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some random Shokugeki breakfast headcanons

(SnKimiko-Verse related)

Breakfast Headcanons for the different families in my “Shokugeki no Kimiko”-Verse. For...some reason. 

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The Yukihiras (SoRina Family)

When Hiraku & Kimiko were still going to the local school, Soma and Erina always had a competition every night after the restaurant closed over who’d get “Bento-Rights” the next morning. Whoever won got to make the Bento obviously ahdh. 

Soma really loves to make them all kinds of Onigarazu, while Erina has developed her own kind of honey-pork dumplings, that Hiraku in specific loves a lot 

During the week, while the children get their bento for school, the adults usually each make an individual, quick breakfast for themselves at different times. Although with Soma and Erina of course they are proud enough of their creations to urge the other that they should have a taste as well. 

Once they’re old enough, Kimiko & Hiraku tend to take over breakfast on weekends as the family is more prone to breakfast together on these. 

EGGS, lots of EGG-DISHES. What household do you think this is?

The Nakiris (RyoAli Family)

Back when the Nakiri-Twins were smol, Alice & Ryo made a great effort to be around them as much as they can...so they usually also ate breakfast as a family. When the twins are older and can take better care of themselves it decreases a little but ultimately this family still does eat breakfast together at least once a week.

Usually it’s prepared by one of the cherry-picked chefs working in the Nakiri-Mansion, but being great chefs themselves one of the family-members tends to prepare breakfast as well at times.

Once Akio Hayama moves into the the Nakiri Mansion he sometimes prepares breakfast as well, but more on that later.

They tend to have a rather sumptuous breakfast, with a lot of options to pick from: Various types of cheese, croissants and other pastries, freshly-baked bread, fruit...etc. Some Instagram-worthy stuff.

Despite all these luxuries, Mona and Lola Nakiri never fail to voice that they prefer when their parents cook breakfast.

Rest (AkiSako, IsaMegu, ShuYoko and so on) under the cut

The Hayamas (AkiSako Family)

Akira and Hisako both don’t like other people preparing their breakfast. Whenever the Hayama-Family is staying at a hotel, these two are sulking at the hotel buffet. 

Akira & Hisako quite frankly love to prepare breakfast for their children and, while not always, they do tend to do it together. With these two teaming up it’s usually a very healthy, energizing breakfast. 

But despite the teamwork, these two also have some competition going on every morning as Hisako prepares tea, while Akira prepares coffee. The competition is about which drink their children will pick up (who like both). Real fancy tea blends & coffee-combinations are born in this competition. 

Kaori & Akio pick up a lot from their parents. It’s become common knowledge around the E10 that Akio makes the best tea, while Kaori could 100% work as a barista if she wasn’t a cook. And they both have a lot of breakfast-recipes stored in their head.

Once Akio moves into the Nakiri-mansion because of Hiraku, he actually does prepare breakfast from time to time. At first he usually eats on his own, because he feels awkward sitting at the same table as the headmistress but Alice’s pushy nature get him to sit with them in the end. 

The Japan Aldinis/Aldini-Tadokoros (IsaMegu Family)

Megumi and Isami prepare breakfast together almost every day. It’s a great way of bonding for them. It usually turns out to be a pretty rural-breakfast but it’s very comforting and their children love.

Yes, they bake their own bread. I believe in this firmly. 

Hiroshi Aldini-Tadokoro, when old enough, also tends to help out with breakfast or he goes out to pick some berries. Maja and Nino Aldini-Tadokoro often end up settling the table. This is more for weekends though. 

During the week, Megumi & Isami make bentos. Bentos for the kids and Megumi also makes one for Isami, while Isami makes one for her. He even came up with an “Italian-Styled Bento” just for this. 

The Tuscany Aldinis (TakuIku Family)

They don’t always manage to, but really try their best to eat together as a family. In Summer specifically. They always eat outside when the temperatures are warm enough. 

There’s three kinds of breakfast: When Ikumi prepares it, it’s usually the very healthy, nutritious kind that actual athletes would eat. Like idk, greek yogurt with fruit and chia-seeds, avocado-sandwiches...meep. 

When Takumi prepares it, it’s a sumptuous but also cozy European breakfast including lots of freshly picked tomatoes, egg, sausages etc. 

And then there’s the times when their daughter Mika prepares breakfast, even bringing it to her parent’s bed when she’s awake before them. Mika usually finds a middle ground between her mother’s breakfast style and her father’s breakfast style. 

The Ibusakis (ShuYoko Family) 

Ryoko makes very traditional bentos on weekdays. 

On weekends, she goes out even more and sets the table very lovingly. Shun also involves himself and smokes some bacon, eggs or so. 

Ryoko has found herself a hobby in jam-producing. In the nearby forest (the Ibusakis live close to one), she tends to pick berries (or Kasumi does that for her), or gets some fruit from the market in their small village and she makes jam out of them. She came up with some truly delicious combinations on her own. Yuki always takes at least 10 glasses with her, whenever the Maruis are over. 

Shun probably also bakes bread himself at times, idk I can just picture him doing that. 

The Maruis (MarYu Family)

Yuki makes Bentos for Takahiro (and back when Chieko wasn’t on Totsuki, also for her ofc) during the week. And she always includes some animal designs. Because she’s Yuki. 

They don’t always breakfast together on Saturday but they sure do on Sundays. This is a sacred tradition to Yuki. If it’s sunday and all of the family-members are home...They will have breakfast together. 

Zenji gets send out to get bread and usually he also buys some pastries or cakes for the children (and Yuki). 

Yuki meanwhile prepares the best (according to Takahiro) hot chocolate for Takahiro & Chieko (and herself). 

Zenji drinks coffee or tea meanwhile. 

Chieko really loves to have blueberries at breakfast. So sometimes Yuki incorporates them into pancakes. She likes making pancakes. 

The Hojos (Terunori Kuga x Miyoko Hojo Fam)

They tend to end up eating together. Suzume & Miyoko wake up the earliest usually and while Suzume goes for a morning-jog, Miyoko often begins preparing breakfast. Takayuki comes down to drink tea closely after and lastly Terunori wakes up, when everything is finished usually. 

Suzume loves having smoothies for breakfast, especially since she’s already being active early in the morning. 

Miyoko, like Ikumi, tends to go the healthy, energizing road for breakfast but she does also prepare buns which everyone loves. 

If Miyoko can’t prepare breakfast because she’s out or so, it’s either Terunori’s call or the kids go out themselves to eat out because they got too tired of waiting for their dad to wake up. 

The Eizans (EtsuNe Family)

This family struggles to find time to breakfast together and when they do it’s usually on vacation, or on weekends.

Nene is the one who pushes the most for a breakfast together and when she sees the opportunity, she’ll go full out in preparation. And when the family sits together, no one is allowed to even look at his phone and ruin Nene’s precious family-together time. 

Normally though, Nene & Masashi individually tend to prepare Miso-Soup or something for themselves, while Etsuya & Shigeo have gained a habit of eating out by getting something from a bakery, sit in some café or Etsuya lets his personal assistant get him (& whenever Shigeo has come to the company with him, him of course as well) something. 

Kei alters between either getting something from his mom or Masashi or getting himself something outside as well. 

The Saitos (SoMomo Family)

Momo often ends up making breakfast on weekends, although Kiyoko Saito later takes on the task as she’s awake earlier. Anyway this is some very sweet, Instagram-worthy stuff. 

Waffles, yogurts with fruits, macarons, croissants, fine jam.....That kind-off stuff. Though Momo never fails to prepare one miso-soup and a bowl of rice, as this is all Somei asks for. 

In the week, Somei is the one preparing bentos. His daughter Moe ended up helping him out at a rather young age, as she thought that the bentos could be a lot cuter. Moe ended up developing a passion for bentos through that and on Totsuki she always wakes up early and makes one for her big sister Kiyoko & also Shigeo. Moe’s bentos are legendary. 

Whenever Kiyoko is in any-sort off city, she really likes eating breakfast at various cafés. Sometimes she takes Masashi with her. 

The Tsukasas (for @blas-i-us *blows kiss*, but yes EiRin Family)

I think I’m gonna make it a running gag that this family rarely eats breakfast at a table, much to Eishi’s frustration. They often end up sitting on the couches in front of the fireplace or the children bring breakfast into their parent’s bed or so. When they do sit at a table, it’s usually outside during warm weather. 

They do always eat together though. And they prepare it together as well. The Tsukasa children started to participate at breakfast-preparation. In fact they often end up starting the preparation as they’re awake first.

Lots of cheese, because they live in Switzerland. 

Tsubame Tsukasa also tends to collect ingredients from the outside by running out into the morning rays and picking berries, mushrooms etc. 

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An autumnal fortnight in France

I’m still savoring the memories from my recent 2-week visit to France, with my first stop in Provence.  Understandably, many people wish to visit Provence in summer, when the lavender fields and sunflowers are in bloom. However, fall can be equally striking due to the gorgeous foliage, and made even more lovely by the total lack of crowds! Whether strolling through the beautiful Arles Saturday market,

hiking or cycling in the Luberon landscape, walking the beaches of the Camargue, or dining al fresco at a waterside café in L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue,

autumn is a beautiful season to visit Provence! The sun was always shining, and temperatures were in the low-to-mid seventies during the day.

We stayed in Les-Baux-de-Provence  

for the duration of our visit to Provence, and I can’t imagine a better location, both because of its dramatic setting amongst the limestone cliffs,  

and for its central location in Provence, with easy access to Avignon, St. Remy, the towns of the Luberon, and Aix,  among many other beautiful villages.

The family-run Baumaniere (www.baumaniere.com) is the centerpiece of the village, and a perfect base for exploring the region. 

 At the end of our Provence visit, I arrived in Paris to begin my FAM (for “familiarization”) trip led by Sebastien Jonqua of Creative Destinations (www.creativedestinations.net). Sebastien and his father, Jean-Pierre, promote and market a collection of boutique luxury hotels in France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal (including all the hotels referenced here). Sebastien leads nine small-group trips a year to give travel agents a firsthand experience of the properties in his collection. LUCKY ME!

The 5-night trip began in Paris, at Le Burgundy hotel (www.leburgundy.com),

 perfectly situated in the first arrondissement, near the Tuileries Gardens, Place Vendome, and the fashionable Rue St. Honore shopping district. Not only does Le Burgundy boast large rooms,

a Spa with swimming pool and a Michelin-starred restaurant, but if you book through me you will receive better rates as well as amenities including a room upgrade at time of booking, daily buffet breakfast, and discounts at both their Spa and restaurant.

After a couple of days in Paris it was off to Normandy, first to the town of Honfleur and then to nearby Bayeux.  

Honfleur is a quaint town circling a small, picturesque harbor, and it is most famous as inspiration for the many impressionist painters who stayed and worked there.  

In fact, in my beautiful room overlooking the front lawn at La Ferme St. Simeon (www.fermestsimeon.fr), I was fortunate enough to occupy the very room Corot (1796-1875) occupied, and Monet’s room was right across the hall!

From Honfleur it was a short drive to the stately Chateau La Cheneviere (www.lacheneviere.com), in Port-en-Bessin. Located just outside the town of Bayeux, La Cheneviere  

is the ideal spot from which to explore the WWII Museum,

cemetery,  

and the D-Day Landing beaches.

Hiring an excellent, knowledgeable guide is a must when visiting this area, and it is wise to allow 2-3 days to ensure the appropriate depth of coverage. Until you stand facing the landing beaches, it is hard to imagine just how moving the experience is, but it is one every American should undertake, if possible.   If you do plan a trip there, please allow me to set up your tours, as the guide we had was exceptional.

The next stop on our trip was to the Loire Valley, where we stayed at the elegant Domaine des Hauts de Loire (www.domainhautesloire.com), in Onzain.  

The highlight of our one-night stay at this hotel was our cooking class with the restaurant’s 2-star Michelin chef, Remy Girard.

Fortunately for us, the agents made only part of the meal (poached eggs with mushrooms), and Chef Girard made the rest. Domaine des Hauts is a striking chateau composed of several buildings, and currently being updated to include a Spa, a casual Grill restaurant to supplement their gastronomic one, and a family program.

From the Loire Valley, we headed to Burgundy 

for our final night of the FAM, spent at Le Relais Bernard Loiseau, in Saulieu (www.bernard-loiseau.com). Made famous by the hotel’s eponymous chef, the 2-starred Michelin restaurant where we enjoyed the final dinner of our trip is the jewel in the crown of this hotel. Nonetheless, the rooms are gorgeous and unique, and the surrounding gardens and newly-completed Spa complement the culinary attractions at this special hotel.

This was a once-in-a-lifetime trip, and a thorough feast for the senses.  

Although I covered a lot of France in a two-week period, I found myself wanting to return to each region to explore them in greater depth, something I would encourage you to do as well. Just contact me when you are ready to start planning!