I am currently eating a katsudon I bought from the 7-eleven, and I realized that the last time I ate a Japanese dish was about 2 or 3 months ago. I have been living in Japan for about 6 years now, and around my 2nd year, I started doing more meal prep to save time and money. And ever since then, I mostly cooked dishes from my hometown. I only eat Japanese food when I'm eating out with friends or if I'm extremely hungry midday and I did not prep any lunch. I'm curious if any of y'alls also share the same experience as I do.
Edit: For context, I'm Southeast Asian so most of the ingredients I make with my dishes are not far from the ones that are locally grown and available here in Japan. I also grew up cooking in big batches, so one dish I would cook would last me for days (or I would freeze them and cook something else).
by AdNo6111