domino pizza

We recently ordered from Domino Pizza

They had a curry pizza that I wanted to try

Also if you ordered a large you could get it at the medium price

 

The Summer Curry Quatro :

Summer Veggie Curry, Butter Chicken Curry, Mayo Potato and their Kalbi

I was surprised that on the receipt they tell you what each part of the pizza is, so you’d know what you were eating

Unfortunately, the way I took the photo of the pizza was not the same configuration as the receipt

still I thought it was a cool idea, and the pizza was ono

Actually, I was thinking of ordering two types because I wanted to also eat the kalbi one, but after seeing it was one of the toppings for the quatro, I just ordered the one pizza

natural disaster (s)

Last week, Typhoon 15 (Chan Hom) passed Tokyo, we had rain but not much more, other areas were not too lucky

Then Chiba had massive rain (I can’t remember if it was from Typhoon 15?!) and they had lots of flooding and some deaths

This past weekend, Tropical storm Lala turned into Hurricane Lala, so much rain and wind! for Hawaii

All the damage was so sad to see especially those fallen huge trees!

I know a lot of you in Hawaii don’t have power, hoping you get some soon, cannot imagine life without air conditioning!

Yesterday, there was also a huge landslide in Korea!

Hoping everyone can get back to their daily routines soon.

Sending good mojo

kalbi

even if I just came back from Hawaii, I was craving kalbi, the kind we have in Hawaii

looked in one of my cookbooks and found a recipe for the sauce

I made 1/4 of the recipe (the recipe I am posting is the full recipe)

Kalbi from Wisteria Delights Cookbook

2.5 pounds short ribs, sliced thin

Sauce: 

3/4 cup shoyu

1/4 cup sesame oil

3 cloves garlic, crushed (or use one tsp prepared crushed garlic)

2/3 cup sugar

2/3 cup honey

3/4 cup shopped green onion

Mix sauce ingredients and marinate beef for one hour

Barbecue on grill but don't overcook kalbi

NOTES: Instead of throwing out the extra sauce (because I soaked the meat in it), I should have only used a little of the sauce to marinate the meat and then used some extra sauce to drizzle onto the rice

I like the flavor of this sauce, so will make some to have on hand in the refridge

two kinds goya champuru

tried two new (to me) recipes that I had seen online

The first one used pork, atsuage and curry powder

Curry Goya Champuru : Tarzan Magazine

1 goya

200 grams pork thigh (shank?)

1 atsuage (fried tofu)

1 egg, beaten

1 tablespoon shoyu

1/2 tablespoon sesame oil

1 teaspoon curry powder

3 grams katsuobushi (bonito flakes)

Clean and slice goya

Cut pork into bite sized pieces

Break up the atsuage with your hand

In a pan, heat the pork and atsuage

Add the goya

When all is cooked through add the beaten egg

Add  the shoyu and oil

Add the curry powder and bonito before serving

NOTES: super easy to make, I added the curry powder before the egg, so that the curry powder could kinda meld

The second recipe used canned saba (mackerel), egg and goya

This recipe also used a little shoyu, sugar and sesame oil

Saba Goya Champuru : Lettuce Club

1 can saba (mackerel), water packed

2 eggs, beaten

1 goya

1/4 teaspoon sugar

1/4 teaspoon shoyu

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon sesame oil

Clean and cut the goya thin

use the salt to squeeze out water from the goya

In a pan, heat the saba, breaking it up as you cook it

Add the sugar, shoyu, sesame oil

Add the goya, then pour the beaten egg

Cook everything well

NOTES: I put the sugar, shoyu and oil into the egg before beating. I only made half the recipe so only used 1 egg but used the full amount of sugar, shoyu & oil. I omitted the salt

Both were delicious and different

I'm glad I tried these and would make them again

the fan (final)

Last Friday, they came to replace the parts, and it was “supposed” to take 5 hours!

If you missed out what happened previously check here and here

Let's back up though, Kat went on vacation and “someone” didn’t know how to use our phone, so when the management company called several times he didn’t know how to get the number to call back from our Caller ID…bruh!

Finally on one of the calls, our contact at the management company left their number so that “someone” could finally get in contact with them, sigh

Then he messaged me to ask when would be best for them to come…

So on the day, the guy came early…like an hour early!

And then he ran into some problems with the wiring.

so he had to create a "route" for the wires

At least now we can control the "strength" of the fan

I had to label the switches because they are in different places now

9 hours!! later but at least it is done and we can control the moisture in the bath area.

I put these sticker type filter sheets over the grates so that the dust won't go in (so that I won't have to clean it too often)

Thankful that they came to fix it.

kyushu

It's been a couple of weeks since the earthquake in Kyushu

10 years since the last time they had one this big in Kyushu

I am kind of disappointed with the government, it seems they still don't have a “good plan” as to what happens after one of these earthquakes occur

I hope everyone in Kyushu will be able to get back to their daily routines soon.

Sending good mojo.

savings bonds

on this trip back to Hawaii, I learned that the only bank in Hawaii that used to cash US Savings Bonds no longer does...boo!

You now you need to fill out a form and get it notarized if the amount you are cashing is over $1000

I also need to show proof of my name change (marriage certificate) as well as change of address

This will be my project next summer....

Last year, I thought I would be able to get an estimate for my Dad's ukulele as well, but will need to do it next time

ps I forgot to give a link for my Hawaii album, if you are interested, please look here