tempura soba

I took buckwheat noodle making class yesterday. I missed the class for two times, because I had to work. It was my second time to make soba, or buckwheat noodles. We learned kaeshi, or soba soup mix that day. The soba soup was delicious, so I want to make soba soup from scratch. I usually buy mentsuyu, and use it instead of soy souce. I made tempura soba for lunch, and made kashiwa soba, or chicken soba for dinner.They were both good!.

Kirin Sakura&Peach tea

At this time of the year, many food companies produce spring items. I found this sakura, or cherry blossom and peach flavored tea. It didn't smell like cherry blossoms, but  tasted like peach  a lot. I love if it had less sugar.

Toshiake udon, or New Year noodle

In the past few years, eating new year noodle on the new year's day has is getting more popular in Japan.

We eat udon noodle with red garnish .

Toji 2012.Dec. 21st.

We eat Zenzai, or Aruki beans sweet soup on Toji every year.

We take  Yuzuyu, or a citrus bath on that day, but I forgot to buy fresh citrus this year. Therefore, we took this yuzu flavored bath salt.

I made these azuki pancake with the leftover zenzai. It was super easy to make them, but they tasted good.

Sekihan, Takikomigohan, Yosenabe

Sakura gohan,or cherry blossom rice

Bento

Temaki-zushi

Mini Hina chirashi-zushi

ebi-ten soba

nabe

nabe(鍋）

豆乳鍋(Soymilk hot pot)

Takuan

Nabeyaki-udon

sushi and kuri azuki okowa

Chigai-nabe

Since my mother bought a tiny griddle pan this summer, we often made "Nabe", or Japanese hot pot even in summer. This time, I made "Chigai nabe". "Chigai "means baby scallops. The broth taste like scallop, so it was good.

Nabe(Japanese hot pot)1

Boo! Halloween Hiyayakko

I thought it was for a Halloween season the end of October, so a nice recipe came up to my head. I made these Halloween Hiyayakko which meant " cold tofu". I bought a Kibun company's pumpkin tofu, a black sesami seed tofu, and a white sesami tofu. Then cut them with some Halloween cookie cutters. That't it. It was super easy cooking. Please try to make some, if you like it.

Japanese Doritos 1

Norishio(sea weed and salt) flaver