Meat Loaf

Today I had a hankering for my mom's homemade meatloaf. I have the recipe, but there was one problem. I don't have a conventional oven. Japanese apartments don't come with one, or even a hook up for one. If Japanese people want to bake they buy a small toaster-oven size electric oven. I do have a gas stove, and underneath the range there is a very small gas oven. Big enough for grilling small fish or even toasting a slice of bread, but there's no way I could cook a meatloaf in it. I was about to put all thoughts of delicious meatloaf from my mind when I came up with a brilliant idea. Use my mother's meatloaf recipe to make Japanese style Hambagu! (Hambagu is a Japanese western-inspired dish that consists of a hamburger patty with gravy). I got the ingredients at the store today, made the meatloaf, shaped it into patties and fried it in a pan and Voila! My mother's meatloaf! I was so happy. I should've taken a picture but I am a very lazy photographer and now it's too late. We ate it all in all its delicious glory. And now I must go for my daughter has figured out how to open the cupboard in the bedroom where I keep her clothes and is throwing them all around for me to pick up. Silly girl. ;)