National (Panasonic) Bistro NE-SS30A: Microwave Steam Oven

Everybody asks me what kind of high-tech oven I use, but it is very old. I think I won this oven at a recipe contest more than 7 years ago.

National (now Panasonic) Bistro NE-SS30A is a microwave oven with steam cooking. Unfortunately, I seldom use the steam function because it takes too much time cooking with steam, while it cuts calories.



Anyways, today, my new microwave steam oven Panasonic Bistro NE-R3500 arrived!!!
I heard it cooks much faster with time saving functions. Also, you can operate it with smartphone (android). Sounds cool :D I own iPhone, though...

And yes! The same lady talks♥

I hope to use it in my video someday soon :)
Of course, I miss my old oven... it is very clean and doing fine, so I am thinking of giving it to my sister...



The smaller box is a rice cooker. I know it's my third one... haha

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Takoyaki Cake Pops - Video Recipe

This video will show you how to make Takoyaki-like Cake Pops using a Nordic Ware's Baking Pan.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-saIpJ32jS8

FYI: Takoyaki is a popular Japanese dumpling made of batter, diced octopus, tenkasu (tempura scraps), beni shoga (red pickled ginger), and aonegi (green onion), topped with okonomiyaki sauce, mayonnaise, aonori (green laver), and katsuobushi (bonito flakes).



How to Make Takoyaki (Recipe) たこ焼きの作り方 (レシピ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxW-qgj-x1E

Takoyaki??? たこ焼き???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOtgdANjoMU

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Takoyaki Cake Pops

Difficulty: Easy
Time: 20min + baking & cooling & decorating time
Number of servings: 24 cake pops

Note:
1cup = 250ml or 250cc

Ingredients:
((Cake Pops))
3/4 cup white chocolate chips (or 3 bars Meiji White Chocolate)
1/2 cup (100g=3.5oz.) butter
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup flour (or 3/4 cup cake flour + 1 tsp. baking powder)
1/4 tsp. salt
((Decoration))
HERSHEY'S Chocolate Syrup
Morinaga Rennyu (condensed milk)
matcha green tea powder
goji berries (Chinese wolfberries)

Directions:
((Cake Pops))
1. Preheat the oven to 170C (338F). Grease and flour pan.
2. In medium saucepan, over low heat, melt white chocolate chips (or 3 bars Meiji White Chocolate) and butter together. (Stop the heat when the butter starts to melt and mix with residual heat with patience. Otherwise the mixture will separate into a solid blob and an oily part.) Stir until smooth. Then pour into medium bowl.
3. Add sugar and mix until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
4. Sift in flour and salt. Stir until blended.
5. Spoon the batter into bottom half of pan (without holes) filling each well so it mounds over the top of the pan. (Norpro 1 tbsp. scoop works perfect.) (or, transfer the batter to a pastry bag and pipe it onto the pan.)
6. Place top half of pan on top and secure with keys. Bake for 15-18 minutes, until toothpick inserted comes out almost clean.
7. Cool 5 minutes in pan, then remove cake pops from pan to cool completely. Trim the edges of cake pops, if needed.
((Decoration))
1. Thinly slice goji berries to look like beni shoga (red pickled ginger).
2. Place the cake pops in a plastic container.
3. Top with HERSHEY'S Chocolate Syrup to look like Takoyaki sauce and Morinaga Rennyu (condensed milk) to look like mayonnaise. Sprinkle with matcha green tea powder to look like aonori (green laver) and top with sliced goji berries. Eat with a toothpick.

Great gift idea for your friends, easy-to-carry around!

レシピ（日本語）
http://www.cooklabo.blogspot.jp/2012/08/blog-post.html
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Batman: The Dark Knight Rises

Today on July 28th 2012, "The Dark Knight Rises" was released in Japan. I liked the story and the ending. This is a must watch movie :D

Eight years on, a new terrorist leader, Bane, overwhelms Gotham's finest, and the Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.



My darling was excited to see it while I was concerned about the Colorado shooting... I totally understood that people at the theater thought the criminal was part of the show... I'm glad we were safe. whew...

Anyways, last time I saw Anne Hathaway was in The Princess Diaries! I liked the way she has a totally different personality. And yet, she was too attractive and beautiful :D

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