Been craving for Filipino food lately – actually, more like, I miss Papa’s cooking – so I cooked humba (slightly sweet adobo) using Japanese condiments – dashi, mirin, Japanese soy sauce, sesame salt, sesame oil plus wei pai, a Chinese flavouring that’s great for soup. The result, deliciously Filipino Humba, as if it was Papa who cooked.
It was unexpectedly cold today so I opted to buy ochazuke from my favourite bento shop for lunch. Ah. Simple but definitely Goodfood! 🙂
Salmon flakes. Nori. Rice crackers. Pickled vegetables. Dashi (fish broth) stock.
and hurray! I can finally post photos! Am not sure of the reason though but I did two things – update my iOS and deleted some apps to have more storage. Now, I-have-to-find-time to catch up with blog backlogs.
It is that time of the year again when everything that’s sold is sakura-inspired. But we certainly are not complaining! And that we sure are happy to indulge.
We got addicted to the sakura yogurt last year, which I haven’t found yet on the stores’ shelves this year.
Found this one.
What’s inside? Heaven.
It’s a heaven though that needs to be taken with a litre of water. Will try to post more sakura-inspired products soon.
I know I lived (and am living and will live, hehe!) a good life before I had this. But now that I’ve tasted this one, I find myself thinking, “what would I do when I’ve already consumed the pack that a friend bought for me from his recent trip to Singapore??!!” To think this was supposedly for Hubs. 😀
Of course I already looked it up in Rakuten and Amazon Japan but it’s not sold there. There’s some in Amazon US but it’s unreasonably expensive.
We were able to visit Hubs’ aunt in their house and was able to enjoy her delicious cake yet again! Last year, we had apple tart (the best one I had. It sure easily beats La Maisson’s). This year, we had cheesecake coupled with sweet strawberries, dipped in strawberry and kiwi sauce.
This, enjoyed in a tatami room cum artist room that’s full of interesting stuff – from antique Western dolls wearing antique lace, graceful Japanese dolls wearing elaborate kimono, life size paintings drawn by Hubs’ aunt herself.
Tastes great with Vintage Earl Grey milk tea.
Our Osechi for this new year. The jubako (layered box) features cranes which symbolises a fruitful year.
The baby of the house has her own osechi as well (thank you for the thoughtfulness, Obaachan! 🙂 ) Featuring the Anpanman cartoon series characters that’s popular among children here in Japan.
As one would suppose, each of the dish included in Oseshi has its own meaning. Read here for the symbology of some of the dishes!