Customizable Vegetarian Washoku Home Cooking Class (Tokyo)

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Duration
3 hours
Number of Guests
1 - 4 guests
Accessibility
Family-friendly
Language
English
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Gluten-free, Halal, Kosher, Vegan, Vegetarian, Pescetarian, Private Experience

Visit a beautiful green area in Setagaya, Tokyo! Prepare a 5-dish vegetarian washoku meal at the elegant home of an English-speaking instructor. The menu can be adapted to your dietary restrictions.

Highlights

  • Learn how to make a 5-dish Japanese home-cooked meal especially tailored to your preferences and dietary needs!

  • Experience an authentic hands-on Japanese home-cooking class in a welcoming home and learn recipes that you can easily replicate back home.

  • Your host will take you to explore beautiful green gardens in Setagaya on the way to her house!

For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Traditional Japanese meals usually consist of a soup, a rice bowl, a main dish, and two sides, a combination known as ichiju-sansai. This pattern creates a wholesome, healthy meal that is varied without being overly filling. In this home cooking class, you will learn to make a delicious vegetarian ichiju-sansai meal uniquely designed for you using seasonal ingredients. Tomokita, your host, will adapt to your dietary restrictions and preferences when crafting the menu for the experience so that you make a meal you'll love. You are bound to want to replicate her amazing recipes at home!


Having spent a decade in Thailand and five years in Mexico, Tomokita gathered from diverse influences to inspire her culinary expertise. With great attention to hygiene and an eye for detail and elegance, she strives to provide guests with the best hospitality in her Japanese home cooking classes.


First, she will meet you in front of a station close to her home, and take you on a leisurely walk through a nearby scenic and verdant area of Setagaya, so you can see the neighborhood and get to know each other (she usually takes guests through the Todoroki Valley, but because the valley is currently closed, she will take you to another beautiful garden). From there, you'll head to her traditional Japanese house, where you will experience an authentic, hands-on cooking class and learn recipes you can easily replicate later. After cooking and enjoying your delicious homemade meal with drinks, you will receive a special keepsake to take home.


Sample menu:

Rice dish: Multigrain rice

Soup: Miso soup or a soy milk-based vegetable soup (cold soups are available in the summer)

Main dish: Tofu steak, stir-fried soy meat or vegetable tempura

Side dishes: Two seasonal vegetable side dishes

Dessert: Matcha pearl agar jelly with homemade anko sweet bean paste.


Menu contents vary depending on seasonality, guests' preferences, and availability of ingredients.


Inclusions

  • Cooking lesson with a certified instructor

  • Ingredients and utensils (aprons, towels, and all items needed for the class)

  • Homemade umeshu (plum wine) and one beer

  • A keepsake to take home as a souvenir

Exclusions

  • Transportation to and from the venue

Meeting Point and Meeting Time

  • Meet your host at the 7-Eleven outside Todoroki Station. From the ticket gate, turn left and walk 2 minutes. More detailed information and a Google Maps link will be provided upon booking.

Remarks

  • Only children aged 12 and older can participate in this experience.

  • Upon booking, the host will contact you inquiring about the ingredients that will be used in the class.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 2 days before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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Over 14 million residents call Tokyo home. Functioning as Japan's economic and cultural center, it's no surprise the metropolis often appears at the top of travelers' bucket lists. Here, you can find everything from traditional tea houses to futuristic skyscrapers.

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