Archive for September, 2008
Homemade Dinner
Hokkien Fried Noodle and Yaki-Edamame.
Normally you boil the edamame, sprinkle salt and it’s ready for serving. Today we did a bit extra work by putting it into a frying pan and stir with some water till it evaporates. Scorch makes it tastes yummy!
Japanese Prefer English Paper for Wrapping
Bought some flowers for my wife at a florist nearby. Autumn Gentian and Willow Gentian, and Patrinia Scabiosifolia as decoration. The shop then asked me if I would like some roses for free, which she said, it will still blossom if I keep them in the water. That naturally keeps me back to the shop next time, huh?
She then wrapped it up with newspaper. It was The Financial Times, which gave a different mood to the flowers I bought all of a sudden. The area I live in doesn’t sell English newspaper, and most of the florists don’t use Japanese newspaper to wrap the flowers normally. Flowers bought for cemetery purposes might be wrapped with Japanese papers, I do hear that. It’s become a trend in this country, I guess, for flowers you buy for home decorations or for presents use English papers but never Japanese papers.
Penang Laksa
Lunch at Shibuya Sawasdee
Went to Malaysia Embassy with my wife this morning after sent the kids to kindergarden. We then had lunch with Thai food at Sawasdee. It tasted good for the price, 930 yen, and the mood of the restaurant is excellent, I would say.
My wife works at Singapore Hainan Jeefan Shokudo restaurant. We used to talk about to have our own Asian style restaurant when we retire (we did try to have one before but it didn’t work). Today we talked about the original noodle which we had it before in Malaysia, how we can make it on our own, the customer would prefer homemade than instant-type, how the way Japanese preference of food for recent trend, etc. I don’t cook much nowadays, nor do I passionate to be a chef in the near future, I still would like to have a shop to serve customer and if possible find the best way to serve food.
Fern
This is a fake fern, not real one. But it looked so real, and I touched it, then I knew. Sigh.
Date at Night
Chilli Crab
One of my friends gave my wife this T-shirt quite a while ago. I thought the black background and orange combination is nice. Now I feel like to have one for my own!
Birthday Cheese Cake
My wife and the kids made it. We had it for breakfast. The candle? Just decoration.
