Japanese food for lunch on a rainy day!
Rainy day Tuesday lockdown lunch — Japanese delivery spread, hot bowls of donburi and miso soup to chase away the monsoon weather.
Tuesday rainy-day lockdown lunch — Japanese delivery during the afternoon monsoon downpour. Hot rice bowls were the obvious move when the weather outside is grey and the kitchen energy is low.
We ordered (a delivery sharing spread):
- Donburi rice bowl (chicken or pork)
- Hot udon noodle soup
- Miso soup
- A small side (chawanmushi or salad)
The Japanese delivery format scales beautifully into a sharing spread when both of you order one main and you split everything. The hot bowls travel well — sealed lids, insulated bags, the food still warm even after the 25-30 minute delivery window.
Donburi was the rice-based main — short-grain rice topped with a glazed protein (chicken thigh or pork loin), a soft egg, scallion, and a sweet-soy sauce that had soaked into the top layer of rice. The classic Japanese fast-comfort food.
Hot udon noodle soup was the warming bowl. Thick wheat noodles in a clear dashi broth, with kamaboko (fish cake) slices, wakame seaweed, mushroom, and chopped scallion. Slurp-friendly and exactly the right temperature for the rainy weather.
Miso soup came in the standard small cup — cubed tofu, wakame, scallion, a fermented-soybean dashi base. Sip it between bites of the noodles and the rice.
Chawanmushi (steamed egg custard with prawn, mushroom and ginkgo) was today’s side. Silky, savoury, the kind of palate-cleanser that Japanese set meals always include.
Rainy weather and Japanese delivery turned the lockdown Tuesday lunch into a small ceremony. We ate at the kitchen counter, watched the rain slow to a drizzle outside, and the warmth of the bowls did its job.
Overall: 4.3 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Solid Japanese rainy day delivery — would re-order.
