#donburi

A luxurious and flavorful Japanese rice bowl featuring the delicate flavors of uni sea urchin roe, succulent salmon, and tender kanpachi, topped with a savory-sweet sauce and served over sushi rice.

Ingredients: 150g Uni sea urchin roe. 200g fresh salmon fillet, thinly sliced. 200g fresh kanpachi amberjack fillet, thinly sliced. 2 cups sushi rice, cooked. 1/4 cup soy sauce. 2 tablespoons mirin. 2 tablespoons rice vinegar. 1 tablespoon sugar. 1 avocado, sliced optional. 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted. 1 green onion, thinly sliced. Pickled ginger, for serving optional. Wasabi, for serving optional.

Instructions: Soy sauce, mirin, rice vinegar, and sugar should all be mixed together in a small saucepan. Slowly heat until the sugar is gone. Wait for the sauce to cool down. You can serve the cooked sushi rice in bowls. Place fish, uni, and salmon slices on top of the rice. Pour the sauce you just made over the seafood and rice. If you want, you can add toasted sesame seeds, green onions, and sliced avocado as a garnish. Serve right away with wasabi and pickled ginger on the side. Take a bite of your Uni, Salmon, and Kanpachi Donburi!

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Chicken Katsu Don

A bowl of rice topped with breaded and fried chicken, drizzled with mayonnaise, served with a side salad and miso soup.

Just a simple office lunch.

I have a mini rice cooker in my office, no frills, no bells or whistles (literally, I have to actively check to see if the little tab has gone "click")

But the rest of my ingredients don't need cooking, just a bit of chopping. I have a kitchen knife stored in that bamboo mat, and a chopping board in the kitchinette. But I guess I could do the chopping at home in the morning...

On top of fresh rly steamed rice I add:

Chopped spring onion

Knife-sredded cabbage

Flaked smoked fish from the shop (that stuff keeps for ages!)

(Smoked salmon could work too)

Gari ginger

Chili powder

Soy sauce

Sesame oil

Wasabi paste

Sometimes I leave it like that as a pokē bowl-like dish

Sometimes I top it with green tea and wakame for an ochazuke.

Karaage Donburi

A bowl of rice topped with crispy fried chicken, mayonnaise, pickled ginger, and shredded carrots.

Katsu Curry Donburi

A bowl of rice topped with breaded pork cutlet, melted cheese, and curry sauce, served with salad and miso soup.