Togo Home Cooking Workshop Held
On Friday, 28th November, we held a ‘Togo Home Cooking Workshop’ at the Nakano Ward Welfare Centre for Persons with Disabilities.
The instructor was Mr. Kodjo Apegnouwou, a learner from our Japanese language course and a native of Lomé, the capital of the Togolese Republic.
In the pleasant kitchen bathed in dappled sunlight streaming through the windows, we cooked three dishes together with the participants:
Togolese-style salad, Jongoli, and Couscous.
Feedback from participants included:
‘The Togolese dishes, which we don’t usually have a chance to eat, were absolutely delicious.’
‘Thank you for giving us recipes we can cook at home.’
‘Next time, I’ll invite friends over and cook them Togolese food.’
Mr. Apegnowou, who had worked as a Togolese chef in Tokyo before, was
concerned whether Togolese seasoning would suit Japanese tastes.
He was delighted that all participants successfully prepared the dishes to their satisfaction.
His original Togolese recipes, incorporating with ingredients commonly used in Japanese home cooking such as dried sardines (Niboshi) and Japanese soup stock (Tuyu no moto), received unanimous acclaim from all attendees.
