Mako's birthday (2024)

Menu

Course #1: Champagne + コンビニサンド+サラダ

Drink

• Piper-Heidsieck Campagne (blue bottle)

Snack

• small shredded, daikon, cabbage, carrot and corn salad w/ miso dressing
• egg salad sandwich + katsu cutlet, shredded green cabbage, and okonomi sauce on white crustless bread
• satsuma mikan!

Course #2: Salad

Drink

• Shot of garlic infused tequila オカダガーリック

Snack

• baby kale salad w/ radish sprouts, fried garlic, crushed raw garlic, fried (but very soft) egg, "bacon" bits, parmesan cheese オカダガーリック but remade at home in 2024 by Lucy based on recipe above and picture)

Salad notes: We made it at the house and Lucy made it based on the recipe and this picture.

Course #3: Hashimaki

Drink

• Cherry Blossom

Snack

• Hashimaki (Mika made it at home)

Course #4: Soup

Drink

• Verbena Cocktail (from Chandalier Bar in Las Vegas)

Snack

• Laksa

Course #5: Dessert

Drink

• Mango Sticky Rice Cocktail (from Vesper Bangkok) (picture from Instagram)

Snack

• Apple, mascarpone, and honey pizza (Pizza Mafia Tokyo) (picture from Tabelog

I think the drink will be:

• Something like https://www.acouplecooks.com/mango-martini/ (a bit less sweet)
• heated (~75°) coconut cream + sweetened condensed milk in the iSi Whipper

Ingredients

• [DONE] Coconut cream (1 can) [MSR cocktail]
• [DONE] sweetened condensed milk [MSR cocktail]
• [DONE] can of mango [MSR cocktail]

• [DONE] lemon verbena leaves [Verbena Cocktail]
• [DONE] buzz buttons [Verbena Cocktail]
• [TODO] yuzu [Verbena Cocktail]
• [TODO] calamansi [Verbena Cocktail]

• [TODO] white bread [sando]
• [TODO] katsu chicken/pork like cutlets [sando]
• [TODO] cabbage [hashimaki, sando]
• [TODO] baby kale [salad]
• [TODO] radish sprouts [salad]
• [TODO] bacon [salad]
• [TODO] eggs
• [TODO] red ginger [hashimaki]
• [TODO] yamaimo [hashimaki]

• [TODO] ginger (minced) [laksa]
• [TODO] lemongrass (tough woody parts removed, minced) [laksa]
• [TODO] laksa paste (1 cup?) [laksa]
• [TODO] 2 can coconut milk [laksa]
• [DONE] 1 package soy puffs (halved) [laksa]
• [TODO] ~8 portions noodles (ideally Hokkien egg noodles) [laksa]
• [TODO] 6 shallots [laksa]
• [TODO] 2 cups mung bean sprouts (trimmed and cleaned) [laksa]
• [TODO] 1 cup fresh cilantro leaves [laksa]