Our Adventures in Japan

Last night, Satoshi had the opportunity to have dinner on a yakatabune. Yakatabune literally means house boat. The usual price for dinne...

The other night for dinner I made some oyakodon (literally parent-child bowl because it uses chicken and egg) to use up some rice that I had...

Sometimes I get into a rut as to what to make for dinner. Usually when I feel like this, then "laziness" also follows... Not r...

　Saturday night, we checked out Wagokoro which is next door to Cafe Yooi . If I'm not mistaken, Wagokoro used to be closer to Ishibash...

With all the rain and gloom, I was craving some comfort food...a W & M Bar-B-Q burger . Inspired by a recipe I found in the Hawaiian E...

So the weather has gone from Spring back to Winter (Tokyo had snow!). Most days are gloomy, cloudy. Sometimes it rains.all.day.long. H...

Sorry it's been quiet here. Friday, Aunty M came to Japan and stayed with us. Saturday, the weather was sunny and WARM , so we heade...

So yesterday it rained all day, perfect for simmering something on the stove...spareribs. I used this recipe . Super easy and the perfec...

Last night we had "chinese" food for dinner since it is Chinese New Year. Lup cheong rice & cantonese chicken with broccoli...

Recently the fruit/vegetable stand I go to had beautiful avocados from Mexico. Usually at the big supermarkets we pay 100 yen or so for a t...

It's been quite rainy and gloomy the past couple of days. I usually plan ahead and stock up beforehand so that I don't have to go ...

Awhile back, I made mille feuille in my frying pan with a cover. On a recent trip to visit MIL, I asked Satoshi to look for a donabe (cla...

We had this Amarcord Ama Mora beer last night. Chocolatey! Apparently it is made by a tiny brewery in Apeccio, Italy. The beer uses a s...

The past Mondays have been total downers...dreary, grey, rainy. 2 of the 3 Mondays have been typhoon related too. I've been hooked o...

With the salts that we received from Kirk, we tried them with dinner yesterday. Kirk mentioned that the habanero salt was good with steak...

We had Sunday dinner at my Aunty's the other night. In addition to all the delicious food, we ended with this beautiful mango tarte. ...

What did you have for Christmas dinner? For our Christmas dinner I made Rolled Beef with Japanese Tartar Sauce . Besides the shiso (peri...

Have you ever tried raclette? It is a Swiss dish which I've actually had in Hokkaido (pre-blog). Half a wheel of cheese is heated by ...

Sometimes Satoshi and I try new places and they just aren't what we envision. I won't tell you the name of the place we tried last...

The last item left in our fukubukuro from the mystery tour was the Omi gyu (beef from Omi). About 100 grams each. I didn't read the i...