Friday, June 19, 2009

Maple Bacon Simmered Hijiki Seaweed

Hi there! After a looooong time, I translated my recipe!

This dish is cool! You can arrange it in many ways!!! I will show you how at the end.

Hijiki is a black seaweed known to be rich in dietary fiber and essential minerals! Instead of using sugar, I used maple syrup which is low in calories and also rich in minerals ;)

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Maple Bacon Simmered Hijiki Seaweed

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 15min
Number of servings: 8

Ingredients:
25g (0.8oz.) dried hijiki seaweed *150g (6oz.) rehydrated hijiki seaweed
3 slices bacon *about 50g (1.8oz.)
50g (1.8oz.) carrot
3 dried shitake mushroom
A
* 50cc = dashi broth + reserved soaking liquid of shitake mushrooms
* 1 tbsp. soy sauce
* 1 tbsp. mirin (sweet sake)
* 1 tbsp. sake
* 1 tbsp. maple syrup
2 tsp. cooking oil

Directions:
I used maple syrup from Canada.





1. Put dried hijiki in a bowl. Wash them and soak in water for about 15 minutes, then drain. Thinly slice bacon. Cut carrot into thin strips. Soak dried shiitake mushrooms in water until soft (reserve the soaking liquid), remove stems, and slice thinly.
2. Heat cooking oil in a frying pan and saute 1., add A and simmer until the liquid is almost gone.



[How to eat #1]
With white rice.




[How to eat #2]
On a rice bowl, sprinkle the sliced shiso leaves over the top.




[How to eat #3]
Mix with rice, sprinkle chopped scallions over the top.


[How to eat #4]
In tamagoyaki (Japanese rolled omelet).




[How to eat #5]
On top of the salad.




[How to eat #6]
On top of sliced tomatoes.




[How to eat #7]
With natto, sprinkle chopped scallions over the top.



My original recipe in Japanese is here.
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I want to get a pa'u skirt by next week!
What do you think of these three???
I like pink color, but somehow I want the blue one, like the ocean ;)


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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Chicken Taco Rice

Today, I had lunch with my co-workers. We had tacos lunch at a Mexican cafe called Vida Rosa. I liked their interior. The place was pretty fashionable ;)

I had a lunch menu: Chicken Taco Rice & Soup + Onion Potato + Drink.

It was pretty good, but I ran out of time to finish everything, since I talked too much! He-he ;) Also, I brought my camera with me but forgot to take a shot... damn!

Anyway, I had a good time!

I just organized my posts.
I added links on the left sidebar, under ABOUT THIS BLOG, to view "Cafes and Restaurants" and "My Travels". I couldn't apply labels to every single posts but I hope you find them interesting ;)

I have too many things to post... Hmm...
I will try to complete them one by one + day by day when I have enough time.

Tonight I have hula class. I can't wait to attend!!!

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

OLYMPUS PEN E-P1: Micro Four Thirds Camera

Don't you think it's interesting?! It's a pocket-sized SLR (single-lens reflex) that takes pictures as well as an SLR!

This article was very informative.
Olympus Pen E-P1 Preview, June 2009, Simon Joinson

However, it is way too expensive!!!
Olympus offered the special price (including the lens and the memory card) to the first 100 club members, but it was at about $1000...
Plus, you need to get viewfinder and flash if needed, since they are left out to keep it as small as possible X(


Anyway, it is scheduled to go on sale on 7/3, so I will check it out at the electronics retail stores ;)

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