My New Year's Day Meal
 

New Year's Day is a very festive day for the Japanese. On most years, I prepare a traditional feast at my house.

Veggie Plate - The obligatory finger food. If you look in the upper, left-hand corner you can see the packages of mochi (rice cakes) which are often consumed this time of year.

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Chirashi - "Mixed up" sushi rice. I used fish cake, bbq pork, scrambled eggs, ginger and seaweed.

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Sashimi #1 - Tuna, salmon, yellowtail, fatty tuna, giant clam.

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Sashimi #2 - Abalone, octopus, yellowtail, salmon, tuna, fatty tuna, seared albacore.

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Sashimi #3 - Halibut, seared albacore, octopus, giant clam, abalone, sea urchin.

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Oshinko and Kuro Mame - Japanese pickles and "good luck" black beans.

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Kimpira Hasu and Gobo - Lotus root and burdock root saute'd in soy, sugar, sesame oil with chili peppers.

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Nasu Miso - Eggplant saute'd with miso.

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Kurobuta Sausage - Black pig sausages. These are kind of like link sausages, but with a "snappy" skin and much more flavor.

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Nishime - Japanese stew with chicken, fish cake, carrots, turnip, japanese potato, seaweed, lotus root, burdock root, yam cake, tofu and shitake mushrooms.

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Ozoni - A very traditional New Year's soup. It's basically a chicken stock with chicken, fish cake, carrots, shitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, lotus root, burdock root. The rice cakes are place in this soup along with some mizuna (greens).

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Desserts - Pound cake with orange glaze, rice crispie treats, brownies, 7 layer jellow, white chocolate covered strawberries.

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And here's mine;
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Wow Mark. Looks incredible.

Those Sashimi plates look so tastey!

thanks russ.

amir, the sashimi was very good. i picked it the day before from the fish market.

Excellent stuff as usual!!!

I'm impressed, thats a colorful meal... I though my mom was the only one who made that jello!!

Looks really good, man!

Are you the Iron Chef? Can I come over for a meal when I'm back in town? :)