Atre Nihonbashi

this was the first and last meal i had with my family in Japan during my 2 week stay!

Went to Atre, a cute restaurant in Mitukoshi.

Always nice to dine with my folks!

Asakusa：Dojo and Oden

Dojo is a Asakusa favorite, sorta like a small eel..

you eat it as a hotpot...

with lots of negi!

Dojo bone crackers!

and then we went to Otafuku- a famous Oden restaurant

So, Good!!!

Would love to come back during winter season.

Gochisosama Asakusa!!

Fukuoka!

After Kyoto I went to Fukuoka for the first time...

Current, a restaurant by the sea with a great casual dining terrace.

The area has a hippie-surfer vibe...

a small sushi bar you would never go to unless someone in the know takes you there...

everyone knew each other and everything was delish!!

a Fukuoka staple, Chikae, famous for their fish and mentaiko.

It makes sense to go for lunch cus its so much more reasonable...and yummy!!

sanma mentaiko!

fish tanks!!

didnt get to take pictures but Fukuoka has a lot of little street ramen stores which I liked as well.

Goshisosama Fukuoka! Thanks to my friend S and her awesome Fukuoka ambassador husband K!!

a big thanks to their adorable baby R as well^^

Kyoto!

I went to Kyoto!

a Soba restaurant famous for their 500yen soba breakfast!

 Izuu, famous for their Sanma sushi!

 Sakurada, great reasonable kappo-ryori

Gochisosama Kyoto!!

never ending packing

im supposed to fly out to Japan in a few hours, so I decided to clear out my fridge...

and i found a yamaimo...

so I decided to make a yamaimo fuwafuwa yaki...

and i TOTALLY BURNED IT!!!! (T T)/nooooooooo

(but, under the burnt surface was pretty good!)

its half past midnight, and this is how my suitcase looks like...my car picks me up within 8 hours from now.

at least ill get some sleep in the plane!!

Congee for colds...

Chinese congee (recipe by Msan)

I always wondered how they made the creamy chinese porridge, but thanks to my friend M who found out and gave me the recipe!!

1.rinse 1/2 cup rice with water, drain and pour sesame oil over it and let it sit.

2. boil 2l water with 2 garlics and seasoning (we used waper seasoning)

3. add sesame oil infused rice to 2. and boil for 40min

tadahhh! it works!! add chicken or anything you want, and its just great!

the rest are all part of the things I cooked today for cookpad & seems to work for my cold to some extent...

my recipe; chicken with hakusai

warm somen noodles.

more somen noodles (this was originally a porridge dish tho)

stir fired egg shiitake 

this is more of a japanese bar food menu but...yamaimo on tofu.

ok now, lets get me better!

the duck that came carrying green onions...

theres a saying in Japanese, "a duck came carrying green onions" ; meaning its so convenient if a duck would stop by with green onions cus thats the ingredients we need to make duck pot!!!

at Seo restaurant, they had kamo-negi inaniwa udon, which is duck-green onion-noodles!

the duck came with yuzu-pepper, so fragrant!!

not only did the duck bring all that, but with a kimbap!

ahh that duck is sure good to me lol