Sugar Pea Vine!

Hi!!

The rainy season has set in(~~)

I hate rain!I don't wanna go to school when it's rain.haha
Anyway,Today I wanna introduce my vegetable pet!
What's that?You may think that. haha
Do you know the name "Sugar Pea Vine(toumyou)"?

This is vegetable that grows alone.

You just put water in a container for growing it!
You may wanna see the pictures, so I attached them to here.

I have taken the picture since May 16.
May 18

May 21
May 22
May 24 This is interesting isn't it?

Moreover, it grows toward the light(maybe sun shine).

Because plants basically makes photosynthesis(kougousei).

So some sugar pea vines are bending.
It is useful for my meals and I can make various recipes by making use of it.

For example, I often make side dish that I saute bacon and sugar pea vine wtih butter, salt and pepper.

I made it just now for supper.

And, I put it in my lunch box.It tastes like crisp, so it is suitable for various types of saute, I think.
The cost is not so expensive.So you should try to buy and grow it!!
*There is already grew one at store, so please grow it after used.
*Please don't throw away its roots!

BUFFET!

Hi!

Currently it's hot, isn't it?
I'm week at the heat.
So I hate summer,,,

Anyway, I went to Koshigaya Lake Town that is a very large department-store.
And I ate buffet called FOUR ROOMS with my girlfriend there.

HP of it: http://www.buffet.jp/fourrooms/shoplist/d_saitama02.html

We can eat various foods and desserts with reasonable plice.

I recommend it to people who like buffet and want to eat a lot.
You will be surelly full and satisfied with it!
In addtion, they offer dishes of the season and limited dishes during time-service, so you can also enjoy them.

Foods I ate are,,,

First: main dish part 1

Seccond: main dish part 2

Third: This tray named the healthy by Yuki;haha

Bounus: chocolate art

One of the amusement of buffet is choice, I think.

Meals make us enjoy watching, choosing and talking.

Etaing is entertainment!!

Shabu-Shabu!

Hi!

Yesterday I ate cold Shabu-Shabu salad at late night.
Because I had a part time job until p.m.11.
I ate fried chicken and rice whose board at the workplace while I was having a break.
But I was not still full, so I ate it.

This is simple and easy to make.
You need to prepare...
1. some lettuce leaves
2.tomatos(1/4)
3.cucumber(1/4)
4.pork ribs(2 or 3)

1.First, wash these vegitables and cut them with favorite sizes.
Regarding lettuces, just tear them by hand.

2.Put water in pan and boil it. After come it to a head, put some dried bonito(kastuobushi) and soy sauce dip(menstuyu) a little bit.
*turn off the switch after come to a head.

3.Parboil the meats with the boiled water. After that, chill it by cold water.

4. Finally, serve vegitables prettily on dish, and put the meats on it.

5.To your liking, eat the salad with sesame dressing, juice pressed from bitter oranges(ponzu) or dressing you made by yourself!

If you want to eat a lot, don't mind quantity you eat!


Here,
I'd like to explain briefly about shabu-shabu.

The origin seems that there is a pan dish, which use lanb in Beijin.
One of the Japanese man who was army surgeon went to there and he brought down it to Japan after changed lamb to beef.
And we have said shabushabu since 1952.
http://foodpia.geocities.jp/hisahisahisahisahisa0796850086/menu1/menu2/menu3/tajimagyu/syabusyabukigen.html

Now we can eat shabu-shabu anytime, anywhere.
There are some shabu-shabu restaurant in my town.
Currently, we can eat as much as we like for around 2000 yen.
So I often eat out there when I want to be a bit rich.

Do you like it?

Chirashi Zushi!

Hi!

Today I ate Chirashi Zushi, which is famous Japanese home cooking.
We often eat it when we have festivity, especially the Doll's festival!
I don't now why my mother served it today.
In my expectation, she made it because yesterday was Kids Day in Japan.
But I'm already 20 years old, haha!

Anyway, Japanese come to eat it because Chirashi Zushi is fitting for the food girls eat on festival.
As a reason of that, Japanese seem to make it colorful by using seafoods such as shrimp and carp, and edible wild plants like rape blossoms for the ingredients.
*"shrimp is a symbol of long life"
In addition, we have clams(Hamaguri) soup with it.
Because each shells of it are rarely same size and same one is valuable for girls in order to find good marrige partner.Therefore, we serve them in Japan.
The above is summary I did by referring a webpage.
If you wanna know that more, please research by yourself. I'm sorry.
http://shagy.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2011/02/---9730.html

Briefly, Ingredients of Chirashi Zushi I ate today are...

1.sweetened vineger rice
2.Japanese omlet, shiitake mushrooms, carrots (shreded all)
3.salmon roe

I think it is good to scatter some shreded lavor(Nori) on it!