Throwback to summer, I had an amazing homestay experience with a family in Tokyo šÆšµ One of the reasons I had chosen to stay with a Japanese family whom Iāve never met instead of a hotel was because I had always been so curious about what Japanese actually eat daily.
Prior this homestay experience, I had been told that Japanese people actually eat quite little. At first, I was quite doubtful about that as Iāve seen in Instagram all the time pictures of Japanese home-cook feasts š„ and they look super delicious š¤¤ so I expected something similar from my host family.
On the first day of our homestay, the mother of the host family served us left over Mac & Cheese š§ on top of rice for lunch , a āfusionā of American and Asian cuisine š
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That night we had Japanese style Chinese dish- Mapo Tofu with small little bowls of salad š„
I was quite surprised that they only have one main dish for 4 people. Back at home, we use to have 6-7 big dishes of food for 4 people (my family eats a lot). At last, I have to ask them to heat up some more rice even though I felt very bad because I was still very hungry after dinner.
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Another night, we had pasta š with little but minced pork. I requested a dish of cooked veggies because I wasnāt able to get cooked vegetables for 4 days. However, it turned out that the little bit cabbage on top of the pasta was all the veggie she cooked š
Every morning, we eat homemade bread from The fridge and are heated up with the microwave. (There are about 30-40 bread in the fridge š )
The small bowls are Japanese pickles & potato salad š„ They were absolutely delicious š
These are some of what I eat in the Japanese Host Family. Even though I am not very used to the portion of food and the food was not as great as I have expecte, the family was very genuine and took good care of us. They have brought us around Yokohama and went to a couple of museums with us. We also cooked them a few Chinese dishes to thank them for such warm hospitality. āŗļø
This is only my experience with a homestay family. The eating habits of each family are always different. I have heard that meat are not available in some host family which lived in some rural areas.
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