A Grown-Up's Happy Meal, Living Alone in Japan 🇯🇵 | McDonald's for One & a Quiet Somen Dinner

Hi, I'm Himari 🌼 I'm a Japanese nurse living in Japan 🇯🇵 At work, I spend all day taking care of other people. So this channel is the other half of my day: coming home, cooking something, and taking care of myself for once. Nothing special happens here. I think that's the good part. If you're someone who always puts yourself last, I hope this can be a place to sit down for a while. Lunch was a cheeseburger Happy Set at McDonald's on my own, then a cloudy walk home 🍔 That night I used up the last of my summer somen in a new way, with garlic miso meat and my homegrown shiso and tomatoes. 🍜 Cooking starts at 7:53 ───────────────────── ▶ RECIPE ───────────────────── 🍜 Somen with Miso Ground Meat (Niku Miso Somen) Ingredients (1 serving) ・Somen noodles — 1 bundle (50 g) ・Ground meat (pork or any kind) — about 100 g ・Garlic — 1 clove, finely chopped ・Shiso (perilla) leaves — 3, cut into thin strips (or 1/4 cucumber, julienned) ・Long green onion — a little, finely chopped (optional) ・Cooking oil — a little ・Cooking sake — 1 tbsp ・Sugar — 2 tsp ・Miso — 1 tbsp ・Doubanjiang (Chinese chili bean paste) — 1/2 tsp (optional, but recommended for a little heat) ・Water — 50 ml ・Cherry tomatoes — 3, cut into wedges (optional) ・Boiled egg — 1, cut in half (optional) Instructions ① Finely chop the garlic (and the green onion, if using). Cut the shiso into thin strips, or julienne the cucumber. ② In a small bowl, mix the sake, sugar, miso, water, and the doubanjiang if using. In the video I added them straight to the pan, but mixing them first helps the miso blend in evenly, so I'd recommend it. ③ Put the oil and garlic in a pan and heat until fragrant. Add the ground meat and cook over medium heat until it's no longer pink. If using green onion, add it now and cook until soft. ④ Pour in the miso mixture and cook, stirring, until most of the liquid has cooked off. ⑤ Boil the somen for the time on the package. Cool in ice water and drain well. ⑥ Put the noodles in a bowl and top with the shiso (or cucumber) and the miso meat. Add the tomatoes and egg if you like. ───────────────────── If you try it, I'd love to hear how it went. What do you always order at McDonald's? #livingalone #japanvlog #dailylifeinjapan #lifeinjapan #simplelife #mcdonaldsjapan #mcdonalds #happymeal #somen #miso #shiso #japanesefood #japanfood #japanesecooking #homecooking Your support helps me keep sharing simple meals and quiet days ☕ Thank you for being here 🌼 🍚 https://buymeacoffee.com/himarijapan