How was your summer vacation?
On, August 15th was the independence day, which has a special meaning in Korea.
On the day, we Borderless House Seoul held an event “The Bibim” for international exchange at one of our share house.
Today we would like to share about this event in this blog!
The first event by Borderless House Supporters!
This event was planned and managed by Borderless House Supporters who are students and living in our house to support the house community and management. They started planning a few weeks before. In order to make it a good event, they gathered at our office several times and prepared well.
Although the outside was raining, over 20 tenants joined to this event from different houses!
The main content of this event was to make Korean food “bibimpab” by winning some games. If the team could win the game, they can get a dish to put on the rice to make bibimpab.
The name of the game is, “The Bibim”!!!!
(We gathered at Borderless House Hongdae2, which has a huge living room.)
Exciting game to get the dish!
The first round was, “Who drank alcohol?”.
4 members of the team drink a cup of water or alcohol in front of everyone at the same timing. Only one cup has alcohol (Soju) so the audience will point out who drank the alcohol. If the team could fake and the person who drank the alcohol didn’t get pointed out, the team can get one dish for bibimpab!
Since the team could think about how they cheat the audience beforehand, some teams tried to pretend that they all drink water or other teams pretended that they all drink Soju. Each team did great acting!
（This is Dani, pretended to drink water although she drank a cup of Soju.）
The second round is “Speed Drawing”
3 members in one team draw one object together by 3 seconds each. Then another member answer what they tried to draw. If he or she answered the correct one, the team can get the dish.
3 seconds is super short! Even if we are grabbing a pen, staff will take it off after 3 seconds. It was really difficult to complete drawing and we laughed a lot by seeing the weird picture!
What is this, you think?
The answer is.. Penguin!!
The third round is “Gesture Game”!
We take turns in a team and if we can get correct answers more than a certain number, we can get the dish. This game can be learning of new language.
“Ahhhh, that word.. in my language, we say XX but how do you call it in Korean or English?” “It is XX!!” like that.
（She is trying to express the word “Exciting”. It was difficult!）
The fourth round is “Gongi (Air) game”!
This is a Korean traditional game. We throw small balls up and catch by the back of the hand. And we throw them up again then catch them by hand. We compete for the number of balls which we could catch as a result.
This is actually super difficult! Since this is a Korean traditional game, most of the Korean members got high points! Members from other countries, they reacted like can you do that?”.
We have these balls in our office so when you visit our office for the payment, why don’t you try it?
（Can you guess if she could catch the balls?!）
The last round is “Intro Quiz”!
As you know, we listen to an intro of the music and answer the title of the music.
“I know! I know this song but I forgot the title..! What was that?”
（The last round was so exciting!）
Finally, we can eat!
Now all the games are done. Unfortunately, there were some teams which couldn’t get all the dishes but we share every kind of dishes finally and the delicious bibimbap was completed!
The “Bibim” International exchange
“Bibim” means “mix” in Korean. Famous Korean food “Bibimpab” consists from “Bibim” (mix) and “Pab” (rice).
In this event, tenants from Korea, Japan, UK, USA, Mexico, Germany, and Thailand joined. We enjoy the language and Korean culture by playing the games together. It was just like “Bibim” of culture.
On the independence day of Korea, people from various countries gathered in one place, laughed a lot together and enjoyed Koran culture together. This event became a kind of touching one as Borderless House Staffs who wish for peace in the world.
Special Thanks!
For supporters, who did from planning to preparing and MC, every organizing really well, thank you very much!
For Borderless Staff Bona, who was organizing supporter members, Rani, who was preparing bankside like cooking, Yona, who made the atmosphere exited, thank you very much!!
（Our staff cooked the dish for bibimpab!）
（Supporters!）
What the next event is..? Please be looking forward to it!!!!
Dia Duit! This is Yuya! I am in charge of this programme.
The Food Experience Programme “BORDERLESS DINERS ~Experience International Restaurants and Travel around the World~”
Eat! Talk! Think! in this hands-on programme in which you can enjoy cuisine all over the world and international exchange by using your five senses in a restaurant or catering in Tokyo.
The destination in June was Ireland!
We chartered “”The Giant’s Stew House”” in Togoshi-Ginza Shopping District. I will report the brilliant experience in BORDERLESS DINERS with the jolly and animated owner as if he were from Super Mario.
The Jolly Owner is the Bomb! Let’s Enjoy Learning about Ireland!
From Togoshi Station, walking straight on Togoshi Ginza Shopping Street, in style today, for 10 minutes and you can find “”the Giant’s Stew House””.
The owner of this restaurant, Alan from Ireland, is very friendly, jolly and talkative. He is such a super-nice guy that he can cheer up people around him.
“Hello! Everyone! Thank you for coming! Xie Xie! Merci! Grazie! Vielen Dank!”
Today, I’m gonna serve you the most delicious and authentic varieties of Ireland cuisine handed down directly by my mother and super cool Irish culture!
The Deep History of Ireland! Everything Starts from this Land.
Ireland has the prehistoric remains such as Newgrange, the vast nature since the ancient times like Aran Islands and plenty of legends and myths on which Harry Potter and Lord of the Ring are based.
Those are called “Celtic Culture which is originated in ancient times and Ireland has kept until today.
The legend of “giant” used in the name of Alan’s restaurant is also one of the Celtic culture.
What kind of food do they eat in Ireland where fairies live and giants stride and whose culture has significant effects on Western Europe?
Irish Food: Simple and Somehow Nostalgic Mother’s Home Cooking
The unique characteristics of Irish cuisine is that it has light taste and brings the best in ingredients, such as mainly potato, then mutton and beef.
They often have creamy mashed potatoes or soda bread with stew, soup, bacon’s or smoked salmons.
Above all, meat!
As it is rainy and there is no change in temperature throughout the year in Ireland, there are huge thick grasslands where cattle and sheep grow up.
Thanks to that, the meat from Ireland is so tasty that Alan gives it an approval. It is extraordinary delicious!
Potato is the Soul of Irish! Mashed Potatoes Melting in Your Mouth.
This is the mashed potatoes with the satisfying smooth texture, cooked with the traditional home cooking skills by Alan.
For most of the Irish food, potatoes are used. For example, the mixture of mashed potatoes and cabbage called Colcannon or the mixture of mashed potatoes and seaseed. In this way, potatoes come first of all.
Why do they eat potatoes that much? The reason is that the times under British rule, Irish people had to send all of the flour to England. So they had to eat potatoes to prevent starving by nourishing themselves.
Ireland and potatoes are inseparable.
The mashed potatoes made of such precious potatoes taste really good.
They have rich taste and creamy texture thanks to abundant milk and butter.
The feeling when we put them into our mouth is indescribable.
The participants were impressed with the rich creamy mashed potatoes for the first time.
Big Smile!!!
It is Hard to Choose from So Many Varieties! Irish Stew Brought to a Simmer
Stew is also essential for Irish home cooking.
The tastes of stew are so various that this restaurant’s name has “stew” in it.
The most common stew is Irish stew and Guinness stew.
Irish stew looks similar to Japanese home cooking “Nikujaga”, a mixture of meat and potatoes.
It is chunky and filling thanks to a plenty of potatoes.
And Guinness stew!
This stew has the aromatic mixed flavor of richness and bitterness, simmered in Guness beer from Ireland where beer and Irish wisky is indisreppensable.
Besides those kinds of stew, Alan kindly served us clam chowder with salmon and spinach soup.
While they are all stew, each has completely different taste.
We couldn’t stop our hands from dipping soda bread in stew and put stew on mashed potatoes and the plates got empty in the blink of an eye.
The most popular one was Irish stew with lamb after all.
Coffee with Whisky!? Irish Coffee is an Acquired Taste
Irish Coffee as dessert for finishing off!
Irish Coffee warms a cold body in the freezing Irish whether. When a lot of airplanes stopped at an airport in Ireland to be refueled, seeing passengers waiting for refueling done and shivering with cold, a chef started serving coffee with Irish Whisky to them.
It is a dessert for mature people, a hot coffee with Irish Whisky and whipped cream on its top.
The combination of the sweetness of whipped cream, the bitterness of cofee and the rich aroma of Irish Coffee and whisky is very satisfying.
Once He Speaks about the Legend of Irish Giant, He Goes on and on about it.
As above, “A Giant’s Stew House” is where you can eat traditional and very delicious Irish food. He opened the stew house after the legend of a giant because after he came to Japan, he began to think that people need a restaurant like a community which conveys the history of Ireland where he loves in Japan where he loves as well.
The walls in the restaurant full of such thoughts is filled with Irish episodes, celebrities and the recommended attractions.
Alan also wrote a book about the Giant Legend to tell Ireland!
According to him, it is the second best book following Lord of the Rings. In the event, he gave such a masterpiece to the participants!
Alain’s passion for Ireland is so strong that he usually tells the story about the Irish stuff in the restaurant, food, beer with his files about Ireland to customers after they place orders.
Alan keeps telling about Ireland in this foreign country Japan which is far away from Ireland, while both are kind of similar in a sense, as they are the island countries.
Ireland is a fantastic and romantic country with lots of legend, myth and fairies living together!
And Irish people are bright, humorous and extremely interesting just like me!
So it’s my dream to make people all over Japan happy by giving the Irish people’s spirit and power!
Thus, Alan taught me a lot about Ireland.
Alan’s character, attracting people by his cheerfulness, might come from his background, growing up in Ireland with its vast nature and fantasy.
The journey to Ireland was deep and exciting thanks to Alan’s laughing jokes.
The Next Destination is Mongolia! International Experience Restaurant Traveling to Another Place Monthly!
BORDERLESS DINERS ~Experience International Restaurants and Travel around the World~is the Monthly Hands-on Programme only for the Tenants!
The next one is going to be held on July 21 (Sun). We will charter a Mongolian restaurant in Shinjuku!
The restaurant is cosy like a house of Mongolian nomads. You can learn about Mongolia with a Mongolian married couple happily with tasty food!
Now then, what are you going to experience in the next journey?
You are going to love the report next month!
Hello, this is JURI! I recently moved to Borderless House Osaka Tsuruhashi.
I am a fourth-year university student. I decided to live in Tsuruhashi sharehouse to improve my speaking skills (English & Korean) before I start working next Spring.
My hobbies are traveling abroad, learning new languages (English & Korean) and watching Korean/American dramas on Netflix.
I am curious about everything so I have visited more than 15 different countries including South America and Asia as a backpacker. My favorite countries are Korea and Fiji so far. I like eating BBQ (I wish I could eat it every week).
This is my first time in a sharehouse so I will write about what I feel every day in here from now on.
My first sharehouse life has finally started in full of anxieties.
My new life started in the city called Trusuhashi where the smell of BBQ was drifting in the air. Tsuruhashi sharehouse is a maximum of 8 tenants’ house and I moved into a room for 4 girls on the 4th floor.
My biggest concern before moving in was about room sharing.
“Am I able to sleep well in a shared room with other people?”
“Am I able to feel relaxed where there is little personal space?”
“Am I able to get along with my roommate?”
It turned out that I didn’t need to be worried about any of that!
Personal space is fully secured even in a shared room!
The shared room for 4 people in Tsuruhashi sharehouse is very spacious because it uses the whole fourth floor. So I did not feel cramped at all!
Also, I can secure my personal space with the partitions provided in the room. I can feel relaxed and sleep well at night.
Fun time with my roommate, she became more than just a friend!
More than anything, having a good roommate is the best thing!
My Korean roommate Juyeon came to Japan for a working holiday. I felt a little bit nervous when I first met her but she was super kind and easy to talk!
We spend a lot of fun time at the community space inside the room, planning a house party, sharing our favorite YouTubers (she introduced me Kemio), learning Korean from her (she speaks good Japanese).
My roommate Juyeon also came to my parent’s house the other day!
My mum cooked us dinner! Juyeon tried Rice with Raw Egg for the first time and she said she would definitely try making one in Korea. My mum also enjoyed her time with Juyeon because she hadn’t had a chance to talk to someone from other countries.
So I think the best thing about room-sharing is that you can become like family by spending a lot of time together and knowing about each other deeper.
In fact, I and Juyeon could build a good relationship that we could truly respect each other.
This is all for today! Today’s blog article was about what room-sharing was like.
『BORDERLESS DINERS～Experience international restaurants and travel around the world～』
Eat! Talk! Think! This is a hands-on program that you can enjoy the international exchange with your five senses and enjoy different cuisines in restaurants or catering in Tokyo!
The 4th time is Bosnia! This time we have done this event with “Japan-South East Europe Business Association.”
I would like to give you an update about the event we held on May 20th!
Enjoy the international vibe of Bosnia with your five senses!
BORDERLESS DINERS is an event which we would like our tenants to be interested in that country through eating their cuisine
and would like to enjoy the different culture of various countries. The “Japanese-South East Europe Business Association”
sympathized with the feeling we have towards this program and had given us a suggestion that they would be happy in sharing stories of the beautiful country Bosnia, to our tenants.
For this time, not only eating but we have also tried cooking Bosnian cuisines by ourselves.
As you may know already, Bosnia is a well-known country where the World War 1 had broke out and has a strong image that they are still facing raciall conflicts.
On the other hand, Bosnia as a unique culture which has been cultivated from the Ottoman era and they have a beautiful, maginificent nature landscape!
This time, let’s travel in Bosnia together!
The taste of the ancient orient from the 3rd century BC
Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia, there is line written as “Sarajevo meetings of cultures” on the Ferhadjia pedestrian street.
As it says so, the line is indeed a border for cultures and the atmosphere of the city is completely different on the east and west side.
On the east side of the street, you can enjoy the scenary of the ancient orient. Compared to that, modern europe cityscape spreads on the west side of the street.
Moreover, Bosnia have country border lines with 7 different countries such as Italy, Austria, Hungary,
Romania, Bulgaria, Greek and Albania. The culture of each country had fused together at Sarajevo.
As a result, the food culture of Bosnia has become a great mixture which is beyond description.
A perfect dish would make you a good husband/wife? Tranditional Home-made dishes in Bosnia
This is essential when it comes to Bosnian cuisine. Yes, it’s Burek (Burek)! It is called Pita in the Balkans region,
It is a widely-packed pie-packed food filled with various ingredients, and its name changes depending on the ingredients.
In Bosnia, it is called Burek, and it is characterized by stuffing meat and spinach etc. in a swirl round shaped thin pie dough.
Burek from Bosnia is the most delicious pita among all the pita foods in the Balkans region, said by Ines.
Since it is difficult to make Burek in a beautiful shape with all ingredients evenly stuffed and to swirl it cleanly,
in Bosnia, they say if people who can make a perfect Burek must be a good companion!
Let’s aim to be a good husband and good wife! We had a challenge to make a Mini Burek!
Stuffed, stuffed … It seems easy but also hard.
Lots of unique Burek were made! The taste of Burek was extra tasty as we did our best to make them.
Forbidden fruit!? Let’s enjoy the God’s dessert!
Next, I would like to introduce you guys a Bosnian grilled apple dish, Tufahije (Tufaje).
Simmering the apples with plenty of sugar and lemon until the apples are fully covered with them, adding plenty of walnuts and hazelnuts as well.
Finally, eating them with the fresh cream and cinnamon powder!
It was fantastic!
Ines said that apples are considered to be God’s food according to the mythology in Bosnia,
so Tufahije seems like a dessert of the fruit of God. Even though it is an easy-to-make Bosnian home-cooked dish, with the myths combined to it just made us immerse in a fascinating taste.
As you can see, there are a lot of delicious dishes with interesting culture in Bosnian cuisine! You must try Bosnian food!
There is no war but only Tourism in Bosnia
Bosnia is a cosmopolitan country with a mix of cultures, but its appeal is not only food.
The Sarajevo incident that triggered World War I, and the Bosnia-Herzegovina conflict involving the entire Balkans.
“Bosnia, a land of historical conflicts and wars.
Even after the war is over and 20 years have passed, the image still remains solid.
Bosnia has the image of war, but I want to change it. The history cultivated from Ottoman Turkey.
Vast and rich nature, and abundant food culture. It is a wonderful country where you can go everywhere for sightseeing.
The war has already ended long time ago. Please see a new image of current Bosnia. “
Ines said.
The front line of cross-cultural coexistence, a country has wonderful people, nature and culture
“Bosnia is a front-line country of cross-cultural coexistence. After the war, we have created a unique culture to coexist with various ethnic groups and religions other than Islam. It is also the cityscape seen from the cultural border in Sarajevo,
The feature in our presidential system. We must be select three presidents each from the Bosnjak, Croats and Serbs.Our beautiful country where culture coexists. Please come for sightseeing. “
A country where we are not familiar with but it is actually not too far from Japan, Bosnia.
It is a beautiful multicultural country where nature and tradition coexisted.
We are going to Ireland for the next time! Let’s travel around the world every month!
『BORDERLESS DINERS～Experience international restaurants and travel around the world～』is a monthly event only for tenants at Borderless House!
Next time, the event will be held at an Irish restauant in Shinagawa Togoshi Shopping street.
You can enjoy Irish food made by a cheerful and talkative chef who loves Ireland.
Well, what kind of experience would you expect for the next?
This is Yuya from Borderless House who is in charge of the program!
『BORDERLESS DINERS～Experience international restaurants and travel around the world～』
Eat! Talk! Think! This is a hands-on program that you can enjoy the international exchange with your five senses and enjoy different cuisines in restaurants or catering in Tokyo!
The third time is Syria! I report the BORDERLESS DINERS which was held on April 20th.
Trip to follow memory, a beautiful hometown Syria
An Arabian Restaurant Palmyra is located on the second floor of a building, a 6min walk from Ikebukuro Station West Exit.
We held this event and reserved whole this restaurant that runs by a Lebanese owner at this time!
Guest speaker is our tenant Mr. F who is from Syria.
“Syria has not been stable yet, and the civil war has continued since 2011.
I think most of Japanese associate Syria with refugees and war.”
But He said
“I only lived in Syria when I was little, so I don’t remember much, but all my families say the same thing; we want everyone to know that Syria is such a beautiful country. “
BORDERLESS DINERS Syria began with such his words. Let’s travel to the beautiful hometown of Syria through Syrian cuisine!
Experience a refreshing sour Middle Eastern cuisine with grazing culture
I said Syrian cuisine, but there is not really a clear difference between Syrian food and Lebanese food. Because Syria and Lebanon were one and the same country a long time ago.
Of course, there are also unique dishes from each country, but the main food culture of vegetables is the same. There are many cultures in Syrian cuisine, such as the hummus(mashed chickpeas) as a staple food, Turkish kebabs and Islamic food such as baklava.
Sesame and lemon, olive oil, herbs, many dishes using tomato in yogurt, but it is refreshing, but sour very fresh flavor in the mouth!
And there are also refreshing drinks of salted yogurt called hibiscus juice or ayran. Since Syria was a grazing culture, there were not many choices of ingredients. It is a simple and sophisticated food culture that uses naturally grown crops and livestock milk.
Syrian food is dynamic taste! For example, the sourness of the ayran is not slight, it is VERY sour!
The coffee is so rich that the powder precipitates. And the hibiscus of the national drink which also has a light laxative effect is too much sour!
Of course, there are also meals and dessert with a dynamic taste to eat with such a thick drink.
Okra tomato stew is very sour, and dessert bakrawa and basbusa are very sweet!
Middle Eastern cuisine was like a great adventure.
Syrian young people are in all over the world. What made him come to Japan?
Well, after enjoying Syrian food, it is time for a Syrian story.
Currently, Mr. F has lived in Japan for about one year. He is a naughty teen boy who loves Japanese comedy and speaks Kansai dialect very fluently.
Also, he was born in Syria and raised in Saudi Arabia.
The last time he returned to Syria was just a year before the civil war began, when he was 10 years old. Since then, he has never been back in Syria.
Although now he is good at speaking Japanese and loves Japanese comedy, in fact, he didn’t think he would come to Japan.
“At first, I tried to go to a university in the US and I needed to have VISA to stay outside Syria because I am Syrian. Unfortunately, Just after VISA in Saudi Arabia ended, it became Trump’s administration at the timing in the US, and VISA for that suddenly dropped. I can no longer enter Saudi Arabia, and if I go to Turkey, where my parents stay, I have to make a refugee application. Then I decided to make a visa application to Japan.
Fortunately, Japan’s Visa went down and I decided to stay in Japan.
From there I knew how wonderful Japan is. “
Currently, Syrian young people are drafted when returning to Syria and must join the army. Much Syrian youth cannot return to their hometown to avoid recruiting. In addition, they cannot go around the world freely. Most of Syrians don’t have choices and they have to stay temporary in various countries as refugees or immigrants.
“Syria is a really beautiful country. The beautiful geometric pattern of the mosques, and the world’s oldest city, Damascus.The most romantic and beautiful Syrian-like Arabic language in the world. Now I met Japanese comedy and love Japan, but I hope to return to Syria someday. And I want the housemates and everyone I met to know more about Syria someday. Syria is a really beautiful country. “
The feeling from Lebanon that was divided country from Syria
This time, the venue is the restaurant Palmyra, the owner Mr. Suriman who usually teaches Arabic culture at a university and he sells Syrian goods in the place to help Syrian children.
Mr. Suriman said,
“The Syrian people are not chemical weapons test subjects, they are humans with emotions.”
The neighboring country Syria with similar culture since it was the same country. And there are many Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
Mr. Suriman believes Syrian and Lebanese people are brothers, and this motivates him to support Syria. He hopes that one day they will be able to come and go free again and create a society for Syrians to live their dreams. Dreaming of such a day tells stories about Syria in restaurants here in Japan.
BORDERLESS DINERS is a program where you can experience the country through meals. It was a moment that we can feel Syria close.
The next program is for Bosnia! You can touch a different culture every month!
『BORDERLESS DINERS ～ Experience international restaurants and travel around the world ～』
This is a hands-on program which is held every month!
Next time, we will invite beauty chef in Borderless House Shinjuku Honancho!
Bosnian food! Well, what kind of experience can you make next?”
Hello, all!
This is Takato from Borderless house in Kyoto 🙂
Here, we announce that we will open two international sharehouses in Kyoto!! Each house has half Japanese local tenants, so you can live and learn Japanese from locals!!
We introduce these international share house in this article!!
Please give us your contact, if you are interested in 😉
Borderless House Kyoto Saiin 2! Only 5mins walk to Saiin station!
Good access to the center of Kyoto, Shijo, Kawaramachi, and Osaka!
This house is located in 5mins wall from Saiin station, which is good access to Shijo, Karasuma, Kawaramachi, and Osaka. Moreover, if you study at ISI Japanese school, you can walk to the school in the 15mins walk!
Huge 50㎡ LDK and all types of rooms are installed!!
This house has three floor and all types of rooms, which is private and shared room type. If you want to have more opportunities to communicate Japanese, the shared type will be recommended!! This house has three floor and all types of rooms, which is private and shared room type. If you want to have more opportunities to communicate Japanese, the shared type will be recommended!!
Borderless House Kyoto Kinugasa! Newbuilt & Large size House giving utmost international experience.
Good location for Ritsumeikan students! 5mis bicycle ride to Kinugawa campus!
It is good to access to Ritsumeikan university, 5mins ride bicycle, and 20mins walk! Also, you can go to Enmachi and Karasuma area from the bus stops nearby the house!!
Newly built sharehouse keeps balance privacy and communication!!
Now, we are constructing Borderless House Kinugasa.
As this sharehouse contend, 26 tenants, it gives a lot of experience to someone who wants to meet more people from local and another country!!!
The room types are private room and shared a room! As all private room has loft space, it is very spacious. The shared room has own private loft space, so privacy will be kept!!
How are there two international share houses?
We are very welcomed to have your inquiries and questions anytime!!
Please let us know from the below link if you are interested!!
What kind of culture in Senegal? This is the program you can enjoy international experience with five senses!
As-salamu alaykum! Hello, this is Yuya from Borderless House who is in charge of the program!
『BORDERLESS DINERS～Experience international restaurants and travel around the world ～』This new program has started since last month!
You can enjoy different cuisines in restaurants or catering in Tokyo!
Eat!Talk! think! It is a hands-on program where you can enjoy international exchange with the five senses.
Second time is Senegal cuisine! I am going to report BORFERLESS DINERS was held on March 31st.
Fresh cuisine you can enjoy looking at! Cheerful Senegalese chef cooked in front.
This time is Live Cooking! that Aly san came to Honancho House in Shinjuku. Participants can see a process of making dishes with talking with Aly san right in front!
Says of Senegal cuisine, it’s so colorful and beautiful because they use papurika, egges, tomatos and any other vegetables.
Being wrapped Fatayer(Samosa Senegal style), being fried Beignet(Donut Senegal style)
The participants were very interested in the dishes onw after another. There are many questions and it’s Aly san time to shine!
First, you enjoyed international experience with your eyes!
Plant to drink! The gut healthy drink that contains baobab and hibiscus
Next is the smell! Enjoy the vivid welcome drinks with baobab and hibiscus!
Besides looking, it also had a good smell. The smell of hibiscus and baobabs mixed up and seem to be in the forest.
Moreover, it seems to have the effect of recovering the intestines, and it is an excellent drink that is good for your skin and beauty as well!
After eating the appetizer Fataya while drinking the welcome drink, we feeled more hungry!
But first, we learned a little bit about Senegal. Aly san talked about Senegal’s population, religion, and language!
“Thank you” is “Jerjev” in Moloch spoken in Senegal
Finally it’s time to eat dishes! Thank you for the chef Aly’s preparation!
Shiny hands! Holding and eating a large dish
In Senegal, lunch is the main meal of the day and staple food is the same rice as Japan.
The dish of rice cooked with platter and rice dishes and side dishes. This is Senegal’s feast!
This time we had a typical rice dish of Chevyap and Sesaginal. What a sumptuous feast!
Chebu means rice, Yap means meat. Sesaginal, a dish made of meat and rice, is rice dish with onion sauce!
Let’s start to eat the beautifully presented dishes with everyone!
but they said…..
“How do you eat even though there are no plates or spoons?”
Fufufu, have you noticed? This program is the international “experience” program, of course, you should eat it by hand just like Senegal!
It is Senegal-style to take a size that is easy to eat, and hold it for a while and then eat.
At first, they started to eat with hands nervously, but we can not stop at the overly delicious Chebyap!
”You are a Senegalese!” There were people who grab a tip and were praised by Aly san.
Everyone enjoyed the feeling of the hand.”
We were full for lots of delicious food, and noticed what a shiny hand! Good smile!
Looks and tastes of Okinawa food? Senegal and Japan in common
Full, but the dessert is another! After all, we also enjoyed Senegal’s popular Benie by hand.
Senegal’s Benier, when you look closely it looks and tastes so familiar with Sata Andagi in Okinawa …?
“It is no longer Sata Andagi! The only difference is whether raisins are in or out!
The taste that is loved is the same things even if different countries.
Of course the drink is coffee! Senegal coffee contains spice and is very rich!
Make bubbles and pouring in this way!
Actually, Senegal is a coffee lover country because it seems to be drinkable to all ages, male and female even if the taste is very rich.
“A country without homeless people” An aspect of Islam not known in Japan
They seems to be getting eager to know more about Senegal.
From now, we will have a lecture about Senegalese culture and religious to know about Senegal deeply.
“Senegal is an Isramic country in which 95% of the population believe in Isram. However, the commandment is not so strict and we don’t have bad relationships with the other religious believer.”
Aly told us, “We, Senegalese Muslims are doing really good with the other religious believer. I’m Muslim but my school was a catholic one and I have a lot of catholic friends. Important thing is to take the teachings in actions, live cooperating with neighbors and show gratitude every day. Since it is really natural to help each other and be thankful, there are no people who are hungry in Senegal although there are people in difficulties due to lack of money of course. Senegal is a country which doesn’t have homeless people.”
We shouldn’t eat all completely in Senegal, “Omotenashi” country!
We shouldn’t eat all completely in Senegal, “Omotenashi” country!
“Do you know that Senegal is a country which has “Omotenashi” culture like Japan. *”Omotenashi” is a Jaoanese word which means an atitude or an action with a hospitality when we welcome guests.
In Senegal, peoole use the word “Teranga” for “Omotenashi”. The word has a meaning of taking good care of the connection with other people and sharing it. This meanins also comes from the Isramic teachings.
Aly says, “In Senegal, we don’t lock our house doors so that people who are hungry or who need help can visit anytime.
The Isramic spirits are widespread so that’s why we have this culture. We mustn’t eat the served dishes completely. In other words, they serve lots of dishes we cannot finish.
Even today, Aly prepared the food more than the amount for the number of people.
He says this is because he has a heart of the hospitality which he wants to make the guests feel full.
In Japan, it is not good to leave food so if we eat everything according to the Japanese culture, they serve continuously.
Don’t you think it is really interesting that there is a difference in the dining culture although both country have the same “Omotenashi” culture?
Enjoy differences! This is also the good part of this program!
Islamic culture is to help each other. It is a warm religious culture.
Aly told us that the important thing is not money but the connection with people.
If we live in Japan, there is no opportunity to get to know the Isramic teachings and the way of thinking in life based on the teachings.
This program became a really good one because we could get to know that the Senegalese food is so nice and there are nice culture in Senegal.
Of course we took a photo together at last!
The next program is for Syria!
“BORDERLESS DINERS ~Experience international restaurants and travel around the world ~” is a program which we hold once in a month only for our tenants!
We will have this program at Syrian restaurant in Ikebukuro next time! What can we experience from the program?
Hello, everyone! This is Yuya from Borderless House planning team!
It’s getting warmer, spring has arrived! So you must be excited for new life!
With the coming of spring, our new program has started!
The program name is『BORDERLESS DINERS～International Experiences Restaurant for Traveling the World～』
This new hands-on program has started!
Food is closely related to cultural costume! Let’s touch different culture with five sense! See! Feel! Taste!
LINK UP, which was run as a Borderless House exchange program last year. We received many happy comments from the tenants, such as “new connections with other share houses!”
LINK UP is a program which provides the tenants with the opportunity to meet and connect through languages and interests.
During this program, we also received comments that “I want to know more about various countries!” And “I want to touch culture and international experience more deeply!” That is because we restart the program as “BORDERLESS DINERS”.
“BORDERLESS DINERS” is an international experience program focused on “food” in order to make you feel and learn deeply the countries of the world.
We are going to reserve restaurants in various countries in Tokyo for this problem!
Eat! Talk! think! It is a hands-on program where you can enjoy the international exchange with the five senses.
The program will be held once a month for our tenants only. The maximum number of participants is only 20 people in this program, so you can interact with people more closely, which is a bit different from big events!
“Eating” and “learning about” food from other countries. Purpose behind the program
This program was launched with the wish of experiencing different cultures through “food” and enjoying the differences.
Italian, French, Chinese, Korean cuisine and ethnic food such as Thai food!
I believe that these types of dishes are familiar to everyone.
However, there are many countries that you may know the name of such as Myanmar and various African countries, but you have never eaten their foods!
The world has a variety of dishes unique to that country, and each dish has its own story and culture.
For example, because Japan has four seasons and the ingredients available in each season differ, Japanese food culture has developed along with events and seasons.
Furthermore, there must be many people who think of “niku-jaga” when hearing the words Japanese home cooking?
Do you know the origin of this national soul food of niku-jaga? ?
Actually, the origin of niku-jaga is beef stew!
What I mean is, “niku-jaga” was born as a result of the trouble of a certain historical person who could not forget the taste of beef stew and somehow wanted to make it in Japan.
Thus, traditional menu items actually contain rich international origins, and conversely, in some cases, they come from a culture that has been developed for religious reasons, and it can be seen that the origins of foods are very deep!
“Food” is a very familiar means of learning about a country.
It is our hope that while eating the food of a country, you can learn about that country. Through cooking, countries that were previously “unknown” become countries that you “would like to know more about” and “would like to go to”!
We aim to create a program that allows you to experience such things.
Venue changes every month! Traveling through food program, the first country is Myanmar!
This program was held in Myanmar restaurant which is located Takadanobaba on Feb 22.
4 Koreans, 1 Franch, 1 Saudi Arabian, 1 Taiwanese and 8Japanese participated! The ratio of male to female and ratio of nationality aere also slmost 50:50!
Is this place Little Yangon! ? A long-established cafeteria loved in Takadanobaba where 1,500 people from Myanmar live.
In fact, Takadanobaba is a fierce battlefield of Myanmar cuisine with over 20 such restaurants. Ruby, where the event was held this time, is a long-established Burmese restaurant that has been open for 20 years in Takadanobaba! Naturally, the restaurant staff is also from Myanmar! You can enjoy authentic cuisine from Myanmar.
What kind of country is Myanmar? ? The manager of the restaurant told me about Myanmar.
Start of program! What kind of country is Myanmar?
Myanmar is located in Southeast Asia and has about 1.8 times the area of Japan. It is a devoutly Buddhist country with over 100 ethnic groups, and there are several temples and pagodas on the streets.
Myanmar is located in Southeast Asia and has about 1.8 times the area of Japan. It is a devoutly Buddhist country with over 100 ethnic groups, and there are several temples and pagodas on the streets.
Reportedly, when he happened to come to Japan to travel 30 years ago, when he was listed as part of an anti-government organization by the military government, and unable to return home, became a refugee.
I told me valuable stories and exciting stories, such as the story of his time 30 years ago in Japan, the story of being able to return home for the first time in 20 years last year, and stories about Burma during the military administration and Myanmar in the present.
What impressed me the most was the story of Kyaw Kyaw Soe-san’s dream.
“Myanmar, which I returned to for the first time in 20 years, has become unrecognizable, but after since the government has changed, the people have no sense of unity. Therefore, I would like to spread the school song culture that I learned in Japan in Myanmar. I would like to make school songs so that students sing together and head toward the same goal.”
Hearing such precious stories is part of the appeal of this program!
The participants also find it interesting.
And finally, it was time to eat the cuisine from Myanmar!
Myanmar is surrounded by five countries, and Myanmar has absorbed the delicious points of the cuisine of these five countries!
Myanmar food is characterized by being a little bit spicy and a little bit oily.
In fact, Myanmar is surrounded by China, Laos, Bangladesh, Thailand, and India, and it is a multi-ethnic country in which various ethnic groups and cultures are mixed.
Therefore, the variety of dishes is also diverse!
The cultures of the surrounding countries have influenced the cuisine, and there are very good dishes from many countries, as the cuisine has incorporated the spiciness of Indian food, the quick and easy cooking methods of Chinese food, and the sweet and sour taste of Thai food.
This time, various dishes were prepared, such as the national dish that can be eaten in Myanmar to dishes that are eaten for celebrations such as weddings.
This time, various dishes were prepared, such as the national dish that can be eaten in Myanmar to dishes that are eaten for celebrations such as weddings.
Some people were a cautious about trying the foods, and some dug in quickly!
You could hear the voices of the participants at different restaurants saying, “This is spicy”, “This is delicious!”, etc.
The origin of udon is Burmese noodle nan gyi thohk? ! Connections in the world as seen from food!
The origin of udon is Burmese noodle nan gyi thohk? ! Connections in the world as seen from food!
Because there were participants from various countries, the predictions of each person varied! It was a heated discussion!
For example, “The udon salad is probably a kind of reimen in Japan because it is so light.”
“Perhaps sweet foods are used for celebrations? So tapioca and sweet potato desserts must be for weddings!”
Then, the answers were presented.
Have you ever seen this dish?
Don’t you think that it looks like udon?
Yes, this is actually udon found in Myanmar. The name of this dish is nan gyithohk, and it is a type of udon salad.
The recipe for the noodles is almost the same as that of udon! It is made of soybean flour, and people in Myanmar eat the salad when they want to feel refreshed. It is home cooking and is often eaten as a daily meal. It is the same as in Japan, right!
Then, Kyaw Kyaw Soe-san said that this is the origin of Japanese noodles.”The taste and texture of the noodles are almost the same as those of udon.
so please try it once if you are interested!
There was also a dish called dan bauk, which is eaten during celebrations such as weddings.
It is a simple dish of stewed chicken and butter rice.
But making it is hard!
It is a dish that is very time-consuming to make as various spices are mixed and it is stewed for a long time.
However, once it is made, it can be served immediately like curry, and it was explained that it became a dish of hospitality served for celebrations since guests are not kept waiting.
In this way, even in a seemingly distant country, Japan is actually connected like a relationship with nan gyi thohk,
and we realized that the heart of hospitality for cooking is universal!
If you order “the food served in the Borderless House program”, you will be able to eat these foods, so if you are interested, please check out RUBY in Takadanobaba!
Borderless House, tenants-only program that can connect with over 700 share mates
Finally, recommended spots in Myanmar were presented, and the program was concluded!
Then, a male participant invited everyone to a house party saying, “There will be a party at my shared house in Iriya tonight, so everyone is welcome to join and continue talking about the program!”
In this way, the Borderless House program is also able to connect with more than 700 share mates living in 69 share houses in Tokyo!
Next travel is SENEGAL!We will do live cooking next time in Shinjuku Honan-cho, our share house!
The cheerful senegal chef make Senegal cuisine for participants.I hope you will enjoy the next blog!
Venue and food change every month! Traveling through food international experience restaurant.
Why don’t you stay in Borderless House that you can join this kind of programs?
