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Reviews

• Intimate meal prep and dining experience

  Richard S,

  Jun 1, 2025

  - Viator

  5.00

  Our hosts, Mieko and Haruka, a delightful mother-daughter team, made us feel welcome and comfortable from the moment we stepped into their kitchen. It was just my wufe and me with our hosts. It was so much fun contributing to the preparation of our four-course meal. We got to practice our knife skills and learn about all kinds of interesting Japanese vegetables, sauces, herbs, etc. Haruka helped with translation and served as hostess. The meal included Shabu shabu, thin slices of beef that one cooks in a broth filled with the veggies that we help cut up, scallops that we seared with a chef's blow torch, tempura veggies, and three kinds of sashimi in a wonderful sauce, served over rice. We also sampled Japanese beer and two kinds of sake. We had a wonderful conversation over our food because it turns out they had lived 1-1/4 hours from us in CT for five years! We were so glad to have done this experience; it was certainly one of the highlights of our 12 days in Japan!

• The Perfect Lunch, An Experience to Remember!

  Susan L,

  May 8, 2025

  - Viator

  5.00

  My friend and I had a wonderful time preparing our lunch in Grandma’s Kitchen. Our hosts were so warm and welcoming, it felt like family. We prepared a variety of dishes, using all natural, pesticide-free ingredients. I’ll just elaborate on two of them. We made a marinated scallop dish, slicing and arranging the scallops, cucumber, tomatoes after Grandma modeled for us. We arranged our own bowls of Chirashi Sushi over rice, slicing ingredients including a Japanese omelet and fresh herbs. We made a salad of romaine, new spring onions, pickled shallots and radish greens with a sesame dressing. More dishes included Kushi-Katsu, Unagi and a wheat-based noodle bowl with homemade dashi. Everything we made and ate, we can make on our own at home. I can’t wait to purchase a new Japanese knife for slicing in my own kitchen. We ate with our hosts, drank a little sake and talked! This was an unforgettable experience that will bring a smile whenever I think about it.