Okanagan Winery

I've been to Okanagan last weekend to have Winery tour! I gained a lot of power from Beautiful Nature. Here is my picture diary from Okanagan Trip =)  

On the way to Okanagan

Mission Hill

Grapes to make wine

Summer Hill

Wine tasting

Beautiful Grapes

Mission Hill Outdoor Dining

Pate de Campagne & Brassica Mustard

Seared Haida Gwaii Halibut

Hand made Lasagna

Had a Wonderful Trip with My friend. This is how I enjoy my Life =) 

Salmon Season

I got fresh salmon and salmon roe from my friend's father. He is just like my father in Canada, and also he treat me as his daughter. I'm really lucky that I have very nice people around me. I cooked few dishes from it =)

 Mini Salmon and Salmon roe bowl and Mini Udon set

Salmon Tartar

(salmon tartar, avocado, salmon roe, ponzu gelee, light pickled sliced radish, shrimp chip, dill, chive, and mini tomato from my garden)

Shrimp chips, Salmon Tartar w/ red radish, green apple, black sesame, cod roe, chive, and mini tomato from my garden

Edamame cream pasta

Cook beautiful appetizer dishes will just relieve my stresses, and bring me a stress free Life =) Love my Life!!

Full Moon

The summer in vancouver is about to end, and getting ready for fall =) Excited to cook with ingredients from fall season!

My baby tomatoes are ready to pick now

My shiso leaves are so much taller than before

The tomatoes are just like jewels =)

It was a full moon fall festival 

I baked full moon egg tarts

(お月見エッグタルト）

Happy Full Moon Fest =) 

Cake Order

It was the First Cake Order I ever got from random people. The order was "Mercedes- Benz C63 Black" Birthday Cake for my friend's friend's friend. It was complicated to make each parts of the car, but had so much fun!! The tires are made out of Oreo, and I even made side mirrors =)

Love to make birthday cakes for people with plenty of Love!

Japanese Italian

One of my favorite food is the Pasta in Japanese style. It uses a lot of Japanese ingredients and spices to make a simple, but flavor full taste. I love Japanese and Italian fusion =)   

Mussel and roasted tomato spagettini

(made with Clamato)  

Japanese style Steamed Sake Clam Soup Pasta 

（貝の酒蒸しパスタ）

Clams steamed with sake 

Japanese style Peperontino 

(和風ペペロンチーノ）

Squid Tomato pasta

(イカのトマトパスタ）

Spicy squid and Cod roe pasta

（イカ明太子パスタ）

Light pickled Okura

（オクラの浅漬け）

I've never learned how to make a simple Italian style pasta, so I really want to meet Italian people and learn many kinds of pasta that is not famous, yet famous among Italian people =)

Summer Breeze

The weather in Vancouver has been great and very hot since last week, so I was cooking cold noodles almost everyday. It is Simple and Tasty =) 

Cold udon with Boiled pork and Sweet sesame sauce  

(冷製しゃぶしゃぶうどん／ゴマだれ）

Korean style somen with slow cooked egg

(ビビンそうめん／Home made 温泉卵）

Shiso Natto Soba

(しそ納豆そば)

Deep fried noodle, Steamed dumpling, Seaweed soup

(あんかけ焼きそば、蒸し餃子、わかめスープ）  

Cod roe Cold udon

(冷やし明太子うどん）

I enjoy the Summer breeze, yet it is sometimes way too hot for me to stand in my kitchen... I miss winter now!! =)