In Japan, it is customary to celebrate the New Year by spending time with family and eating Osechi Ryori. Osechi Ryori has a variety of New Year dishes, which varies in many regions of Japan. Each dish has a specific wish for happiness and longevity.
In keeping with the tradition, our Finch Centre partnered with Momiji to arrange a special Osechi Ryori meal to ring in the New Year with our Japanese residents! The menu was specially catered to ensure the dishes’ texture was enjoyable to residents, but also safe for residents with chewing and swallowing difficulty.
The auspicious dishes included Mame Kinton (mashed sweet white kidney beans), Kuromame (sweet blackbeans), Kohaku Namasu (pickled daikon radish and carrot) and Sake Kobumaki (salmon kelp rolls).
