Healthy Japanese Meal + Matcha “Tea ceremony” 3.5h

Let’s learn how to handle common ingredients in healthy home cooking!
Japanese cooking utensils will also be introduced.

After the meal, guests will enjoy a matcha experience with table and chair style serving!

The basic structure of the Japanese balanced diet; rice, soup, a fish or meat main dish, pickles and vegetables as side dishes.

Our healthy meal consists of rice, soup and lots of small side dishes. They are made from a variety of colourful ingredients!

There is a choice of white rice or fermented brown rice.

Tea ceremony is a gathering to enjoy matcha tea.

In an authentic tea ceremony, guests enjoy matcha tea after a full course meal and sake（Japanese rice wine).

In this class, you will learn about the outline of the tea ceremony, see a demonstration, drink and make matcha tea.

Schedule

First, visit a supermarket and local food shop in Asakusa to see what ingredients are available! (You can also shop there).

When we get to our home, we will learn about today’s dish.

Then we will have a toast! Let’s enjoy healthy meal together at the table! (sake, beer, wine and soft drinks will be served).

After dessert we will have a matcha tea experience.

★ All lessons include a free ‘Food-focused city walk’. If you do not want to take part, the price is the same even if the event is cancelled due to bad weather.
★ Lessons are given in English and Japanese.
★ The tea ceremony experience takes place at tables and chairs.
★ Each person can experience making tea one at a time.