Still Clumsy with Chopsticks

JAPANESE WHITING On my old foodblog, I used to post about my fishing experience under the category name: "Tough luck angler." Why? Every time I went fishing, the weather was no good and/or...

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BURI (JAPANESE AMBERJACK) NIGIRI-ZUSHI Buri is such a valued fish in this area.  There was a small catch just the other day. So I bought a small fillet block and made this sushi. ...

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 SAUTEED EGGPLANT & OILED SARDINE WITH PONZU DRESSING The other day, after my parents went to bed, I tried out homemade oiled sardines with store-bought sardines.  Compared to the authe...

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 WILD BOAR SOUP Wild boar soup served (for free of charge) at a local revitalization event.   The venue was a closed elementary school in a small village. The meat and vegetables wer...

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If you are a long-term reader of my blog, you have seen my family's Osechi (traditional New year's cuisine in Japan) many times, right? Then you might notice the change. Yeah, at the end of la...

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So how is your new year starting off? Yeah, you know what I'm doing, don't you? I've been lazy AGAIN and now I'm adding posts, faking the post dates AGAIN, just like I did in previous years....

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 MERRY CHRISTMAS! Some pics from my Christmas dinner (or I should say snack?) on Dec. 24th, 2018 Every year, I enjoy this light meal alone after my parents go to bed. I'm happy to say...

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A small cafe overlooking a fishing port. My favorite place. :) SPICY WRAPPER . . .  

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 PEACH AND CUSTARD TART, READY TO GO INTO OVEN I've been helping with community cafe since April, and sometimes we get to take home leftover ingredients. This time, it was lots of canned p...

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 HOMEMADE TOFU I've always been wanting to make tofu from scratch since my late twenties. I heard or read somewhere that homemade tofu was very soft, refreshing and tasty. But I had no cha...

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME  To be perfectly honest, lately I don't feel too excited about getting one year old. Nevertheless, I feel this strong urge to do something special for my birthday. It'...

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VENISON SIMMERED WITH RED WINE A friend made candied orange peel with ponkan oranges from our orchard and gave some to me in these lovely containers (from DAISO). And the guy who trapped a de...

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LEMON MARMALADE CAKE These are some more photos from January, 2018. The top photo is a cake I baked using some lemon marmalade that a friend of mine gave me. In the beginning of new year, I...

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HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Enjoy some photos from this year's New Year celebration. I know. Most of these photos are not so different from the ones from New Yea...

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MY CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION 2017 It's finally December, the last month of 2017. And as you can see in the top photo, I didn't forget to celebrate Christmas by baking a Christmas Kouglof. But ...

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ASTRINGENT PERSIMMONS NOT ASTRINGENT ANY MORE We did this again. I guess without doing this, I can never feel comfortable in November without doing this. LOL  I harvested astringent persim...

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MY BUCKWHEAT IN FULL BLOOM It was my very first time growing buckwheat and I didn't know what to expect at all. So I was so surprised when they started blooming so quickly right after a few t...

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BAKED EGGPLANT WITH MISO (FERMENTED SOYBEAN PASTE) AND MAYONNAISE GLAZE In small rural villages in Japan, it has become popular to reuse closed local school buildings for other purposes.  ...

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PIZZA @ TONNO  THIS was the best month of 2017, or could be the best month in my entire life??? My Australian friend visited me in my hometown to spend about a week with me. This pizza was ...

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LUNCH AT A RESTAURANT NEAR THE TIP OF CAPE MUROTOThis restaurant has a magnificent ocean view. It's really something to have this Bento lunch with a mango sorbet as a dessert at the table faci...

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LOCAL RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL BANQUET People in rural places tend to value traditions. Maybe it's universal? Anyway, in June, we have a religious festival in my neighborhood and the top photo is ...

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MAKING UME PLUM INFUSED SYRUP Well, I once called this "Ume Juice" but I wasn't happy with that name. Now I think it's more like syrup. Anyway, I did this again, just like I did in previ...

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 MATCHA SOBA (BUCKWHEAT NOODLES FLAVORED WITH POWDERED GREEN TEA) Remember I made beautiful green buckwheat noodles by adding some powdered green tea in February ?  I froze some of them s...

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BURI (JAPANESE AMBERJACK) NIGIRIZUSHI Japanese Amberjack is a valuable fish that sustains the life in this small fishing village. But it's valuable only in its season from Feb to early Mar....

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 MATCHA (PAWDERED GREEN TEA) BUCKWHEAT NOODLES I MADE I tried out this flavored buckwheat noodles, which turned out to be quite OK. The scent of matcha was so delightful. But the...

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