Monday, May 31, 2010

Cooking with My Mom

Yesterday, after my mom and I made Chiffon Cake, we cooked dinner together. I did most of the part because she cooked for me all the time, so I decided to cook for dinner.

Well, I think I am kinds of lazy now because I do not cook anymore... you know why???
Because my mom's cooking is best for me...better than cooking by myself. So, I do not cook not too often anymore. If I eat meals which she cooks, I do not need to cook, but she needs some days not to cook. So I decide to cook for her sometimes...

Yesterday, I decided to help her for cooking dinner. She said that she wanted to make soup, so I made soup with Chicken and Tomatoes. I put Chicken Wings, cut Tomatoes, salt, pepper, and Consomme Bouillon. It was single taste, but it was good...I think.

I also cooked Daikon Tuna salad which you already you know. I posted this dish several time... have never cooked for her, so I decided to make Daikon Tuna Salad. Mom likes it, so it's good.

Also my mom cooked vinegared cucumber, crab meat, and seaweed dish. It is kind of hard to explain, but it is mixed up with vinegar, sugar, cut cucumber, crab meat, and seaweed. This is one of my favorite. It was so good. I need to learn from her how to make this.

I know myself that love to cook, but I need to eat dishes which my mom makes because all dishes are so delicious. I know that I should cook more and learn many dishes from her.

Look forward to cook with my mom in the weekend.



Sunday, May 30, 2010

Chiffon Cake

Today, my mom and I made Chiffon Cake as I told you. We made English Tea Chiffon Cake!!!

I thought it is little difficult to make, but it was so easy!!! I was surprised at making Chiffon cake.
As you know, my mom learned recipe from her cooking school, so my mom and I decided to make it together. It was fun because I did not make cake with my mom for a long time...

I remember that when I was elementary school, my mom made the cake for my Birthday every year. It was soooooooo delicious. We sometimes made cakes or cookies together when I was child. So, it was really great time to make the cake together.

We will try to make it again with different flavor.

Thank you, mom. It was really fun time!!!


Saturday, May 29, 2010

Korean Food

I am very busy for work now...I am so sorry that I cannot post my blog everyday now... I will try to post new story everyday...Hope soooooooo.

Anyway, today I went to Korean restaurant in Tokyo. One of place in Tokyo is really famous for Korean town. I have never been there before, and it was my first time to go to Korean town in Tokyo. There are many Korean restaurants and stores. It was really interesting. Recently, Japanese people love Korean TV dramas, music, singers, and actresses & actors. So, now Korean town in Tokyo is really popular place to go. I have known the name of town, but I never had a chance to go to Korean town...

Today, my friend asked me to go to dinner in Korean town. After finishing my work today, I met with my friend to eat Korean food. She went there many times, so she told me where I should go. She said there were many restaurants, and if we want to go to popular restaurant, we have to wait...so, today we decided to try one restaurant which she has been there before.

We ordered our favorite Korean dish, it is called Gamjatang.

Gamjatang or pork bone soup is a spicy Korean soup made with pork spine, vegetables, green onions, hot peppers and ground wild sesame seeds.

Gamjatang is one of my favorite Korean food. So we decided to try it. It was good, but I like one I had before in Korea.
I do not know why, but I love spicy food. Specially Korean food is my favorite. I think because of my dad... My dad loves Korean food, so he made Kimchi by himself. I was eating Kimchi when I was little child, so that is why I love Korean food.

I will try to go back there to find more delicious Korean food restaurant.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Mom's Chiffon Cake!

Last Saturday, my mom went to cooking lesson and made Chiffon cake. Well, I did not know that my mom starts to go to cooking lesson. She said some school has special lesson for cooking, and decides to go there. It was first lesson on last Sat. She said lesson is once a month, so it is easy for her to go to cooking lesson.

First cooking lesson; Chiffon Cake

She said it was fun to make Chiffon Cake. There is no butter to use. So it is healthy cake!!!
Her lesson is morning time, so I was waiting her cake for lunch.

The cake she made looked so good. Taste was....................GOOD!!!
OMG. It was delicious. It is light taste and not too sweet, but it is good taste.

My mom and I decide to make English Tea Flavor Chiffon cake next time together. Or... Chocolate? ...Well, I will think about it!!!

Anyway, my mom's cooking lesson for Chiffon cake was successful!!!

Will post next mom's cooking lesson! What is next lesson... should ask my mom...

Chiffon Cake Before Cut...


So Sorry... I could not take picture after cut...because I was focusing on eating the cake...

Sunday, May 16, 2010

English Scone!

Do you like to eat English Scone with Jam and Cream? I love it!!!

When I went to England, I felt in love with Scone. I think ... I was 15 years old???
I still remember that there was small cafe in Cambridge. I went to the cafe everyday during my lunch break. There were Cherry scone, Cheese scone, and Plain scone... they were all delicious.
I do not know why but still remember the taste...

Actually, I stopped by London before going to Tokyo in begging of this year. At that time, I was craving to have scone, so went to cafe in London to eat scone!!!

I ordered Scone with Jam&Cream!!! It was delicious with English Tea!

You know what I should bake it by myself. Yeah, I should try it!!!
Oh, sorry. I was talking by myself...

Well, I will try to bake scone. Please look forward to see my blog about "Making Scone". Ahaha...




My Favorite PIE Restaurant.

Do you like Pie? It is Sweet Pie. I would like to introduce my favorite Pie restaurant in Japan.

It is called "Quil-Fait-Bon". If you enter the restaurant, there are many kinds of pies in the showcase. It will be really hard to decide which one you want to try to eat... because every pic looks so delicious.

Here is the website:
http://www.quil-fait-bon.com/
Here is part of Menu list in Ginza store.
http://www.quil-fait-bon.com/menulist.php?tsp=1
Please check it out!

If you come to Japan, I would like to take this Pie restaurant. I can imagine that you will have hard time to decide which one you want to eat!!! I will say... Take your time!!!


White Strawberry Pie


Japanese Cherry Pie


Don't know think it looks so delicious???

Monday, May 10, 2010

Akashiyaki(明石焼)

Hi. I would like to share one of my favorite food. It is Akishiyaki. This is similar to Takoyaki(たこ焼き). Do you know Takoyaki? It is really famous food in Osaka, Japan. I like Takoyaki, but I really like Akashiyaki because of the broth and taste.
"Akashiyaki is a small round dumpling from the city of Akashi in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Made of an egg-rich batter and octopus dipped into dashi (a thin fish broth) before eating, locals in the Akashi area refer to it simply as tamagoyaki."(Wikipedia)

I do not know why, but like Akashiyaki better than Yakoyaki...because I feel that Akishiyaki is light snack.

When I went to Kobe in Japan, I had great Akashiyaki there. I love it!!!

I recommend that you should try this food!!!


Cherry Blossoms...

Hi. Summer is coming soon..., but I should like to share some pictures which you can feel Spring. It was so cold temperature during Cherry Blossoms season... OMG, it was so cold. I was expected that I could see beautiful Cherry Blossoms...however, because the weather issues, it was too cold to go out to see Cherry Blossoms.

Fortunately, I could see very beautiful Cherry Blossoms just last week. I know that it is too late to see, but think that because of the weather, I had a chance to see beautiful blossoms.

It was PINK!!! I loved the color. My mom told me that some Cherry Blossoms were different, so it is still time to have flowers even though Cherry Blossoms.

It was really beautiful. I really enjoy to see the blossoms.

Hope you like it.





Thursday, May 6, 2010

Snow!!! Part 2

Well, today' story is about next day in Hokkaido!!!

We stayed half day at Sapporo and moved to Otaru for half a day. Since 1st day in Hokkaido, it was still so freezing... but it was nice weather in the morning. Unfortunately, it was getting cold and snowing at Otaru...

First, we went to Sweet Factory, called Shiroi Koibito Park. It means that White Lover Park. They are making famous white chocolate cookies!!! I love it, and it is very sweet and delicious. When I went there, my image was movie, called "The Charle and the Chocolate Factory". it was smell Sweet and Chocolate inside of the factory. It was dream sweet park! You should try the cookie!!! We also tried Cream Puff. There is Cake shop inside of this park, so we decided to try it because it looked so GOOD.

Then, we moved to Otaru!!! It was more colder than Sapporo... We were freezing...
First, we were little hungry, so tried fresh scallops. They made grilled scallops with say source. It was great smell and taste.

Then, we went to Sushi restaurant because it is famous for seafood in Hokkaido. There are many Sushi restaurants in Otaru, so it was hard to decide which restaurant we should go...
We decided one place to go, and tried to eat there... our choice was Great!!! Sashimi bowl was so good taste. OMG! Seafood was all fresh!!! I want to go back there and try different seafood...
It was so yummy!!!

It was getting darker... There was light-up show at Otaru Unga(Canal). It was small version of Snow Festival in Sapporo. It was so pretty. Even though it was so freezing, we could stay there longer than we thought. Because of snow light-up, it made us calm and felt warm heart. I want to see snow light-up next year... it will be so cold, but it was really beautiful...

Did you enjoy my Hokkaido trip story? There are many places which I want to go in Hokkaido, but went to only Sapporo and Otaru in this time...

It is cold in winter, but I want to go back there later...maybe summer time?

Shiroi Koibito Park (White lover Park)
Don't you think this picture reminds you the movie "The charlie and the Chocolate Factory"???



White Chocolate Cookies!!!


Cream Puff which we bought inside of the factory's cake shop


Fresh Scallops... grilled and adding little say source...Yum!!!


Ocean... Snowing... Freezing...


Sushi Restaurant we went to...


WOW! Looks Delicious... Yes!!! It was so Yummy!!!


Seafood Paradise!!!


Otaru Canal...Snow light-up!!!







Sorry... There were many pictures... Hope you enjoy these pictures! Thank you.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Snow!!! Part 1

I know the title is not related to current season, but just want to share my story with you.

On February, after coming back to Japan, I went to Hokkaido (North part of Japan) with my friend who went to Community College together in U.S.

I have never been to Hokkaido in winter time...it was so cold which I was not expected...
It was snowing A LOT!!!. I was really surprised at the weather in Hokkaido.

You will be surprised at how much snow was there... even though we stayed one night, I felt that I saw enough snow only one day.

I will write about this trip part 1 and 2 because there are many pictures...

Sapporo Clock Tower (Sapporo Tokeidai) is a wooden structure
and well-known local tourist attraction.


A Big Snow Man!!! We Love Hokkaido!!!


Following three pictures were inside of Hokkaido University.
In the way to go to Hokkaido University from Sapporo Station, it was blizzard...




Sapporo Beer Museum. Origin of Sapporo Beer Factory was in this museum.
Beer I tasted was only served in Hokkaido. It was great taste. I love BEER.
Would you like to try some Sapporo Beer with me???


I took this picture from inside of museum. Blizzard was getting worse and worse...
Can you see how much it was snowing?


I will write about second day in Hokkaido soon. It will be SNOW Part 2!!!
I recommend to go to Hokkaido in winter time even though it is so cold. I think you may like its weather. It was snow paradise!!! I love snow!!!, but too cold...

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Today's Blog...

I decide to write about today...what I did.

On May 4th, I woke up at around 10 am. I know it was kind late morning... could not wake up, but it was still holiday. So it was ok.

I already decided to do in the morning since last night. That was to go to driving range. I did not practice golf for a long time, so really wanted to go today. I also asked my Dad to go there with me, so asked him again today before leaving my house. He said Yes, so we went there together. It was my first time to play golf with my Dad. It was really strange feeling, but it was fun!!!

Then, I also had a plan for today's afternoon. That was to go to movie with my parent. My Mom and I wanted to go to movie, Alice in Wonderland. So, I already bought tickets day before. You know what my mom and I love this movie. It was really interesting movie in good way. Actually, this is one of mother's day gift to my mom. Mother's day is coming soon, and I was thinking what I should do... And, she told me that she wanted to watch "Alice in Wonderland", so I decided to take her there. For my dad... I was not sure he liked it or not, but said he enjoyed. So, it was ok, right?????????

Then, we came back to home. I needed to go one thing which my brother asked me to do it. It was to take picture of Abalone which my brother caught last night. It was so big!!! So, I took some picture of Abalone and sent the pictures to him. I also decided to cook a dinner for my parent because my mom asked me to cook. I cooked Abalone with Red wine, Say Source, salt& pepper, and butter. It was really good. Thank you, my brother. Also cooked Curry with rice. I made it little bit spicier than normal because my dad loves spicy food. My parent said they liked it. My mom also made salad.

Today was like a family time. It was little interesting day because I usually do not spend too much time with my parent. Specially, going to golf with my dad was my first experience. It was great to spend time with my parent. Maybe... I should spend more time with my parent.

You know what... I may go to golf with my dad again tomorrow. Ahah... it is interesting.

How was your day???

This is an Abalone which my brother caught.

Can you believe this size of Abalone?
You can compare with pink lighter...what do you think?



I made Sauteed Abalone.


Japanese Curry with Rice
(Sliced Pork, Carrots, Onions, Potatoes, and sliced Pumpkins)

Monday, May 3, 2010

Sanuki Udon

Do you know Sanuki Udon (Udon Noodle)? It is Udon, but Sanuki Udon is speciality Udon in Kagawa Prefecture.

I love Udon noodle, so went to Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture to eat delicious Sanuki Udon!!! There are many Sanuki Udon restaurant in Tokyo, but I have never eaten best Sanuki Udon yet. So I decided to go there and eat special Sanuki Udon in Special place.

When I went there, there were too many Sanuki Udon restaurants in Marugame. I could not decide where I should go, so first, I asked to Hotel staff about where is famous Udon place in Marugame. It was night time, so they just gave me one name and I went there.

First place, I liked it, but not satisfied yet...needed to try at the different places.

Next morning, I got on the taxi, and asked taxi driver that please take me best Udon restaurant which local people go. It was around 9 am. Driver took me inside of Farmers Market. There was tiny and small Udon restaurant. It was really interesting because they gave me simple udon in the bowel and no soup inside. I had no idea that how I could eat and lady who worked in the restaurant told me how to eat. It was sooooo delicious!!! I loved taste of soup. The soup and Udon made me satisfied. I thought I found my best Sanuki Udon in Marugame. This restaurant was only local people coming, and no tourist.

Then, taxi driver took me one more place close to Farmers market. I tried cold Sanuki Udon, but I knew it that my best Sanuki Udon was the restaurant inside of Farmers Market.

There are many Udon restaurant, and I just tried only 3 of them. I think there are more delicious Udon restaurant in Kagawa Prefecture, but during my Udon trip, I found one of my favorite Sanuki Udon restaurant in Marugame. So, my Udon trip' mission was completed.

If I have chance, I would like to try Udon trip in Kagawa again.

First Udon Restaurant which I tried


My favorite Udon Restaurant inside of Farmers Market



Third Udon Restaurant. It was good. Better than first one.



Would you like to eat Udon???