Showing posts with label japanese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label japanese. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

foodeedoo

i attempted to make something a bit more complex in the kitchen this time...


the hub's favorite: "tsukune" or japanese chicken meatball yakitori


and "chahan" or japanese fried rice...


and for me, baked cauliflower


they look good... but as for taste? not so much... hwe hwe.


i shall try and try until i succeed...

but before i sulk, here's my real pride and joy:


it's my little bowl of fresh chicken stock that i keep in my freezer.

i made it myself (!), and i use it to replace those msg-ridden knorr chicken cubes.


and while we still can't stand to eat my cooking everyday (hwe hwe), we continue our sunday lunch habit in seryna.

and yes, guess what the hub had:


as for moi, this is what i had: MY NEW FAVE SUSHI ROLL. (it beats my ol' fave since it's a healthier-but-still-with-crunchy-bits version)


it's a salmon roll -- with salmon, salmon roe and salmon skin. not too much rice... super tasty. mmmmm.

and while i'm at it, i'm sharing with you my other healthy faves that i hope one day i can make at home...

1. ebi puri puri harumaki -- japan's version of our fresh lumpia. this time with miso sauce. mmmmm.


2. my latest discovery in terry's: salmon tartar. but this time, instead of mayo, they use fromage blanc...


and that's not a parmesan crisp, it's a manchego crisp... underneath is chopped egg and capers.... mmmmmm...


mmmmmm....

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

tokyo cafe

hey sis :)

missed you at our annual support-the-sis bookfair...

(where i bought these half tagalog-half english books for our office library :)  what library?)



the highlight was eating in this resto after the visit...



i think it's a franchise from japan...




think japanese food meets italian...

there's pizza, pasta...





all pastas use only yummy san remo pasta...




some classic japanese dishes like tonkatsu and unagi...



this was one of the dishes we tried (it's like twinpophub's dream dish):  gyoza burger...



then, of course the dessert!!!

think crepes, cakes...




parfaits (with red bean ice cream)...




wish you were there!!!






domo arigato gozaimashtaaa!

Monday, July 27, 2009

manira, manira

i've been meaning to share this with you...

it's a japanese magazine in manila, about manila...

here's an mrt/lrt station on the cover...


here's the train map...


some showbiz news (sarah geronimo)...


maps... the photo's blurred but the map highlights japanese brands like pepper lunch and papa beard...


pretty cool to see our city in other people's eyes...

yun lang :)

Friday, May 15, 2009

pompiduku

japan's fascination with the french is apparent everywhere we go...

in this small artsy area of west harajuku, we saw this:



doesn't it remind you of the pompidou?


it's an art gallery, made up of smaller galleries -- most of them with the actual artists hanging around them!


creepy...


anyhoo, i think the japanese & french really share a lot of things in common:

- love for all things small and intricate
- serious fashion sensibilities
- distinct and delicate cuisines
- an almost 'us first, tourists later' way of thinking 
- strong sense of heritage

and perhaps more.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

same?

somewhere in osaka, i saw this store that sold t-shirts, etc....


is it me, or does it remind you of teammanila?



i hope it's just my imagination....

Saturday, January 10, 2009

shhhhhh....

the spiderman ride in universal osaka rocks!  it's part roller coaster, part virtual reality.  incredible!




"no yelling"???  hihihihihi....

jappy archi



some of the coolest buildings are found in tokyo...  most of the cool ones are retail buildings.  like these ones along ginza (the 5th ave of tokyo)...

dior & tods...


hermes...


h&m...

the roponggi hills complex by tadao ando...


inside it...


these low rise buildings in harajuku...




harajuku's version of a nike store....

the swanky omotesando area has cool ones too...



this prada building is super duper cool (inside and out)....  by tadao ando also...  


inside omotesando hills, a mall that ramps up (kinda like the guggenheim)...


the namba parks mall in osaka...


datsit pusit :)