メチャクチャうまいっすよ！

I saw 「太一Ｘケンタロウ　男子ごはん」 (Man's Meal) with Kokubun Taichi on TV yesterday and I made the recipes I saw.  The gratin was kind of... bland but that leaves room to add stuff.  It could have used some mushrooms or something in it, and a bit more flavour.  I think adding parmesan to it would be nice.  But the salad... OMG.  I don't think I'm going to eat persimmons any other way.  I could probably do the same thing with other fruit.  Please ignore how gross my stovetop/kitchen looks.

( So I went a bit mental with the pictures... )

The salad was super simple to make -- it's not really a salad so much as a dessert.  I never really knew what to do with persimmons.  The lemon gave it a nice fresh bite that balanced out the sweetness of the honey; it tasted a bit like pineapple.  I only used 1 heaping tablespoon of honey and it was bordering on too sweet.  The plain in yogurt in Japan comes with sugar that you add yourself so if you can, get unsweetened plain yogurt or use less honey to compensate for the sweetness.  I would probably use two persimmons next time too.

The gratin... was bland.  I ended up drizzling cesar dressing on top to give it some flavour.  Otherwise, the topping was nice and crunchy and the pasta was nicely cooked and the sauce was nice and creamy.  Maybe I'll add some paprika and basil next time.  Otherwise, two thumps up!