spsn | Takenoko Tai Gohan from One Dish 2012.04.06

We went back to the very first episode of One Dish, and the reason why I love this cooking show. Simple dish! And Riidaa Sakamoto is the one cooking! The first time I saw Riidaa Sakamoto cooking was during the Maguro show and I was very very impressed! He cooked like a pro! And I love ikemen with aprons LOL...

Expectation:

Reality:

What you need:

Bamboo shoots

1 Sea bream fish, inner parts taken out and dried

3 cup white rice

540 cc dashi

2 tbsp sake

1 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp mirin

1 tsp salt

Some greens (I use corriander leaves)

How to:

1. Cut the bamboo shoots to bite size, set aside.

2. Slash the fish body and damp salt on the fins and tail. Poke the fish with 3 iron sticks and sprinkle salt on both side. Place the fish on direct fire (using your stove) and grill it until half-cooked.

3. On a big nabe bowl, place the rice and all the liquids, stir until liquid well mixed. Then place the bamboo shoots and lastly on top, place the fish. Close the lid. Roll a small piece of aluminum foil and use that roll to cover the lid's hole. Cook for about 20-30 minutes on small fire until you see the rice is cooked. After you off the fire, let it be for another 15 minutes.

4. Place the greens on top as garnish.

In the show they also have sakura salt. It's very pretty if you have that.

How to? Place pickled sakura and some salt and bake it in the oven until crispy and dry. Then crush it and you have a pink color sprinkle.

Kawaii deshou? LOL

Points:

1. I don't have that huge nabe bowl, so I just use regular pot with a lid. Presentation-wise may be questionable but it works fine.

2. I used yellow tail fish, red snapper is too luxurious for this, I guess. But if you have Tai around, you should try use that.

3. I used the packed ones, not the fresh one like they have in the show
4. If you feel 3 cups of rice is too much (like I do), you can cut it and also cut the dashi. 1 cup of rice = 180cc of dashi.

Enjoy!

Screencap time, because I like Sakamoto being kakkoii and kawaii at the same time... LOL

You'll see this expression often. Effortlessly charming the shop auntie and well... me too LOL

The majime expression while sprinkling salt over the fish... kakkoii naaaa...

And being excited grilling the fish. I like this expression because it shows the excitement over what he's cooking. Something that you rarely see when you watch normal cooking show...