First, boil some potatoes and macaroni.

After melting an incredible amount of butter in a pan, put the potatoes and macaroni in and fry them to a beautiful brown.

Turn them over and keep shaking the pan until the macaroni become crispy, the potatoes become golden, and with a savoury aroma. Add salt and pepper to taste.

No doubt this is full of fat. And it makes beer even more delicious. So, I just can't stop sighing, but I have no choice because it is really tasty. My children like to add bacon bits.

As I tried making it
At a restaurant called "Lucia" in Shizuoka Prefecture, one of their signature dishes is boiled potatoes dressed with cheese. Because this dish came to my head when I was cooking, I sprinkled some parmesan cheese and added thinly-sliced perilla on top. You can of course use melting cheese instead. Anyway, it is a kind of dish which is simple and thus tasty.

Plate: Arabian Ruska plate
From Shiki no Aji (July 1993)

Translated by Maiko Noda