4 types of workshops : vegetarian home cooking with TOFU, OMOCHI for meal & dessert, OYAKI traditional dumpling, Veggie SUSHI, and Atelier-Dinner & Cultural Experience by Miyo Sensei. 

She has a lot of experience in Japanese home cooking. In addition to various hobbies such as calligraphy, flower arrangement, haiku, and Noh songs, she has taught as well as demonstrated the art of the Japanese tea ceremony for more than 30 years. 

For several years, she has been giving Japanese cooking lessons to foreign visitors. Now at 92, she enjoys sharing her years of culinary experience and her savoir-faire for Japanese culture. 
The workshop (& Atelier-Dinner) are interpreted in English or French by experienced assistant. Various explanations, video projections and food-related resources about the ingredients and dishes will also be provided.

It will be held at a very convenient location, a 13-minute walk from Kamakura Station (7 minutes to the beach). Attending the workshop could be a dinner after visiting Kamakura's interesting sites, or a lunch during a stroll.

For cooking class schedule and private lesson, please contact us by email.
ateliercafekamakura@gmail.com

Atelier-Dinner & Cultural Experience by Miyo sensei

93 years old Miyo sensei is happy to share her savoir-faire. 

She will prepare the dishes which she likes and she's been eating for a long time. 

She will give some demonstrations, explain the details of how they are made and also give some ideas to arrange at your home. The ingredients are based on vegetables and beans. (No meat, fish and dairy used)

In addition to culinary preparation, she will teach you the cultural aspects: tea ceremony, ikebana, calligraphy to enrich the table art.

- Demonstrations, explanation of the menu, ingredients and related information

- Dinner (about 10 dishes including rice & soup)

- Learning session [Ideas to entertain the guests] 

To prepare the tea matcha with whisk Chasen (by each participant)

How to write the name in Japanese (Katakana) with sumi brush

The basic of simple style of Ikebana flower arrangement 

Making a simple hashi bukuro paper for chopsticks

For cooking class schedule and private lesson, please contact us by email.
ateliercafekamakura@gmail.com

Vegetarian & vegan Japanese home cooking workshop with Tofu

Learn about the basics of making traditional Japanese style vegetarian/vegan cooking.

We will make 10 dishes with seasonal vegetables and Tofu with various flavors and cooking methods. 

You will also learn many sauces and dressings ideas using soy sauce, miso, vinegar, and other seasonings, which can be arranged and applied in a variety of ways.

The dishes will be presented in various styles with small bowls, plates, bento boxes…

For cooking class schedule and private lesson, please contact us by email.
ateliercafekamakura@gmail.com

OMOCHI for meal & dessert

Omochi is made of Mochigome, glutinous rice.

In the workshop, we will make : Ozo-ni, mochi in the soup with vegetables, Abekawa mochi wrapped with nori seaweed, Ohagi and Oshiruko with azuki sweet red beans, Zunda with Edamame beans, Daifuku with strawberry, Kinako soy beans powder...

We will enjoy the Mochi freshly made, from the powder and ready-made Mochi rice cake. 

For cooking class schedule and private lesson, please contact us by email.
ateliercafekamakura@gmail.com

VEGGIE SUSHI : 7 kinds of veggie sushi workshop
There are many different styles of sushi. The form, ingredients, taste vary. In this class, you will learn the various types of making sushi with vegetables, tofu, seaweed and kanten agar agar. We will also learn about Dashi stock to make a soup.

- Maki sushi, rolled style

- Temaki, wrapped by hand

- Oshizushi, pressing type

- Temari, round ball shape

- Chirashi, mixture of various ingredients

- Inarizushi with fried tofu aburaage

- Nigiri

For cooking class schedule and private lesson, please contact us by email.
ateliercafekamakura@gmail.com

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