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Friday, January 12, 2007

foodie friday

Today I had to run a few errands, on the way I stopped into my favorite bread shop, Abientot. I've posted about this place before here and here.

Today, I bought 2 sandwiches, a proscuitto with pumpkin on walnut and raisin baguette, and a chicken mozzarella with tomato and basil on plain baguette. I cut each in half so that I could try both and have the leftovers for lunch tomorrow! Delicious!

Also along the way, I also stopped in at the gourmet supermarket and found this....Venchi's chocaviar (chocolate caviar)! I had recently read about it on Slashfood, so I was happy to find it here in Japan! It is a 90% South American cacao dusted with 90% cocoa powder. On one website, it said that it is nice to spread onto toast, I think this might also be nice on ice cream or something.

Yesterday, I found these rather huge oranges in the supermarket. They are called iyokan and come from Ehime prefecture on the island of Shikoku. These are larger than the mikan (tangerine) that I normally buy, but since they were fairly cheap, I couldn't pass it up. The inside is seedless and quite sweet.

I zested the skins and added it to my bread dough along with cashews, almonds, dried cranberries and dried blueberries...delish!

Have a great weekend!
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12 comments:

  1. Anonymous7:49 PM, January 12, 2007

    Wow, lots of food pictures! I just had some pizza for dinner, but your pictures make my mouth watering.

    Chocaviar sounds interesting though, it looks bitter. :) But it is sweet, right?

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  2. K and S8:34 PM, January 12, 2007

    Hi Sue,

    The caviar is quite bitter, so I think it might be nice on something sweet.

    Have a nice weekend!
    Kat

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  3. Anonymous11:36 PM, January 12, 2007

    Chocolate caviar? Could they possibly invent anything more indulgent? And using it on top of ice cream sounds like a good idea...or perhaps baked into some sweetish cookies?

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  4. Whoosh1:31 AM, January 13, 2007

    Oooh, kabocha slices on a sandwitch? Why didn't I think of that? YUM!

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  5. Anonymous4:34 AM, January 13, 2007

    Chocolate caviar? That sounds decadent.
    Have a nice weekend too.

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  6. Anonymous8:23 AM, January 13, 2007

    i wonder what kind of recipe using the chocolate caviar, it looks so good!

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  7. K and S8:57 AM, January 13, 2007

    Hi Ellie, I think adding it to something sweet or baking it into something sweet will match it too.

    Hi Sera, Maybe you could re-create this sandwich, it was really good.

    Hi Monique, very decadent indeed.

    Hi Eliza, When I use it, I'll be sure to post about it :)

    Thanks for stopping by everyone!
    Take care.
    Kat

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  8. Brilynn3:36 AM, January 14, 2007

    I'm intrigued by the chocaviar, I'd never heard of it before!

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  9. Jann1:36 PM, January 15, 2007

    beautiful photos and very interesting caviar........new to my list!

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  10. K and S8:12 PM, January 15, 2007

    Thank you Jann, the caviar apparently comes in other percentages, hopefully you can find some where you are!

    Take care.
    Kat

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  11. Anonymous11:33 PM, June 19, 2008

    Hello everyone. The Chocaviar comes in two versions - 90% and 75%.

    It is best savoured with a tea-spoon and a glass of red wine on the side.

    Here is the firm producing it: Venchi

    Bye :)

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  12. K and S12:18 AM, June 20, 2008

    Hi Anon,

    I didn't know that it also came in 75%.

    Thanks for the info.

    Take care.
    Kat

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