Homemade Nabe

Handmade chicken meatball with shiso

This is always good to have hot pot (nabe) to keep us warm.

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"Rice cake" yaki

It supposed to be a nabe (hot pot) party, but end up I was too busy making Takoyaki. We had about 4 rounds Takoyaki with different ingredients. I really like Japanese rice cake and we attempt to make tokoyaki without Toko (octopus), instead we put diced mochi (もち, Japanese rice cake), cheese and meitaiko (明太子) into the batter. It turns out great! I'm thinking to make one with curry next time.

First we put a spoon of batter and then ingredients. Then another spoon of batter on the top.

Wait for a while and turn it around.

You can use it to play 3 in a row in order to make the dumpling into a perfect ball shape. (joke)

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Ready to countdown!

I have just made toshikoshi soba (new year's eve buckwheat noodles at home. Traditionally, Japanese people eat buckwheat noodles on New Year's Eve. This custom dates back to the Edo period. Buckwheat noodles are very long and thin, which has led to the belief that if one eats these noodles they will have a long and prosperous life. I also think this is a good way to keep warm before going out for countdown!

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Handmade Fortune Cookies

Making Fortune Cookies

1 egg white

1/4 cup of flour

1/4 cup of cater sugar

a pinch of salt

message

1. Mix all ingredient well.
2. Place a spoon of mixture on a greased oven tray.

3. Use the back of a spoon to spread batter to make a round shape.

*I suggest to make two cookies each time.

* I used toaster as I don't have oven home. Though it will good to preheat oven to 180°C for the following steps as well.

4. Bake until cookies begin to brown around edges.

5. Working quickly, slide a spatula under each cookie to loosen

6. Place a message on top of each.

7. Fold hot biscuits in half to enclose, pressing edges together, then bend in half the other way

8. To create crescent shapes. Hold for a few seconds. Place on a wire rack to cool.

9. Repeat with remaining batter.

Typhoon cooking

The weather is likely to deteriorate later on today as the typhoon No.14 is approaching Tokyo. Even though I wanna go to a Halloween Party, finally I decide to stay at home. Nothing much I can do at home, so I decide to make tempura tonight.

There are various kinds of tempura powder. But I choose the simple wheat flour, which I make something else later. For ingredients, I used shrimps, eggplants, seaweed (nori) and perilla (green shiso).

You know what, actually the word tempura comes from a Latin word "tenpora"meaning "times". This cooking method won't take time at all. Just put whatever you like into it! Easy made and fast served. Actually I should called it "typhoon cooking" especially in this typhoon night! Hopefully the typhoon No.14 will come and go fast as well as my tempura.

Homemade Seaweed Salad

お好み焼き/ Okonomiyaki

私は自分でお好み焼きを作った。
I made Okonomiyaki by myself.

お好み焼きケーキ

サラダ/ Salad

材料 /Ingredients:

アボカド /まぐろ /水菜 /明太子サラダドレッシング
Avocado /Tuna /Mizuna /Mentaiko salad dressing

楽しいしうれしい / Happy fun

今日友達はわたしに日本の料理を教えてくれました。一緒に日本の料理を作って、うれしかったです。美味しいし楽しい。彼女はわたしにいろいろな日本語の言葉も教えてくれました。ありがとうございます。

Today my friend taught to cook Japanese dishes. It was very happy to cook Japanese food together. That was delicious and enjoyable. Also she taught many Japanese vocabularies. Thank you very much.

２日目 － 今日は少しサボってみたい？

友達と雑談して、友達の話を聞くことは大いに日本語の勉強になりました。

午後友達一人は来て、私達と一緒に買い物に行きました。今晩うちで日本の鍋を作りました。とでも美味しいでした。