Oden is a typical dish in winter time in Japan. It’s easy to make and delicious! To make it better, you should simmer a variety of ingredients together and simmer them for a long time.( I kept simmering them for 4 hours this time.) Extracts from each ingredients seep into broth and that tasty broth seep [...]
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Oden/おでん
Posted in food, life, tagged hanpen, mochikinchaku, oden on December 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Crazy display
Posted in food, life, tagged kagamimochi, mochi, oshougatsu on December 7, 2009 | 14 Comments »
I saw this display at a nearby hardware store. They stack the bunch of packages up to almost the ceiling.
Which one would you want to pull out? I kept my distance from them. How could you make up if that tower of packages had collapsed by your choice?
It’s a package of kagami-mochi for the new [...]
My kitchen tools
Posted in food, life, tagged dashimaki, makisu, syamoji, takoyaki, tamagoyaki on November 12, 2009 | 21 Comments »
Here is some of the tools from my kitchen. Are they unfamiliar with you?
1) A special pan for takoyaki . This is not popular all over the Japan, but only at Kanasai area, they have these pans commonly in the kitchen.
2) A square pan for tamagoyaki/Japanese omelette. See the You-tube video I attached below, and you [...]
ハローウィーン Halloween in Japan
Posted in food, life, tagged gummy hand, halloween, Japanese halloween on October 31, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Tsukareru-chan sent me a BIG package for Halloween present! Thank you Tsukareru!
The most surprising thing of them was this!!
My family could not even cut it, so asked for help to neighbors!!
They were all screaming out , gazing at, and laughing!! The only person who could eat it casually was the smallest girl in that picture! [...]
Taiyaki (たいやき)
Posted in food, tagged oyoge taiyaki kun, taiyaki on October 16, 2009 | 7 Comments »
This is a taiyaki from my yesterday snack. Every time I have a taiyaki, it brings me back memories of the children song “Oyoge taiyaki-kun“. The song had been a huge hit when I was 7 or 8. I used to sing the song and draw the character with my peers. We would vie against each [...]
My bento?
Posted in food, life, tagged bento on October 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Don’t ask me why my husband’s lunch box has the phrase “Play the Music” on its top. The Japanese never mind the meaning.
Mammography マンモグラフィー
Posted in food, life, tagged マンモグラフィ, cancer screening, mammography on September 26, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Sanma/さんま in Autumn is very fatty and so yummy! The other meals in the photo are potato salad, bitter gourd with pork and simmered rice.
I took the screening of breast cancer yesterday for the first time in my life! It’s not because I felt a lump but just I got a free coupon from the government. [...]
Katsuo,Hirame and Ikura
Posted in food, tagged hirame, ikura, katsuo, raw fish, sashimi on September 14, 2009 | 8 Comments »
My father in law had been working in the fish market in Osaka, that is the central market in the west side of Japan, and as famous as Tsukiji in Tokyo. Now, he’s retired but he goes their every morning to take a part-time job for several hours a day. The true reason of him [...]
くら寿司/Kura-zushi in California
Posted in food, tagged kaiten zushi, kura corporation, kurazushi, sushi restaurant on September 9, 2009 | 13 Comments »
I heard that Kura corporation that is the major sushi restaurant chain would open the first branch in California. Have you ever tried it if you are in Japan? Kura-sushi is very popular around Osaka and the 8th biggest kaiten sushi /conveyor belt sushi company in Japan. My family loves Kura-zushi! We can also have another [...]
夏バテ/Summer Weariness?
Posted in food, life, tagged cold food in Japan, dojyo, edamame, natsubate, unagi, 夏バテ on August 27, 2009 | 29 Comments »
Do you feel fatigue during the summer? Do you eat something special to get stamina to get through the summer?
Yesterday, I saw the interesting TV show that 8 foreigners from different countries talked about Japanese foods eaten only in Summer. They, except for one from Korea, said that they don’t have something particular food for [...]
