Deciding On Home Equipments - 2

On the weekend, my darling and I again toured the showrooms for our new home equipments. This time, kitchen storage at Sun Wave and toilet bowl at TOTO.

Speaking of kitchen storage, I realized it is better to have a storage for home electric appliances since I now have no place to keep them around... Believe it or not, I keep my rice cooker on the floor X( Also my brand new electric pot is out of use in the box... Anyway, there is a storage with vapor discharge system for rice cooker, electric pot, etc! I think I definitely need it in my new kitchen!!!

TOTO was fun! They nicely display the toilet bowls. Hehe!!!

It is getting cold in Tokyo day by day. Fur boot covers are in style this year! You can simply wear them with your favorite shoes!

Did you get a flu shot already?! I got it last week ;)

Take care!!!

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Quick Scallop Recipe Contest In Hokkaido

On 11/4, I attended the award ceremony of the Quick Scallop Recipe Contest held in Hokkaido.

The ceremony was held at Hotel Monterey Edelhof Sapporo. With Gutch Yuzo (who is a singer, entertainer, and cook), there was a talk show, and many fans gathered. It was a lavish party!

10 winners were selected out of 372 entries nationwide and invited to the party! Gutch Yuzo gave us the prize one by one with his comments.

At the ceremony, we were able to try out all the award winning recipes recreated by the hotel chefs! We had a good time. Surprisingly, there were 2 winners who we knew each other since the other contests in the past!!!

Anyway, my schedule was pretty tough. I had to work in the morning of 11/4 and in the afternoon of 11/5, so I left my office at noon and came back at noon of the next day!

Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take a pictures during the ceremony, so I will post the pics later when I received from the organizer!

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SPAM Recipe Contest 2010

Do you know SPAM?

SPAM is a canned precooked meat product made by the Hormel Foods Corporation. It's not the spam e-mail. he-he!

This afternoon, I attended the finals of SPAM Recipe Contest 2010. 12 finalists were shortlisted for this event! Our recipes were re-created by the food specialists (Yoko Hamada and her assistants), so we didn't actually have to cook our own recipes (except pros) which was free of care :)

Unfortunately, my recipe did not get a prize, but I had a fun time trying out all those creative recipes and seeing SPAMMY! He was really cute! Funny that he has looooooong legs!!!

The contest will be held again (in Japan) the next year, so I will definitely apply for it again! My darling loves SPAM, so I know he would enjoy my creations, too ;)

I will translate my recipe of Salty Sweet SPAM Pork Balls later when I get a chance. It's a perfect recipe for bento since it goes great with white rice. At the same time, it's a tasty appetizer for your sake!

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