On July 6th nine new JETs, as well as four JAVA volunteers and two JETAA volunteers, participated in the 2012 PDOT cooking class. The menu included chilled somen, okomiyaki and strawberry daifuku. The day turned out to be hot and muggy, but hey, it’s a preview of actual cooking in Japan!
JAVA volunteers demonstrated how to make somen and daifuku. A couple of participants impressed everybody with their knife skills, while others got a knack in handling mochi dough (hint: cornstarch is your friend)
After somen was eaten and daifuku were neatly lined up on the plate, it was time to make okomiyaki. Thanks to Carly`s clear demonstration, participants made the batter and were frying their okonomiyaki within a few minutes. Topped with okonomiyaki sauce, Cupie may and katsuobushi flakes, the end result was
おいしい！
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