Sashimi & The Japanese

What’s with the Japanese and their raw fishes.. i was asked one day. .by a friend here in the States.  So i asked him in return, if he had seen any big woman in Tokyo when he was there..  a few months ago.  His reply ..?? No, of course..!!  you see the Japanese are so smart.. and if i had a choice.. i would be eating my sashimi everything..  no need for diet pill because it is so healthy eating these sashimi.

Wine

The wine of the month for me when i was living in Japan had to be plum wine.  Why you asked..?  A plum wine is a dessert wine or can be drank as an aperitif.  It goes with just about any Japanese meal if you ask me.  Japanese plum wine is made with white plums while they are still green and hard. Enjoy the fresh flavour of young plums! It is very refreshing. You can drink it straight like white wine, on the rocks, with soda or water, or even with warm water on a cold night! My favourite is drinking it straight with a small cube of ice before my meal. It enhances my apetite

Almond Cafe In Roppongi

I was quite sad to learn from Hitomi-San today that my favorite Almond Cafe in Roppongi had shut down after 44 yrs in this location.  For anyone who had been to Tokyo.. you can never missed the pink color sign of the cafe.. right smacked in the middle of the business station of Tokyo.  The cafe is a year older than I am.. and is opened everyday faithfully from 9am - 5pm.

You can go in and have a snack/pasteries.. or asked for take outs, and don’t you worry .. even though they had been in business for so long, they are very modernised and uses  barcode scanners.  The queue is always long.. and you always see a crowd of people at the front door.. but don’t be intimidated.. because they are very friendly people inside. So the next time you and I go to Japan.. donch forget they are in their new location… a min away from their present location.. i’m sure if you ask anyone on the street.. they will know.

The cafe will relocate on Jan 9 to a store about one minute from its current location.The company that runs the Almond cafes was founded in 1946, and is said to be the first food and beverage business in Japan that handed out “oshibori” - moistened hand towels - to customers before they ordered.

Okonomiyaki In Osaka

My absolute must have dish if i were in Osaka and can’t get enough of it.  My favorite place is FuGetsu, the restaurant is jam with ppl .. all the time.. and the only thing i donch like about it .. is the smoking part.  You can choose to sit on the booths or tables that has the grills in the center and the best part of it.. is they cook in front of you.

The waitresses were always nice to us.. i think it had to do with the fact that I had my American engineers with me all the time. Okonomiyaki is actually also known as the Japanese pancake.  I love the sauce that they put on top of it.. and the Japanese mayo. The dried bonito flakes were also the best thing ever.

I haven’t thought about Okonomiyaki for a long time.. till my blogging buddy reminded me of it.  Now i’ll have to get ahold of some ingredients.. and try and make them myself.. or i’ll go crazy.. mauahahah!!

Hello Kitty Mini Push Style ONIGIRI Shaper

A must have for those who have girls at home.Use to make your kid’s Onigiri (rice balls) for lunch .. and let her be the envy of her classmates. After making the shape of Hello Kitty, you can decorate the face anyway you like.  It’s so easy to use.. even my 5 yrs old knows how to use it.  Just for $6 .. it’s fun .. !! buy it now.

Tokyo, DisneyLand’s Food

There were so much to choose from to eat when we were at Tokyo Disneyland.  All of them were so cutely presented..!  even i cannot resist it.  And if you have been to any Disneyland, you know you just can’t seems to finished all the rides and try out different games.  We did eat alot there.. and food wasn’t cheap either.  But we figured .. we were only gonna be there once .. so we might as well try everything.  This was a hamburger, mickey mouse style.

Isn’t this cute..! i know kids fussy with food would eat even this.  So Disney like.

A late snack .. at about 5pm.. and still we haven’t finished visiting the whole of Disneyland, Tokyo.  But we stayed behind for the evening parade.  The afternoon parade was great.. ! but the evening ones.. were spectacular..!  But that’s for another day.  At the end of the day.. and the amount of food we ate, you know who needs to look for some diet pills when we get home.

Fresh Breath For Men

Trust the Japanese to come up with something like this.  This drink is said to keep away bad breath - so said the tobacco manufacturer.  This is just like your soft drinks .. that you buy from any stores.. and vending machines. The ingredients used is rosemary extract and because of it.. they believed it can help to keep away bad breath.