Filipino style sweet spaghetti
For me, this is perfection. I have so many dish requests in mind that I hope Papa would cook for us during their visit here in Japan but I think I’d be requesting for this one again very soon.
With pork meat, bacon, mushroom and loads of cheese. And sugar.
baby diaries: eng-ge
Been observing for quite some time now baby and Mommy thinks she nailed already what seems to be your first baby word: eng-ge, which seems to be your language for when you feel hot/warm.
Eng-ge, eng-ge. 😀
baby diaries: nostalgia
Was washing a couple of days ago the small bottle you used when you were less than two months. Will be using it for your water after meals (of course with new nipple and cap). I’m amazed how small it was. And with it came the nostalgia. So many things have happened since then; how much you’ve grown since then albeit it’s been only six months!
Would probably feel the nostalgia from from now on, every now and then. But Mommy hopes that as you grow up, you’d share the nostalgia with me, with Mommy and Daddy. That we’d both happily look back the yesteryears, over wine, over a cup of tea or coffee or even simply on our couch in our future (hopefully) sunroom.
I pray you’d grow close to your parents, Yui; have a great bond with your Mom and Dad. And that there’ll never be angry words between us. Only love, respect, kindness and joy.
Grow well our beauty.
the baby’s first hanami (cherry blossoms viewing)
A spring-y outfit for…
…Yui’s first hanami!
This variant blooms days earlier than the white variant so they’re in full bloom earlier this week whilst the white ones will be in full bloom this weekend or early next week.
With the Sakura frenzy, everything now is sakura-inspired. From food products to wines, to toiletries to home cleaning agents. And we try everything too, not only for the novelty of it but because it tastes good (food and wine). Our favourite so far is sakura yogurt.
And look there’s sakura udon too!
The taste? Very very slight sakura taste discerned only by an udon lover.
Japan Spring, you’re so lovely it’s such a waste to while the day inside the house!
Steam cooked shrimp and scallops
Thought of following Yui’s way and go for the healthier option – steaming our dish for dinner.
I wanted to achieve this.
But I can’t read the instructions. I can read at least that it takes 10 minutes to cook it. And that aside from the scallops and shrimp, there’s mayonnaise and curry flavor on it. Am not too keen on curry so I bought this instead:
The cooking paper was easy to find thanks to Mayumi being around.
I thought of adding mushrooms too.
End result.
Total time from preps up to the steamer’s “ting” is 20 minutes. Loved it how Hubs loved the resulting taste. 😀
Experiment, a success!
Lessons learnt for next time though: I want bigger scallops, the ones that I really like and will use fresh shrimp next time, not frozen ones.