At the Korean supermarket, H Mart, we find thin slices of meat for many dishes like bibimpap, yakiniku, or sukiyaki. In Shinji's bento the thin slices of beef are cooked in a sweet soy teriyaki sauce. Other osouzai (side dishes) are:
toasted mentaiko (spciy cod or pollack roe)
tuna, cucumber, and wakame salad (recipe below)
green beans with a walnut dressing (recipe below)
kinpira gobo (burdock root and carrots sauteed in soy and sesame oil)
* The toasted mentaiko is a great side dish to a cool glass of sake or shochu.
Mentaiko