Our Adventures in Japan

How are you? sorry it's been a bit quiet here. Am in Hawaii now. All posts will reflect Japan time. I'm getting adjusted to the ...

The weather has been really miserably gross. Yesterday, the humidity (and probably the sun) made the heat index go as high as 39C (102F)......

While sitting in Tsutaya recently, I overheard an elderly couple talking about kaimi sauce. The woman was saying that the kanji (Chinese c...

Blog friend, Passthepocky introduced me to a bittermelon soup called Canh Khổ Qua. She said her father makes this soup and gave me a link...

I got to have lunch with Hiromi yesterday at Guli-Guli. The name is the shortened version of "green green" which when said in Ja...

　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...

Today is Doyo no Ushi no hi, the day when we all eat unagi (eel) for stamina to withstand the heat of summer. I've written about this i...