Japanese Comfort Food: Ochazuke and Friends

A hands-on in-person cooking class culminating in a dinner served with wine and beer. This class is limited to 14 students. See our registration and cancellation policies here.
 

Our chef Elise has crafted a menu to fill your evening with delicate yet soothing Japanese classics, just in time for the air to take on its crisp autumn chill! Join Elise and 18 Reasons to discuss the ingredients and science behind what makes a dashi broth so comforting, then bathe a beautifully poached salmon to create our own bowls of ochazuke. Our spoons will dive into a silky chawanmushi (egg custard) while our hands are busy forming tart and speckled onigiri rice triangles. We’ll round out the meal with a nutty seasonal greens and tofu side dish, and wash down our dinner with a cooling anmitsu, full of the season’s best fruit!

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Ochazuke: poached salmon with a matcha dashi broth

Chawanmushi: silky steamed egg custard

Ume Shiso Onigiri: Hand formed rice triangles

Anmitsu: A refreshing dessert with jelly, seasonal fruits, red bean and ice cream

This menu contains the following common allergens: Fish, Shellfish, Soy, Wheat, Dairy, Eggs. If you have allergies or dietary restrictions that concern your ability to cook along, please e-mail info@18reasons.org before purchasing a ticket.

Let’s Cook Together! 

Born and raised in Colorado, Elise Hayashi grew up in a family where knowing how to use a paring knife was more important than riding a bicycle. This sparked her passion for food and cooking at an early age, and she enthusiastically relocated to the Bay Area to study nutrition science at UC Berkeley. Outside of the classroom, Elise helped implement childhood obesity and exercise research, and worked as a pastry assistant to fill her free time with galettes and mousses. She also broadened her experience with food by studying and cooking her way through the Mediterranean diet in Italy, and working on an organic farm in Japan. Now, she is excited to merge her gastronomic backgrounds, and lean into her Japanese and Korean heratige to share her love of food with the 18 Reasons community. During the rare moments when she is not eating, Elise can be found trying out new sports, playing and listening to live music, or wandering the aisles of grocery stores and farmers' markets.