and also chopped up the tomatoes.
- 8
Fry the tomato in 1 tbsp oil. Salt them immediately so they break apart quicker. Add 1/2 cup water about 5 minutes later.
- 9
Add fish sauce, sugar and ketchup to taste. Add the tofu in.
- 10
Put on a plate and serve with rice.
- 11
Chika said she was living her best dream.
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