Happy New Year 2009

Hello! I hope everyone is doing fine.
This new year's holidays are passing very fast! We have only 3 days left until the first day of work.

As usual, I cooked new year's food (Osechi) on the 31st. It took me a day to complete it... whew! We had it for our brunch and dinner today with white zoni soup. Somehow, I was so drowsy all day long that I took a nap until evening.





Then we went to hatsumoude (new year's visits to shrine). There we pray for a wish to come true. My wish is always the same. There is nothing more valuable than staying healthy!!!

Best wishes for a healthy and happy 2009 ;)

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Kobeya Restaurant

Hi! Tonight we had a dinner at Kobeya Restaurant because I had some cash voucher which I won the other day. Kobeya is famous for its homemade bread and there are many bakery in various places. They also have restaurants and I love their all-you-can-eat salad bar and freshly-baked breads!


Anyway, it took us 3 days to clean our house but still not thorough enough... I haven't been cooking properly since Christmas because I was really busy doing other stuff!!! Maybe on the 31st, I will cook something. I need to prepare for osechi-ryori again! This year, I bought a nice set of tsukudani (fish boiled in soy sauce: the image on the right), so I can't wait to pack ;)

Okay, I think this is going to be my last post for this year.
Thank you all for reading. Also, I want to thank you for those who always leave me comments. You made my days!!!

See you next year!!!

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2008 Japan Figure Skate Championships: Mao Asada

I am off my culinary stuff, but I love watching figure skating, especially the ladies! Yesterday was short and today was free of 2008 Japan Figure Skate Championships. Of course the highlight was Mao Asada. Unfortunately, she was at the 2nd place yesterday, but she won it today with her nerves of steel! It was her third consecutive championship victory which she has aimed for this year.

I like her when she says she will bring the best out of herself. She is only 18, but her inner strength is built strong! Amazing!!!

Changing my story, I printed out my new year's card today. I need to send them out soon so they'll arrive on January 1st!!!

Tomorrow, I have to do the rest of the cleaning. I hope I could finish it by tomorrow...

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