Sunday, January 02, 2011

new years eve

Thought I'd give you a little peek into New Years Eve, Hawaii style (well, Japanese American style).

We start off with this...kasane mochi (stacked rice cakes) to pray for a good year.

And a homemade kadomatsu.

Some of this.

A little nishime.

Baked ribs.

Kuromame (black beans).

Some tako (octopus) with su-miso (vinegary miso).

Inarizushi (cone sushi).

Soba (buckwheat noodles).

Chinese roast duck.

Some mac-potato salad.

And at midnight, some of this.

Hope your New Years Eve was a safe and happy one.

12 comments:

  1. Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu! Everything looks great :o)

    We're about to have a little (as in not EVERYTHING) Japanese New Year's meal too- some kamaboko, kurikinton, and mochi!

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  2. Happy New Year Kat! Nishime, Inarizushi, and Soba.... a totally classic New Year from my youth! ;o)

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  3. Happy New Years, Kat. I'm still so full from lunch that I was gonna skip dinner, but seeing your pictures makes me wanna go grab a little snack!

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  4. Nice to meet you.I moved from Mino (Sakuragaoka)to Nara because of marriage 4 years ago. My father live in Mino now.I miss my hometown.Your blog is so cool.
    I wish you happy new year!

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  5. Looks good, makes me miss Hawaii! Glad that you are feeling better so you can enjoy the ono grindz. Happy New Year!

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  6. That's quite a spread! Looks yummy :D Happy new year!

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  7. Oh if I could only have teleported myself along with that last new year's greeting in the previous post. Look at all the incredible GRINDZ!!!!!!!

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  8. love kurikinton K!

    yup these are the classics Kirk :)

    snacktime Jalna :)

    Nice to meet you too Kumiko :)

    thanks Jonathan, hope you are enjoying your New Years also :)

    HNY Tofugirl :)

    teleportation and smell-o-vision are what we need next online Rowena :)

    Take care everyone.
    Kat

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  9. Great pictures! A very belated Happy New Year to you!
    (Can't believe how behind in reading posts I got). ;-)

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  10. no prob Deb in Hawaii! I know you are really busy.

    Take care.
    kat

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