Thai restaurant

Hi there!

Did you wear Yukata at school yesterday!??

It was WAFUKU DAY!!!

Did you know that !???

I just bought new Yukata a few days ago,

so I wore it yesterday :D

Many people wore pretty Yukata or Jinbei!

After school, I went to Thai restaurant with my friends!

It was first time for me to go....

actually when i saw that restaurant, I was interested in it so much!

Finally I could go there yesterday~~~Hihihihihi xD

Have you ever been there?

Thai restaurant, "Tinun"

It is located in Kaihin -Makuhari, su-k F3!!

The atmosphere was like in Thailand!

I had this, it was garlic fried rice with fried chicken.

It was very delicious!!

It had sauce to dip fried chicken which was little sweet.

Also, you can see other menu!

My friends orderd Thai noodle which looked good as well! :)

You can choose the type of noodle like, thick or thin!

some dished are little bit spicy...

I wanna try it next time!



The price was not expensive!!

so, this restaurant is kind for our wallet! hahaha :D

If you are interested in this restaurant, please try it!

Have a nice day*

Dog days

Hi there!

Do you know the meaning, "Dog days"?

It means hottest days in the summer..... xD

What do you usually do when it's very hot??

Stay at your house? shopping at cool place?eating ice cream?

umm.....as you know, recently it's crazy hot days.....

By the way, do you know the meal which is famous in the summer?

It's "eel" !!

What is eel?

*eel is a long thin fish that looks like a snake and can be eaten.......

.....huh, do you get it?? we call it UNAGI!!!!! :D

The day of the ox, which is named after one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac.

Japanese people have a custom of eating eel on the day of the ox in midsummer in order to survive the hottest season!!!

Una-jyu：(a bowl of rice with grilled eel on it)

See, this looks so-so-so-so delicious, huh? xD

It makes me hungry!!!!

I wanna eat this but it's usually expensive...... :(

When i was in hometown, my family used to take me to UNAGI restaurant.

but now i am in Chiba and poor student.

so, i guess i cannot eat it..... :(

.....well, i might get it at supermarket though!hahaha xD

Before you are tired of this hot heat days, please try to have eel! :)

star festival

Hey guys!!







you know what, today is 7th July.....yeah, it's star festival!! we call it Tanabata!







Unfortunately, it seems reain today







but...







why don't you look up at the sky!???







What is your wish!????







I WILL WISH ON A STAR tonight even if I would not see the satrs clearly.....haha :D







*here is a story of star festival*



The star festival originate from Chinese legend of two bright stars, Altair and Vega.



Vega, a weaving girl and Altair, cowherd boy, loved each other.



They had so much fun being together and the stop working hard.



The king got angry and separated them by the big river, Milky way.



He allowed them to meet once a year across the Milky way only on the night of 7th July.



One that day, people decorate bamboo branches with pepar strips and ornaments to celebrate their reunion. It is believed that a wish comes true when you write your wish on the pepar strips and hang them on bamboo.











by the way, do you know the food related this star festival?



It's "thin wheat noodles"(so-men)!!!!







Why thin wheat noodle??







Because Vega was famous for good weaving girl and thin wheat noodle is look like weave.



That is why people hope they can weave well like her.



also, this tradition is famous as well, if you have thin wheat noodle, you would not get sirious sick during hot summer.







This summer is going to be very hot!!! so, Why don' you have thin weat noodle!?



I think is cool food for the summer!!! :D

Have a nice star festival!!!! ☆

Cookies!!

Hi guys!!

How are you doing today!?

Have you ever baked cookies?
One of my hobby is to bake cookies!!　xD
so, I would like to introduce how to bake cookies!! ;)

*Ingredients

-Salt-free butter 100g

-a pinch of salt

-granulated sugar 70g

-2 egg yolks( or 1 egg)

-weat flour 120g

-chocolatechips 30-50g

OK, Let's cooooooooook!!!!!!! :)

Firstly, you have to prepare the butter in normal temperature and sift weat flour!

1. put butter and a pinch of salt in bowl and crush into looks like cream.

2.then put grabulated suger but do not put it once. you need to put it as twice.

3. then put egg yolk or whole egg and mix (2) and egg!!

4.　put weat flour little by litte and this time, you mix them with "spatula" until they do not look powdery.

5. put chocolatechips in it and mix them.

6. separate them into one piece for each,like this!!

7. bake those cookies in an oven for 15 minutes with 180°！！

...................................... 15 minutes later........................................

IT'S DONE!!!!!!!! :D
I actually used catamelchips on the left side and tea on right side in this picture!!!

This is very easy to bake cookies, isn't ??? :D Please try it!!!! hehehe ;P

Sweets Paradise

Hi everyone! How was your weekend?

I went to "Sweets paradise" with American friends this weekend.

Have you ever been to 'Sweets Paradise'?

I am guessing most girls know what sweets pradise is...huh? ;D

It is literally place which you can have sweets as much as you want!

When i told about this to my American friends, they were very interested in it and we decided to go there for lunchtime! We went to sweets paradise at lala port in Minami-Funabashi. It is not far away from makuhari. I expected that we were going to be in line so, we met ealier and actually got arrive at around 11:30 but we had to wait for a hour to enter.... it was quite long line, so we signed up and we went shopping until then. After an hour, we finally enterd sweets paridise. It cost 1,480 yen then you can eat cakes as much as you want!

That is awesome, isn't it?? :DDD

Here is awsome picture. lol

The cake art by my American friend at sweets paradise!!

hahahaha xD

As you see, you can have many kinds of cakes!! :D

Each of cakes are small piece!! :9

so, you can taste lots of cakes!!

Also, they have some special season flavor. I found Sakura (cherry blossom)for this season one.

I did not have it but my friends did and they said, it was quite good tasted like cherry cake.

oh, you can also have pasta,salad, curry and shaved ice!! :9

I really enjoyed "sugar hangover" hahahaha xD

No more cake for some weeks......

here is URL

http://www.sweets-paradise.jp/index_i.html

After having lots cakes, my friends said, if America had this sweets paradise, it must be terrible bacause they eat a lot and get fat..... hahah, I think so,too!:D

If you love cakes, you should go at least once!!

but I can say,

"Don't eat too much because it's cake!!

You can imagine after eating too much cakes....huh??"

then Enjoy sugar hangover....hahahaha !!

Crazy Banana!!

Hi evryone!
How are you today?

Today, I would like to introduce funny cormacial in Japan!!

Have you seen this before??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp8ttwikTEs&feature=feedrec_grec_index

This is funny, isn't it?? xD
I LOVE THIS COMMERCIAL!!

Hahahahahah xD


My friend who is from Germany found this commercial, showed me this

and then,he said,

"This is funny but it's very weird. I found some different versions of it! It's so crazy!!hahah"

also, he asked me like this,

"Hey, you Japanese people, Why you guys so crazy for bananas? hahaha"

well, honestly i couldn't answer it. I just thought Bananas are good for your health.

Does anyone know why bananas are good for your health??

I have heard bananas are nutritious and when you eat it, it keeps you are feeling of fullness. Also, bananas help your constipation!! hahaha

This is why a few years ago, Banana diet became popular in Japan!!
TV said, you could hardly find bananas at store then......hahahaha

Have you tried before ?

I have never done this but I can agree with it bacause when i eat bananas, i can feel full!
so, if you eat it as breakfast, it might good for you at school because when you are taking class and did not have enough breakfast, your stomach would growl sometimes. It's very shame,especially you have a test!! :)


so, I would say, Bananas are very good for your health! Please have it before taking test!! :D

If you have find any funny commercials please let me know!
I would love to show it to my friend! hehehe ;)

Udon*

Hey, guys! today, I would introduce my hometwon!

Look at this picture! can you guess what it is !?

yeah, this is chocolate shaped Mt. Fuji !! ;)

By the way, I am from Yamanashi!

Do you know FujiQ highland? That is a amusement park! It is located in my hometown!!!

My hometown is famous for Udon bacause there are so many Udon shops, like more than 50!!

See, here is Udon shop map!! Every Udon shop has different taste!

This picture is from one of my favorite Udon shop, Genji!

It looks good, huh? :D I LOVE this!!! Name of my place is Fujiyoshida, so we call those Udon "Yoshida no Udon(Udon of Yoshida)"

The feature of Yoshida no Udon is Noodle!! It is very chewy!! I know most Udon that you guys know is not chewy but my place's are!! :D so, I got used to eat chewy Udon....When I ear udon in Chiba or Tokyo,any other places, I sometimes feel something is missing.....hahaha

The soup is based on soy souce and soybean paste! I think this is kind of traditional soup for Udon. sometimes, they put onions in soup to make taste good! It is really good! xD

They usually put boiled cabbage, horse meat, deep fried bean curd and soft seaweed on the top!

You can oder some additional topping like burdock and tempura and so on. It depends on Udon shops! also, the price is very reasonable! Most Udons are 350~400yen!! It is very kind for your wallet, isn't it?? That's why people live in my hometown often go to Udon shop then the number of Udon shop has increased. Oh, when you eat udon, I would recommend you to put spice!! This way is pretty common! This spice based on red pepper and then put sesame and japanese pepper tree. When i eat Udon, I always put it into udon...it's very delicious!!!

If you come visit FujiQ highland, please go to Udon shop!! I hope you like it! ;)

Finally, I will show you this picture. This is my hometwon in spring!! :)

aaaah, i miss my sweet home there......!! Hahahah well, guys have a niceday~~~~!!

Lemon cake

Hi, everybody! How are you doing?

It's getting hot outside in those days. I feel the summer is coming soon but before summer, the rainy season is coming..... I do not like rainy season because it makes me feel down somehow! :(

Today, I would like to introduce how to make "Lemon cake"!!

My mum often makes this for me and family in this season! This tastes very good! It's like bavarois(bavarian cream?) anyways, it's very yummy and i LOVE it and think most girls would like it! :D

Also, this is very easy to make! so, why don't you trysoak it!! xD

*Ingredients

Milk 200cc

fresh cream 200cc

Gelatine 50g

the powder of lemonade 150g

Let's cook~~~~~~!!

1. First, you soak the gelatines with water.(1)

2. put milk into a pan and put soaked gelatines(1). Please turn the gas down!!

3. when the gelatines are melted away, put fresh cream in it. (2)

4. you put the the power of lemonade in a container, then you pour (2) into it and stir with them.

5. wrap it in plastic warap and put into refrigetator for a few hours.

6. when it jell, then everything is done! also, you might see the top of cake is yellow (its for lemonade) and most part is white! :D

it's very easy isn't it?? do you like cake? then you should try it !! xD

If you know cakes how to cook easily, let me know!!

Croquette

Hi !! how was your weekend!? What did you do!?

I went to shot trip with my friends who were exchange students!! The funny point was that it was decided before a day. When I had tutor party with exchange students, my friends asked me to go to Kamakura and Enoshima. Luckily i was free on that day. so I went to Kamakura and Enoshima with them. I have actually been there for 3 times but they have never been there except one. so, they were very excited!!

When we get there, we went to the beach directly and then went to "Komachi street" which is pretty famous for sightseeing and food street! :D

I have seen unique Croquette shop on TV. so, I told them and I actually wanted to try it!

so, we went there and bought some.

Look at thi photo! there are many kind of Croquettes!

As you see, there are Chocolate, meat, plum, black sesame, red potato flavors!!

Have you ever seen or tried those flavors!?????

I bet some peole say yes, but some people say no! hahaha :D and you can see the picture that drew cute boy. It was drawn by famous food reporter! xD

I was very interested in chocolate one also, my friends were too!! we all bought and ate it.


←(i'm eating....lol)

Well, It was not bad, it was interesteing taste! my American friends said the same things...haha Inside was hot meling chocolate and outside was fried bread crumbs!! I think if you like chocolate, you should try it! All croquette were just 200 yen. It is cheap!!!!

Next i would like to show you this picture. It's rice cracker shop! we call it senbei in Japanese!

As you can see, if you go there, you can see how to make rice cracker! They sell many kinds of rice cracker. My friend boutght spicy one! I did not take photo of that but it looked very spicy because the color was red!! He ate it but said"It's not that spicy that I expected!

I would like to introduce more food but forgot to take photos.... :(

You can get ice cream, crepe, sausage and so on

and

there are many restaurants!! I'm sure if you walk around this street, you might get hungry!!

Finally I will show you this!!!
This is my favorite candy!!

I think All Japanese know Grape Candy!

you can usually get one at stand or when it's the festival.

We went to "Tsuruoka Hachimangu"(shrine)

When I saw grape candy stand, I straightly bought one.

My American friends have never tried this but they really liked it!! :D
After that, we went to the temple to see great buddha and then headed to Enoshima.....

It was awesome trip! I would love to share this beautiful sunset!!!!!!!

It's very beautiful, isn't it!???? I LOVE it!! This view is from the top of mountain in Enoshima!

I recommend you to go there. of course, Komachi street! I'm sure you can have fun time!! :)

Gyoza (fried pork & vegetable dumplings)

Hi guys!
Golden week was over. ah..., we have no holidays until the end of this semester!?ooops..... D:

How was your golden week??

Did you eat good food? Did you cook? :D

I returned my sweet home during golden week! I enjoyed holiday with my family!
I visited my friend's house. Actually my friend was not there because she lives in America.
She is a daughter of best friend of my mother. When I visited her house, we cooked Gyoza (fried pork & vegetable dumplings)

so, I would like to introduce how to cook "fried pork & vegeable dumplings" !!

*Ingredients

・dumpling wrappers 30
・pork minced meat 100g
・cabbage 3 slices
・leek 100g
・solt and pepper
・sesame oil
・water

First you have to wash your hands!!!!! :D

well, let's cook~♪”

1. cut the leek and cabbage into small piece and then drain off water. (A)



2. put pork minced meat and (A) into a bowl. Knead them with your hands until it become sticky! Put solt, pepper and sesame oil. (B) *I do not know if other family put sesame oil when they cook gyoza. My family always does because it helps the teste good :D)


3. Put (B) on dumpling wrapper. Flod in a half and pinch a fold into the edge and wrap up. Put water on the edge. It helps sticking together between fold and fold. (C)







4. put oil on hot plate and (C). It's like that picture! Fried until it begins to brown. After that put the water to steam it.

well done!

Eat with soy sause and vinegar and if you like,add the spicy oil used to season Chinese food(layou) !! *Be careful when you eat because it's very hot!! :D

when you have party, gyoza is gonna be good food!! It's not that difficult...

why don't you cook it? ;)

PANDA

Hi guys!! Look at this photo!!

This is cute, isn't it!???? xD

well, do you know what it is!????

..........huh, yeah, that's right!

As you see it's face of panda. Hahaha :D

But it's food, is "Steamed meat bun".

I found it at Akihabara station after job hunting! Ooooh you can buy this at Ueno too! The shop owner says, it is actually limited edition steamed bun.When i saw it and i was a little bit hungry. I bought and ate it immediately! It was very hot and the inside of bun is meat. The taste was the same as regular steamed meat ban.

Nowadays, we can buy steamed meat bun easily at convenience store, chinese town or store! But you can cook it if you have time! Why don't you try during Golden week!! :)

you can see the recipe from this website! chieck it out!!

http://home-baking.net/english/bread/pork-bun.php

I would like to introduce many kinds of steamed bun!

The steamed bun has many kind of tastes nowadays!! Have you ever eaten those kinds ??

Inside of bun are ..... *(we call it ○○○man in Japanese)

・Red been jam -This is basic steamed bun.

・Pizza -Tast is like pizza. I love this!! =) This is pretty popular among young peole.

・Curry -The steamed curry buns are added food colouring to make it yellow.

・Chocolate-Inside of bun is chocolate. It can be sweets! I suppose especially women like this taste! :)

・Sweet cheese cream- I have never tried this but sounds very interesting and must be yummy!

・Roast pork- This is prrety common one.

・Shrimp-I have never tried this but you can get it at ministop. (it's seasonally one though.)

・Salty pork-You can get it from Familymart. It tasts pork broth soup(tonkotsu)

http://matome.naver.jp/odai/2125687170452499445?&page=1

and so on......wow!! there are many kinds tastes!! I actually did not know some......lol

Which one do you like the most? Which one do you wanna try ?? :D

If you find some cute or new taste of steamed bun, let me know!! ;)

What is Food for me?

Hi this is Chiemi. I love to eat food and cooking! =)

What is food for you by the way? we all have to eat food to live but i think eating food makes everybody happy. Think about when you are very hungry and then you are eating something, aren't you feeling happy? When you cook something and eat them or when you find something delicious, do you feel happy? I do definitely feel "HAPPY" !! =)

Also, I like to go travel and find some special foods in the place. I have been to America, Homg Kong, China and Singapore. Each places have special foods and i liked them. I have some friends who are from different country. When I talk with them, they sometimes tell me their own food. It always made me exited!!! so I would love to go another countries and want to find some special foods in the future! =)