This is another of the chocolates in my Japanese chocolate assortment. This one is filled with a coffee flavored caramel-like filling. Mmm mmm mmm....
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Inside BIS*
BIS*
While at Mitsuwa the last time, I picked up a package of assorted Japanese chocolate from the candy company Tirol. The kind of chocolate pictured above is milk chocolate with a small biscuit (kind of like an animal cracker) in the middle. It is quite tasty. Tomorrow, you'll get to see the insides.
*This is my post from Friday, March 30, 2007. This post is late. Uh huh...
*This is my post from Friday, March 30, 2007. This post is late. Uh huh...
Iced Tea at Work*
Just to confirm for you that I am on a making my own iced tea kick, witness iced tea at work. I have even been making iced tea in some old VitaminWater bottles while at work. It doesn't get much more obsessive than that. It's so great to have homemade iced tea at work, though. Yummy! This is a photo of the cap on a bottle of my iced tea. I made a little monogram for the top so that, when it's in the fridge, people know that it's mine. Also, I was kinda bored...
*This is my post from Thursday, March 29, 2007. This post is late. Uh huh...
*This is my post from Thursday, March 29, 2007. This post is late. Uh huh...
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Make your own teabags
I have been on a making my own iced tea kick lately. Tonight I took Andrew's suggestion and mixed some green tea with what we had left over of Teavana's Lemon Twist rooibos tea. The rooibos was loose and I didn't feel like fishing it out so I used these make-your-own-teabag things that we got during our trip to Mitsuwa. That's it floating at the back of the pot (the top of the photograph). They operate like those fold over sandwich bags. I haven't tried the tea yet but I'm sure it's going to be very tasty!!
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Yogurt with Honey
I had some vanilla yogurt with some honey along with some dried figs for dessert tonight. It was simply divine, although the figs could have been better. Next time we will have to purchase them at Whole Foods and not the local Korean market... I really love the way that the honey looks in this picture!!
Monday, March 26, 2007
Bell Peppers - Indian style
I'm still on the Indian cooking kick. This evening I made these tasty bell peppers in a yogurt and roast chickpea flour sauce. It was a little spicy from the cayenne pepper but it tasted somewhat nutty and smoky. It has lots of cumin seeds; just wonderfully tasty!!! Andrew also made an amazing dish this evening with black-eyed peas and mushrooms. It was very tasty. He used the real cinnamon that I purchased from our Korean market. I love it!!!
Silkworm Pupa*
EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean... Sounds appetizing!! NOT!!! This just creeps me out. This is a can of silkworms that are somewhere in between the larval and adult stage. This can was being sold at our local Korean market. What is more, they were on sale!!! Just 99 cents per can!! You can almost taste it, can't you?! I hope not...
*This is my post from Sunday, March 25, 2007. This post is late. Yeah, yeah, yeah...
*This is my post from Sunday, March 25, 2007. This post is late. Yeah, yeah, yeah...
Grapefruit*
Smarties*
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Dried Apricot
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
VitaminWater
I bought this VitaminWater at one of the lunch trucks today. I didn't really think that I was going to like it but they didn't have the green tea that I wanted... I was shocked, though. It was actually pretty darn tasty!!! This is the dragonfruit flavor. To be honest, it is sugar water, and I love sugar :-)
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
3 Musketeers
Peanuts*
Indian Food*
I spent most of my day cooking, doing laundry, cleaning the guinea pig cage and shoveling... What fun?! Well actually, the cooking was kind of fun. I made three dishes from my vegetarian Indian cookbook. I made the cauliflower dish (pictured earlier) again but this time with double the spices but too much salt. I also made a split moong dal soup that was quite tasty and, because of the spices, Andrew thinks smells like sausage. Lastly, I made the dish pictured above. It is stew type dish that has chickpeas, eggplant, spinach and tomatoes. Absolutely delicious!! I can't wait to make some more of the recipes from the book!!
*This is my post for Sunday, March 18, 2007. This post is late. Get used to it...
*This is my post for Sunday, March 18, 2007. This post is late. Get used to it...
Green Tea Candy*
Almonds*
Walnut*
Arizon Green Tea*
Yogurt Pretzels*
Wasabi Peas*
This is photo of some wasabi peas that I have at work. They are very hot (spicy) and tasty but the one in the back with the eye really freaked me out!!! I swear that Photoshop was not involved in this photo. Sadly, I ate the evidence...
*This is my post for Monday, March 12, 2007. This post is late. Get used to it...
*This is my post for Monday, March 12, 2007. This post is late. Get used to it...
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Bridal Shower Cake
Erin's bridal shower was today. It was at Andrew's parents' house. The decorations and food were just wonderfully beautiful. This is a photo of the huge heart cake that was at the shower. The cake decorations were great - simple and elegant. I had the opportunity to have some after the shower. The cake part was palatable; the icing, however, was wonderful!! So tasty...
Tuna and Cranberry Sandwich*
Andrew and I bought dinner from Whole Foods tonight. We so rarely go; it's a shame. Anyway, I got this tuna and cranberry salad. I put it on a toasted oat bran bagel with some English cheddar that we got at Trader Joe's. I also had some orzo salad that had spinach, roasted red peppers and roasted pine nuts. Dinner was just divine!!
*This is my post from Saturday, March 10, 2007. This post is a tad bit late. Kathleen and Adair came last night and I got a little bit distracted...
*This is my post from Saturday, March 10, 2007. This post is a tad bit late. Kathleen and Adair came last night and I got a little bit distracted...
Friday, March 09, 2007
Nut
Curried Cauliflower with Potatoes*
I finally tried making something from the wonderful vegetarian Indian cookbook that Andrew's parents gave me for the holidays in 2005. I really enjoyed this recipe. I found it very tasty but Andrew said it needs more spice. I guess that I'll have to try some more spice next time... I can't wait to try some more recipes!!!
*This is my post from Thursday, March 8, 2007. This post is late. What can I say? Life happens...
*This is my post from Thursday, March 8, 2007. This post is late. What can I say? Life happens...
Squishy Insides*
Cadbury Creme Egg*
Cashew*
Blueberry Cobbler Thingy*
This is the blueberry cobbler type thing that we had for my birthday. It was my request. It is a recipe that came from the Cake Doctor cookbook. I haven't had it in a very long time and it is so good. It basically consists of blueberry pie filling, crushed pineapple, cake mix and a lot of butter!!! What could be better?!
*This is my post from Sunday, March 4, 2007. This post is late. What can I say? Life happens...
*This is my post from Sunday, March 4, 2007. This post is late. What can I say? Life happens...
Chocolate Truffle*
Japanese Marshmallow Candy*
This is a photo of a very tasty kind of Japanese candy that is made of marshmallow. These candies can have different fillings. In this case, it is chocolate. As you can probably tell from looking at the photo, I took a bite out of this one. Yummy!!
*This is my post from Friday, March 2, 2007. This post is late. What can I say? Life happens...
*This is my post from Friday, March 2, 2007. This post is late. What can I say? Life happens...
Coffee Grounds*
Andrew and I have made the leap into grinding our coffee. Our new coffee grinder is very cool but also very, very loud. This is a photograph of some of the grounds that came from our grinder. Don't they look like they will make some tasty coffee?!
*This is my post from Thursday, March 1, 2007. This post is late. What can I say? Life happens...
*This is my post from Thursday, March 1, 2007. This post is late. What can I say? Life happens...
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Turkey Hill Ice Cream - Black Raspberry
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Turkey Sandwich
Monday, February 26, 2007
Milky Way
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Morinaga Pancake Mix*
This morning we made some tasty pancakes from a mix that we picked up at Mitsuwa last weekend. The brand is Morinaga and they were totally tasty, fluffy yet firm. And, I ask you, in what other country besides Japan would all the ingredients have happy faces? Ok, maybe Korea but these are definitely Japanese...
*This is my post from Saturday, February 24, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...
*This is my post from Saturday, February 24, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...
Birthday Cake*
Today is my birthday. Everyone conspired to make it a great b-day!!! I was very happy!! I had sushi lunch, the tasty cake (pictured above), presents, Outback Steakhouse dinner and a new cubicle. The only thing that would have made it better was no project to work on...
*This is my post from Friday, February 23, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...
*This is my post from Friday, February 23, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...
Rich Chocolate Ovaltine*
Andrew and I purchased some rich chocolate Ovaltine at the Acme today. This is my first Ovaltine experience and I have to say it was pretty tasty. In fact, it was rich and chocolaty... Scrumptious!!
*This is my post from Thursday, February 22, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...
*This is my post from Thursday, February 22, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...
Andes Mint*
I really love chocolate; can you tell? This is picture of an Andes mint that I ate tonight. I really love these cookie bars that my aunt makes from Andes mints. They are so good and even tastier than the mints themselves.
*This is my post from Wednesday, February 21, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...
*This is my post from Wednesday, February 21, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...
Strawberry Chocolate*
As usual, a photograph of some tasty Japanese chocolate. This time it is strawberry chocolate from Meiji. This is some of my favorite from Japan, right behind Meltyblend and Black... I really like the way that the reflection from the chocolates made the plate pinkish.
*This is my post from Tuesday, February 20, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...
*This is my post from Tuesday, February 20, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...
Ramune*
Yes, you have previously seen a similar photo on my blog. This is ramune, the Japanese soda with the marble that I wrote about before. This time it is the original flavor that I like that to describe as similar to bubble gum flavored penicillin. Sounds tasty, no? I bought a six pack when we were at Mitsuwa this past Saturday.
*This is my post from Monday, February 19, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...
*This is my post from Monday, February 19, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...
Andrew's Tasty Dinner*
This is the very wonderful meal that Andrew made for dinner tonight. We bought some cheap tilapia at the local Korean market. Andrew made it very tasty with some lemon, herbs and enoki mushrooms!! He also made this salad that he found the recipe for in one of his cooking magazines. It was so, so tasty!! It was endive, cauliflower, white beans and feta cheese in this really good lemon dressing. This is one of my favorite salads. Just fantastic.
*This is my post from Sunday, February 18, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...
*This is my post from Sunday, February 18, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...
Shio Ramen*
Andrew, his parents and I went on an odyssey to Mitsuwa, a huge Japanese market in Edgewater, New Jersey. After a slight detour to NYC, we made it to Mitsuwa and had some lunch. This is a photo of the tasty, tasty, tasty shio ramen (salt ramen) that I had for lunch. That thing at the bottom of the photo is fish cake; I like them but Andrew hates them... So, the players are, going from the fish cake around the left: pork, bamboo shoots and mushrooms. In the middle are scallions and a sour cherry. My lunch was so, so good. I wish we had a ramen shop around our house... That would be the best...
*This is my post from Saturday, February 17, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...
Orange Slice*
Chocolaty Milk*
Chocolaty milk is the bestest. This is a photo of the Hershey's chocolate syrup that has settled at the bottom of the glass before I had a chance to stir it up. Some would say this is a lot of chocolate for the tiny glass of milk I'm having; Andrew would say it is definitely not enough!! His glass would be half chocolate syrup and half milk if I let him...
*This is my post from Thursday, February 15, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...
*This is my post from Thursday, February 15, 2007. This post is late. I am very sorry. I have had a project to do for class that has absolutely kicked my butt!! It has sucked away all of my time this past week and a half...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Hokkaido Cream
This is a new little snack that I found during our shopping trip to the local Korean market. It's from Meiji, the same folks that make Meltyblend. It has a little chocolate cookie on the bottom that is topped with a cream (hence the name...). The entire thing is covered in a semi-hard chocolate shell that is dusted with cocoa powder. It is quite tasty but the cream, as is most often the case in Japan, is not as sweet as it would be in a Western snack. Overall, I would give it an 8 out of 10. :-)
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Curry - Japanese Style
This is some tasty Japanese style curry that I made on Sunday night. This is a photo of some of that curry that I had for lunch today. Andrew and I have taken it to work for lunch yesterday and today. I like this curry because it is a little spicy and this time I made it with chicken thighs which turned out very tender and juicy. Yummy!!! :-)
Monday, February 12, 2007
Bribery
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Guinea Pig Salad
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