hide the weiner

Friend Carol @yumyumtofu posted this on IG, which she had seen on @70sdinnerparty

First, can I just say the comments on their post were in the gutter and kinda brutal?!

Since I have potatoes to use, I thought it might be interesting to try

I totally deviated from the recipe

After cleaning 4 potatoes, I boiled them for 15 minutes because I wasn’t too sure how easily an apple corer would fare with a raw potato

The corer went in super easily and after coring the potato, I put them into the refridge because it was way too early to start cooking dinner

Then when it was time to start cooking dinner, I preheated the oven to 200C (400F)

Then I put the wieners into the potatoes, cutting off the end that stuck out (will use those ends for fried rice)

On a piece of foil drizzle some olive oil, place the potato weiner on the drizzle and then drizzle a little more oil on top of the potato

Wrap the potato and put onto a baking tray 

I baked the potato for 20 minutes, but think I could’ve baked it for a little longer

Instead of eating this with mustard, we had our version with takoyaki sauce 

I don’t think I’d make this again, but it was fun to try!

Thanks Carol, I hope you try it at camp, would be interesting to hear about your experience.

bruh

I like to think that our neighborhood is quite peaceful, quiet

Especially in the early mornings and evenings

So when you come home at 6:30 in the morning walking/staggering in the middle of the street, shouting 

letting everything bounce off the buildings and echoing

We hear you

We come out of our dwellings to check you out

Even different parts of the neighborhood heard you

The grandpas that came out of their houses must've called the police

The police came (3 cars!) and escorted this drunk bruddah back to his apartment a little ways down the street

And then while they left, he was flipping "the finger" at them

small kine excitement in our neighborhood this past Saturday

manpuku tomitaya

Saturday, Satoshi had to get some lab work done, so we ended up having a really late lunch

Since we were starving afterwards, we went to the first restaurant we saw outside of the hospital, Manpuku Tomitaya

Satoshi ordered the Manpuku Ramen...750 yen (tax included)

This was a big bowl of ramen that was shoyu based

He also ordered their gyoza...500 yen (tax included)

He said these were good

(I tried a gyoza but I didn't think they were too great)

Anyway....

I ordered the hiyashi chuuka with kim chee 1100 yen (tax included)

I should've ordered the original version because the amount of kim chee was too generous and overpowered everything

Plus, their servings were way too generous, had to have Satoshi help me finish 

I want to try other items on their menu but will have to remember to ask for smaller amounts of rice/noodles

Hoping the tests Satoshi took will be okay...We'll be back whenever we are nearby

Manpuku Tomitaya

2-7-10 Hatanodai

Shinagawa, Tokyo

Open daily: 10:00-23:00

*cash only

this and that

tried the yangnyeom chicken from Family Mart

If you've ever tried their Famichiki (the boneless chicken) that they have near the registers it is the same soft texture, too soft for my liking for this 

noticed that some of the plants in front of our building are flowering.

looked online and it said that the flowers were feijoa (pineapple guava)

will be interesting to see if it fruits

the garlic we received from Mayumi were purplish...the first time I've seen this type

they were quite hard to peel

it took me two days because my thumb nail was hurting trying to peel them

anyway, after peeling, I washed, dried and then put them in the freezer

we have lots of garlic for awhile...

Summer = mint chocolate season

This cone from Lotte was delicious because they coated the cone with chocolate!

This ice cream bar was delicious because it had crispy/crunchy cookie pieces on the outside of the bar

It's gonna be a hot weekend...stay hydrated, eat lots of ice cream!

Have a safe weekend

shiitake butter & sauce

Thought I posted a recipe about this but can't find one here, so will write this post

I learned about this from an “eating the rainbow” cookbook in Japanese that I have

Take off the stems of the shiitake, then clean

in a heated non stick pan, put the shiitake in and cook on medium/low, turning every so often, until moisture starts to come out from the mushrooms

Then to each, add some butter, and a drizzle of your favorite worchestershire based sauce...like tonkatsu, okonomiyaki, yakisoba or takoyaki sauce

I am not sure how it will taste if you use straight worchestershire because the sauces I mentioned above are a little sweet

Anyway, not really a recipe, but it is easy 

You can also use it with other types of mushrooms

If you try this, I hope you like it

enjoy!

mad chefs

Heard about this eatery, Mad Chefs, from a local account that I follow on IG

Apparently they serve all sorts of “ethnic” cuisines

If I’m not mistaken, Japan uses the word “ethnic” to mean South East Asia

Anyway, this restaurant serves Indian curries, and foods like Nasi Goreng as well as pasta with curries on it

loved the lamps that they have throughout their interior

Choose from their 7? curries, I tried their mutton curry, level 1 

Choose naan or rice, I chose naan

Choose 3 toppings from their 7…I chose salad, kachumber & achaar

The salad was topped with a dressing made from squid ink, luckily it didn’t taste fishy but it sure was spicy!

The kachumber was daikon, carrot, bell pepper & cucumber with a paprika sauce

Achaar was potatoes with black sesame seeds

Choose a drink…I chose their thick lassi, it was so thick that I could not drink it through that straw!…1080 yen (tax included)

Satoshi chose their weekly curry which was a Thai green curry, level 1 (no photo)

He also chose naan

And his 3 toppings were salad, boiled egg and achaar

His drink was a mango lassi (add 50 yen)

Total was 1350 yen (tax included) for his lunch

The mutton curry was delicious and I loved the naan, it had a super crispy bottom

Satoshi enjoyed his food too

Service is friendly, the music is loud rap/hip hop, and everyone is dressed in basketball like uniforms

They also have shops in Ikebukuro and Shinjuku

I notice that they also have a monthly 42 yen day during a weekday which they serve 42 yen curry (100 plates) and 42 yen drinks!

I’m glad we tried this place, and will be back when we don’t know where to eat

Mad Chefs

5-18-6 Kamata

Ota, Tokyo

Hours: 11:00-24:00

niki no kashi

stumbled upon Niki no Kashi on social media

several huge buildings selling all sorts of snacks, candies

Kinda similar to Takeya 

Marishiten Tokudaiji Shrine is surrounded by the various Niki buildings, you can see this shrine from the JR Okachimachi station platform

I am pretty sure they have products repeating in each building but it was still something to see

Since I was with Satoshi, I want to go back so that I can take my time and look at each aisle...I'll be back

Niki no Kashi

4-1-8 Ueno

Taito, Tokyo

Open daily: 10:00-20:00