Got A Cold

I got a bad cold since sunday, and had high fever for almost three days. I still have a headache, sore throat, and hard cough... I feel so much better now, but still on my bed and resting =( 

On my first day of cold, I wasn't feel that bad so I made a Simple Konbu Udon.

Before I get cold, I cooked Japanese style curry. I always cook too much when I make curry. So I re-use the curry to make new dish.

Beef Curry, Cole Slaw, and Boiled egg

Curry Bread, Bacon butter corn, and salad for Breakfast

Curry Udon

I have a lot of things I wanna cook after I heal and get better. First thing I wanna cook is a birthday cake for My mother, and Halloween dish for the second =)

Cookpad

Cookpad is one of the biggest recipe site in Japan. It has many recipes from everyone, and anyone can post and access to their recipe on that website. I've been posting my recipes as well, and My recipe has been chosen to one of the famous recipe! My recipe and Nickname was on the top page last week! I was just too excited and called my mom and dad. They were soo happy as well, and cooked my recipe for dinner to celebrate me with white wine. I'm so glad that I have "Lovely Parents". I've been living in Vancouver alone for almost 9 years, so I wish I can cook my parents a great meal one day =) 

My recipe is the Hawaiian Garlic Shrimp by AsahiMeal

My Mom and Dad cooked my Recipe, and Posted picture and comment on my cookpad recipe page!   Love you, Mom and Dad =)

This is the Cookpad Website: http://cookpad.com/

Cookpad has released English site as well: http://cookpad.it/

It was an Annual Vancouver Raining Season, and I was a bit being depressed!, yet this good news brought me a lot of energy and passion to Live powerfully!!!  Love cooking Life =) 

Thanks giving

Happy Thanks giving day! It was the thanks giving long weekend in Canada last week, so I invited my good friends over to my house and celebrated Thanks giving with my food. We played Mario cart and wii bowling after the dinner, enjoyed my great friday =)

Inari-sushi お稲荷さん

 (fried bean curd stuffed with vinegared rice and seasoned roots vegies)

Chinese sweet and sour meat balls

中華風肉団子

Japanese style sweet and tender simmered pork

初めて作った豚の角煮

Chinese style light pickled cucumber and bean curd

中華風きゅうりと乾燥湯葉の浅漬け

For Thanks giving monday, I went to a store called "Murata" on E. Broadway where sells Japanese Traditional kitchen supplies to shop some of dishes! I got few simple plates and sake pot there, so I made a roasted beef for thanks giving diner and enjoyed Sake with my brother =) 

My Thanks giving Lunch was the Soba

Roasted beef with three kinds of Japanese spices

(Yuzu flavored White Pepper paste, Aged chili paste, and Garlic paste)

ローストビーフ、３種の薬味を添えて

(ゆず胡椒、かんずり、おろしニンニク)

I had this dish paired with hot sake and enjoyed with my brother for Thanks giving family dinner.

収穫祭で、私の作ったローストビーフをおつまみにして兄と晩酌

I found the Kaede looking leaf when I was jogging that morning.

かえでの葉みたいなものは、早朝のジョギングで発見！

最近桂剥きを練習しているが、まだまだ下手で大根のつまが太い。

Right: Yuzu flavored white pepper from the city called "Miyazaki" where my father was born

Left: Aged chili paste from North area in Japan

I Love to cook for some events. Next event is the Halloween and excited to cook something with pumpkins! I have to curve some pumpkins, make some pumpkin cakes, and make a halloween dish... busy busy, yet too excited and already got pumpkin curving set! =) 

Gyu-Kaku Arrival

Japanese BBQ Dining "Gyu-Kaku"has just arrived in Vancouver Last Month. It is a cheap and good  restaurant, and I like their Shio Marinated Meat the best.  *Shio: light, white soy sauce base marinade 

Two kinds of dipping sauce

I like their side dishes as well

I wish some other Japanese restaurant will arrive to Vancouver =) 

Warmth

I was looking for some healthy natural food, and I found this Seaweed Noodle at Korean Market. It has only 12.6 kcal and good for internal organs and skin. The noodle was on sale for $0.99, and it taste good as well. 

Natural Konbu Noodle

I made a Korean cold noodle with the Konbu Noodle.

Since I damaged a part of my digestive organ, I started to eat congee almost everyday. However, I got sick of the simple Japanese congee taste, so I created my own congee recipe. Congee warms up our body and heals the sickness faster.

Black cod and cod roe congee

(たらと明太子の親子粥)

Pot-steamed hotchpotch congee

(中華粥の茶碗蒸し添え)

Milk congee by Osono from The Movie "KiKi's derivery" 

(大好きな魔女の宅急便で、おそのさんが作ってくれたミルク粥風)

This is the Milk congee from the movie

The warmth of the congee gives warmth to my heart. I want to create more congee recipes, so that I can cook for my future family and give some warmth to their heart as my mother have done to me =)

Healthy Japanese

I've been drinking a lot of alcohol since June and I kind of damaged a part of my digestive system. So I often cook Healthy Traditional Japanese these days. Food is the most of the elements that builds our body as well. I have to take care of my eating habit to maintain my healthy body.

Tilapia and bean congee with Yuzu Flavor 

Original Yaki Udon

Tofu, grounded pork and 3 kinds of root crops hamburg steak 

Japanese simple dish

(bamboo shoot, huge clam, and hand made Shrimp and Halibut ball)

Eat Healthy and Live long =) 

I got to learn how to manage my eating plan!

East Asia

I'm trying to learn how to cook an East Asian food from books these days. The Asian food such as chinese, Vietnamese, and Thai food use a lot of unique spices and hard to learn their recipes.  

Asian- European Fusion Brunch Plate

 Sweet Chili Shrimps 

Szechuan Eggplants

Thai Vegie Green Curry

I'm lucky that I live in Vancouver and be able to meet people from many races. I want to learn more of an famous food from their country than their family recipes and traditional taste =)