Hi everyone!

The best seller Kozmo Kitchen’a Karaage Bento with seasonal vegetables and mushroom rice to celebrate Autumn!

Bento menu:
Japanese Fied Chicken
Pumpkin Salad
Eggplant in Sesame Miso Sauce
Rolled Omelet
Lotus Root Kimpira
Spinach Namul
Cucumber Mustard Pickles
Rice cooked with Mushrooms

Autumn chicken karaage bento will be available for pick-up in two locations next week.

Dinner: October 20 (Fri) and October 21 (Sat) – Queen Anne or Haller Lake (will provide the exact location when the order is in). Order from Josephine.com(if you’re new to Josephine, you’ll need to register first).

Lunch: October 26 and 27 – Amazon SLU (Details will be available soon!)

Enjoy the flavor of Autumn with Kozmo Kitchen Bento!

 

Some of you must have been very frustrated about the slooow progress on my catering updates. Well, the wait is over, for now at least. I’ve got a commercial kitchen lease for the next few months with potential extension.

Now I am taking bento orders at lunch time mainly for the Seattle area with minimun order $200 and $10 delivery fee. If you want a delivery to the eastside please contact me to discuss possibilities. Hopefully we can figure something out.

If “Bento” makes you think of a quick grab’n go type of lunch box such as chicken teriyaki or tempura bento, Kozmo Kitchen bento is quite different. I make everything from scratch. A typical bento includes one main dish (chicken karaage is most popular), 3 vegetable side dishes, tamagoyaki, homemade pickles, and mixed rice. Sometimes there is a salad to go with the main dish. I know, there’s a lot of bento for a quick lunch. But if have a lunch meeting at work or lunch parties with colleagues, you should give a Kozmo Kitchen bento a try! You would not be disappointed ;D

Here is an example of Kozmo Kitchen bento. This time I made it gluten free with no charge. I try to use seasonal ingredients in my bentos so that customers can feel and enjoy the seaon.

Today’s bento was Chicken Karaage Bento Autumn Version wiht kabocha pumpkin salad and mushroom mixed rice.

 

 

 

 

I don’t even know how many “boxes” of corn I consumed this summer. There is a farm stand called Country Farms up north on HWY 99, and their corn is a great find. Started at 2 for $1 about a month ago, and now it’s 4 for $1. I scored some super-sweet Yakima corn there and enjoyed cooking so many corn recipes.

My favorite corn recipes that I repeated a number of of times in the season include corn and rice, corn silk tea, chilled corn soup, and corn miso soup! I’ll update the recipe page on kozmokitchen.com soon, but you can access some of the recipes directly through the above links.

 

Thank you corn, for maing me and many customers so happy with your wonderful sweetness! Love, Kanako

My latest article for the North American post is Hiyashi Chuka recipe. Make your own and beat the heat!

Hiyashi Chuka – A Summer Classic in Japan

Japan Fair 2017 is a two-day interactive event that showcases Japanese cultural heritage through various seminars, workshops, demonstrations and many more.

This volunteer oppotunity came up recently to teach simple onigiri and sushi making workshops to those who are new to Japanese home cooking. I am honored to be part of this community event to share Japanese culture through my passion, cooking! Both workshops are free and fun to participate in for all ages. Come stop by and say hello to me 😀

Onigiri making workshop (for all ages): http://www.japanfairus.org/page/workshops#Onigiri

Sushi roll making workshop (for adults): http://www.japanfairus.org/page/workshops#SushiMaking