Food Trip Friday--Noche Buena

I hope your holidays have been filled with loved ones, all of your favourite things and foodies. Our Merry Christmas festive was celebrated with the family, with smiles and giggles^_^

Chocolate Tart from REPACO Garden that I ordered online--ornament and party candle included

Our Noche Buena

Beef Pastrami Garden Salad-- rocket ( arugula), romaine lettuce, mizuna, tomato with our favourite salad dressing

Chicken Namban--deep fried chicken seasoned with soysauce, mirin, vinegar and sugar accompanied with tartar sauce

Japanese style Caprese--Mozzarella cheese, tomato and shiso (japanese herb) wrapped with Prosciutto, sprinkled with ground black pepper

Tomato sauce Pasta

A glass of fruity Beaujolais-Village Nouveau red wine and piece of Chocolate Tart for you ^_^

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Food Trip Friday--Lunch Date At Italian Dining

This is how my rival-free ( read: daughters lol ) lunch date (again) with my husband ended. I really like days like this ^_^

Me and my husband had our lunch date at Italian Dining at Alios Iwaki Performing Arts Center. We came early and enjoyed the atmosphere without the crowd on a weekday. Yup, another date while my kids were at school--I'm always looking forward on days like this^_^ I invited Yochan ( hubby) there coz it's a new found italian restaurant--yours trully and some of my mama-tomo ( japanese mum friends) had our lunch there ( I didn't take photos though, nahihiya ako ) and ordered their pasta combi lunch ( your choice of pasta and a slice of pizza plus veggie salad and a drink for 850 jpy).

One of my favourite is a little something before starting the meal and that is the antipasto platter. Lively variety and is pleasing to my eyes--it was almost a meal for me! I'm also addicted into salads and their italian dressing was great. I had onion, carrot, spinach and lots of fresh lettuce. Their pasta carbonara is tasty and delicious although my husband says the sauce is too heavy for him--I have no problem with mine however. The presentation of their dessert was really nicely made, it doesn't help my waistline but would definitely go back just for dessert! The service is superb but a little pricey ( 1,600 jpy per person ) but worth the cost and would definitely go back again. ^_^

Antipasto Platter---marinated bacon, pumpkin salad, vinaigrette daikon radish and olive
Carbonara, simple yet elegant meal
Dolce--Cheesecake and Dark Chocolate Ice Cream

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Food Trip Friday---My Birthday Party At ZaZa

Celebrated my (?)th birthday last November 16 at Zaza ( yakiniku restaurant)together with my In-Laws(PIL,SIL and family,BIL and Great Granny). My MIL (sponsor) suggested a shabu-shabu party or a sukiyaki party for a change but I always love a yakiniku party at Zaza--making it like a tradition (coz she's always treating my birthday there) plus the food ( you cannot get wrong with their meat, they serve the best meats and high quality meats here in our place--that's why it's pricey ), service and ambiance of the restaurant are just great. Received a birthday sweets from Zaza as service but if we mind telling them that it was a birthday reservation ( was reserved earlier), the birthday sweets would be more gorgeous. Well, I love it anyway and hey, it's free^_^ We ordered and ate, drink, then we ordered again. It's either me who's doing much the talking, picture taking or making the meat burned and then we ordered again and before I know it, I'm on my 5th glass of my favourite shochu drinks lol!

My 34th birthday~Time flies when we're having fun ^_^
Birthday sweets for me, service from Zaza! Arigatou Gozaimashita!
Fresh Cassis Grapefruit sour (shochu based drinks)
Nama Wagyu Nigiri, can be eaten as is with the sauce (without grilling). Forgive me, but I grilled mine
My Wagyu( highest grade kobe beef) platter, soft and delicate! Literally melts in your mouth!
Pork Shabu-shabu Veggie Salad with Sesame Dressing
My share of bibimbap and Peach and Grapefruit sour ( shochu based drink )
Annin-doufu for dessert(2nd time around lol), ice cream for the kids
after

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Food Trip Friday--My Tokuji san

While waiting for a mamatomo ( friend mum), I lurked inside the Bakery House My Tokuji, a bakery house that is a joy to visit.( I tend to take photos of what the inside but there's a lot of buying customers in the bakery and so I didn't and the truth is it's my 3rd time attempt ) I love having my simple ME time there and sometimes a tambayan while having a talk with some of my mamatomo. They have a wide of arrays of baked goodies and I highly recommend their maple french and kurumi pan ( walnut bread )since it was one of their best, they're all gone when I visited (T_T). All of their goods looks amazing and smell even better! And also you can sit back and relax while having their best baked goods at the outside and the environment here is like a cozy bakery and oh before I forget, there's also a FREE coffee service ^_^ I bought mine however at the nearest convenience store lol!
Their healthy Tofu Burger in a Sesame Bun---
YUMM!!
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Food Trip Friday---Lunch Course At Angelo's

This is how my rival-free (read:daughters lol) lunch date with my husband ended. I really like days like this ^_^

Crab in Tomato Cream Sauce Pasta

I had a couple of lunch date with my husband Yochan at Angelo Big Cabin ( Italian restaurant ) during his day-off on a weekday while the kids are at school. The place is cozy and you dine in style but very affordable.
The lunch course costs for only 1,000 jpy and that includes a choice of your pasta plus a garlic bread, veggie salad, dessert and a choice of your drink. I swear they serve the best pasta here in Fukushima!

3 Kinds of Berries Soda

Eggplant Bolognese Pasta

Mango and Pineapple Soda

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Food Trip Friday---Matcha, I Lurve!!

---Starbucks Discoveries Kyoto Matcha Latte---

I had this 'matcha boom' drinks during the summer---my great alternative to coffee-based drinks. Some may not like the ' horo nigai ' ( literally means a lil bit bitter ) experience of matcha because of it's 'misunderstood taste' but you can now enjoy for some modern drinks--sweetened and less bitter than the standard matcha like matcha lattes, matcha frozen drinks and some other blends. Give matcha a try, I think you will love it too! ^_^
---Matcha Au Lait with Kuro Mitsu Jelly-- I love the bitter taste of the matcha and the delightful sweetness of dark brown syrup jelly. A limited-time drink from Mister Donuts---
---Pon De Matcha Milk Crunch-- so crunchy in the inside and mochi texture in the outside coated with matcha chocolate---
---Matcha Au Lait Milk Jelly, another limited-time Green Tea Drink----

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Food Trip Friday--Tanabata Matsuri Feasts

Hurray! It's Friday once again and it's time for some food tripping^_^ As a promise from my previous post I will be posting our tanabata matsuri festives as my entry for this week. Attending summer festivals here in Japan means seeing lots of japanese in summer yukata, outdoor stalls, festival gourmet, traditional games but for me, it's Izakaya time! Forgive me, a mug of cold beer is calling my name! And oh, nama shibori shochu based ( distilled drinks ), too! Not much with foodies--not because that they're not good, it's just that the main is to drink lol! We ordered some yakki hokki ( grilled fish ), yakitori ( marinated chicken on skewers ), nankotsu ( chicken cartilage ), cold noodle salad and agedashi tofu ( photos not included ) for our appetizer and kiddie meal for my kids.

---Fries, a favorite of all times---
---Tebasaki ( chicken wings with hot and spicy miso sauce )---
---Grapefruit and kiwi combination of nama shibori shochu ( distilled drinks )--believe me, it's good! A friendly reminder: If you drink, don't drive, if you drive don't drink. And oh, please drink moderately. My kids let me drink up to 4 mugs only hmpptt!LOL!---

Enjoy your weekend guys!!

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