Yakitori Dishes

We finally got some sunshine :)
The sky is blue and I feel happy!
The weather is good for outing!!!

I went out to eat lunch with my co-worker.
I had a lunch menu: gohan (white rice), yakizakana (broiled fish), tsukemono (Japanese pickles), and misoshiru (miso soup).
It is a typical Japanese menu, but I enjoyed a lot!
It is sometimes good to eat out for a change.

Speaking of outing, last year, on April 26th, I went on TV and cooked dishes using yakitori (Japanese type of skewered grilled chicken).
I was on a variety show called "Hanamaru Market", which is a TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc.)-affiliated program. It starts from 8:30 in the morning till 9:54, Mon-Fri. Kumiko Okae and Hirohide Yakumaru host the show.
It is a popular morning talk show and they features many useful and entertaining information to make our life happy :)
Yakitori is usually sold at a special price during outing season, so I was asked to think attractive recipes using it.

The below are the dishes I made:
- Nagaimo Yam Cheese Steamed Yakitori
- Indian Style Piccata of Yakitori
- Yakitori and Crushed Cucumber Salad
They all are very easy!

I thank to Cookpad (recipe site) because they gave me this precious opportunity.

Okay, I gotta go.
I'm in good humor today.
I hope it lasts... but guess not! I know that well! Ha-ha!
See you again tomorrow.

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Vinegar for Salad 2

Bad weather here today :(
Again, it is raining and will last till tomorrow.

In past days, I wrote about Mizkan's new product, "refreshing apple vinegar for salad".
Last month, they held a contest at Cookpad (recipe site) and asked for recipes using the product.

I made a simple pork salad and that was awarded as a "great for salad recipe prize". Here is the recipe.
I stir-fried shabu-shabu pork and strips of vegetables with slices of garlic. Then marinated them with the vinegar and served in Boston lettuce leaves. Shabu-shabu pork is very soft and the vinegar is very refreshing! All ingredients are healthy but increase your stamina!

Anyway, I am kind of depressed about what I am doing right now.
Do all feel the same? Only me?
My boyfriend told me I can find what I can do at my pace, but I want to make my day more productive! Especially during the daytime on weekdays...

Sorry about this gloomy stuff!!!
I'm fine, but sometimes I have a conflict.

Yesterday, I was so tired that I went to bed early.
I dozed off while taking a hot bath...
Hope to see you daily :)

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Teppanyaki

Hello! It is freezing cold today!
The weather forecast said it is the temperature for March.
I wore a down jacket... am I too much?!

Also, this weekend was rainy and cold.
So I went to eat Teppanyaki (a type of Japanese cuisine that uses an iron griddle to cook food) with my boyfriend.
It is a restaurant newly opened near our station.

What we ordered are the below:

Hiyayakko (a popular Japanese dish made with chilled tofu and toppings).
I love tofu, so this was for me :)





Takoyaki (a popular Japanese dumpling made of batter, diced octopus, tempura scraps (tenkasu), pickled ginger, konnyaku, and green onion, topped with okonomiyaki sauce, green laver (aonori), mayonnaise, and katsuobushi (fish shavings), originating from Osaka.)
I cooked it for my boyfriend!
My parents have a takoyaki pan, so I used to make it at home.


Okonomiyaki (Japanese dish consisting of a pan-fried batter cake and various ingredients. Okonomi means "what you like" or "what you want", and yaki means "grilled" or "cooked"; thus, the name of this dish means "cook what you like". )
My boyfriend cooked it for me :)





Moriawase (mixed vegetables and meats.)
We just stir-fry to eat.

We had a good time.




Anyway, when I started this diary, I said that my Japanese diary is getting longer. Finally, on 5/9, it reached to 100MB, which is the maximum capacity of the diary.
It was private and only my friends could read. I could have increased the capacity, but I needed to pay, so I decided to stop. I have written it since 2005/2/28, so I hesitated a little, but I thought I'd better use time for other stuff.

Okay, I gotta go.
See you tomorrow :)

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