"Osechi & Zoni on New Year's Day"

Tablescape for New Year's Day Brunch Party

Dishes are ready for the party

Celebratory Table Setting

Party is about to start

Hors D'Oeuvres

Salami wrapped Mozzarella, Chicken Pate ala Hiroki.

Prosciutto wrapped Haricots Verts, Tobiko topped Cucumber Disk.

OSECHI

Traditional porcelain square stackable is filled with 4 dishes.

Kuri-Kinton(roasted chestnut with mashed japanese yam), 
Gomame(sweet stewed black beans), 
Shio-Gobo(pan fried burdock with salt and sesame seeds),   
Namasu(carrots & daikon slaw vinaigrette). 
along with Yuzu Marinated Herring Fillets.

Nishime

Stewed Assorted Vegetables

OSECHI  Plate

Kamaboko(fish cake), Datemaki(rolled omelet), 
Kobumaki(kelp roll up with stewed salmon), 
Renkon(miso & blue cheese stuffed lotus root), Fried Gobo(deep fried burdock).

Assorted Pickles

String Beans with Yuzu-Kosho, Miso marinated Mountain Carrots, 
French Breakfast Radishes.

Pickles are the best condiment for any Japanese Meal.

Salad

to clean guests' palette, I prepared simple salad.

Julienned Watermelon Radish & Snow Peas with Yuzu Dressing.

  

ZONI

This is a bowl of soup with a roasted MOCHI (sticky rice cake)

This is the dish most of Japanese are having on New Year's Day.

Every family has their own version of this dish.

This year I paid the most attention to the broth.

and I finished with MITSUBA and YUZU zest to make it more distinctive.