How Japanese Cooking Changed in Last 50 years. Traditional and modern Japanese food recipes!

Hi everyone! Do you know the distinction between the traditional Japanese cuisine and modern Japanese cuisine? Traditional Japanese cuisine is characterized by simple well-balanced dishes that highlight seasonal ingredients. Examples include sushi and sashimi. On the other hand, modern Japanese cuisine incorporates western influences resulting So for me, traditional Japanese cuisine is something my great-grandma was making 30 years ago when I was 10 years old and if she's still alive she would be 130 years old When I was born both modern Japanese cooking and traditional Japanese cooking already existed and traditional Japanese cooking was more prevalent in daily life than it is now Today as someone who witnesses both sides of Japanese cuisine I'd like to introduce recipes that showcase the evolved flavors So this is something my great-grandma was eating Miso soup with tofu and wakame seaweed, bowl of rice, daikon radish pickles, miso mackerel, and spinach ohitashi, which is a spinach salad seasoned with dashi-based soy sauce Just a heads up, each of them has a recipe right here on the website So in this video, let me briefly show you how you can make it at home Let's start with the traditional miso soup Using miso and dashi as a base, we'll add plenty of seasonal vegetables to create nourishing soup The difference between my miso soup and my mom's miso soup, I add way more variety of ingredients to soup As I often tell members in the membership, miso truly makes any ingredients delicious So before the ingredients in your refrigerator spoil, try adding them miso soup anyway It probably turn into something very delicious I like to make my own daikon radish pickles in winter but feel free to swap for any other pickles available in supermarkets Next, I'll introduce a modern twist on a Japanese-style pasta dish By combining pasta with a Japanese-inspired sauce, we can enjoy a new flavor experience We specifically call this as wafu pasta in Japanese My kids prefer modern Japanese cuisine because it seems like traditional Japanese cuisine is not rich enough for them So our dining table is the combination of both traditional and modern to meet everyone's needs because I prefer traditional Japanese cooking style However, there are two things that I value and also want to pass on to my kids' generation Number one is traditional eating method called ichijusansai composed with rice, one soup and three small side dishes It's the best way to incorporate its cover or the nutrition in one sitting It's really enjoyable and brings you a calm and peace to your table And the second thing is that incorporating more seasonal ingredients including fish and especially vegetable It's usually cheaper and it's more delicious and nutritious That's what I have been teaching in my membership called Ikigai Cooking Club We do online cooking classes, sharing creations and meal plans to establish sustainable healthy eating habit by cooking Japanese food at home regularly If you are interested, the link is in the description box So before I sign off, I want to update you guys my tableware project Thank you very much for a lot of comments in last week's video I learned a lot from you guys And we are at the point to reaching out to the artisans So I'm gathering up a lot of samples in my house now And on Instagram, I often do a poll to ask you guys which one do you like better or which color do you like better, those kind of things Because I want to do this with you guys It's so much more enjoyable to do this with you So if you're on Instagram, be sure to follow me Okay, and you can always DM me as well Thank you so much and see you on the next one Bye bye