Rose ice cream @ Jindai Botanical Park
Next to the Jindaiji Temple (that I introduced in the previous post) , there is a Jindai Botanical Park!
When I visited this exhibition, I could see various roses from abroad and couldn’t see all of them. Because the exhibition area was huge and so many roses!
*Until the 29th of May, you can enjoy the World Rose Exhibition in the park.
People were trying to take their best photos with using the big and professional cameras!
Foodies like you, I recommend you to try the ‘Rose soft cream’. The color of the ice cream is pink white and it really tastes the scent of rose! Fun & yummy~~♪
For more photos, please check the YJC’s Facebook page!
Soba @ Jindaiji Temple
We are having the Golden week now in Japan. People go back to their hometown to see family and relatives, go to the domestic resorts, go outside of Japan or even rest at home to enjoy the long holidays. And my family’s case…we visited my hometown and we are spending a lot of time in Tokyo to discover other areas and meeting some friends. 🙂 Good days!
Today, we visited the Jindaiji Temple, which is located near my neighborhood, the west of Tokyo.
In Jindaiji, we ate the Dango (for snack), Soba (you should never miss!) and Soba manju (to check its flavor). And I bought some things that I’ve wanted to get for a long time. *I will show you them soon!!
For more photos, please check YJC’s Facebook Page!
YUCa’s Table : vol.107
Breakfast menu:
– Miso soup
– Mix of Japanese rice and brown rice
– Boiled daikon radish
– Natto
– Sauteed Hijiki
– Sweetened beans
– Pickled plum
– Tofu refuse salad
– Boiled butterbur
YUCa’s Table : vol.106
Lunch menu:
– Home style Ramen
Bamboo shoots are now in season!
In Japan, we see many bamboo shoots at the supermarket and also on TV.
You’ll see many fresh bamboo shoots piled up at the supermarket. And, you also see the small bags with rice bran besides them. (It’s cute and of course, it’s FREE!) The rice bran can absorb the astringent taste when boiling the bamboo shoots. That’s why they usually are displayed together at the store.
You can also buy the precooked bamboo shoots to save cooking time.
In my hometown Fukushima, my father and relatives still enjoy getting the bamboo shoots from the bamboo forest. When I was a child, I also enjoyed getting them with families. What a good memory!
Since I like to cook and eat the seasonal vegetables, I bought the boiled bamboo shoot and cooked several appetizers! I still have the rest of it, so I am thinking to make Japanese style pasta and mixed rice with using several other vegetables.
Let’s enjoy the seasonal vegetables!
Bamboo shoot salad topped with bonito flakes
Cooked bamboo shoot topped with dried shrimp and sansho pepper sauce
YUCa’s Table : vol.104
Dinner menu:
– Japanese rice
– Miso soup with various tofu and spring onion
– Karaage (Japanese style fried chicken)
– Salad
– Grilled green peas
– Pickled daikon radish and plum
– Sautted daikon radish
– Iyokan orange
YUCa’s Table : vol.103
Dinner menu:
– Japanese rice
– Miso soup with shiitake mushroom and green onion
– Tofu croquet
– Grilled eggplant with miso sauce
– Pickled plum, daikon radish
– Sauteed daikon radish
– Iyokan orange
Motsu Nabe @ Fukuoka (Kyushu area)
I went to Fukuoka last weekend. Fukuoka is located in Kyusyu area which is south west area in Japan.
The purpose of visiting Fukuoka was to introduce my son to his great-grandmother who is 95 years old.
It was his first flight so I was worried whether he would cry or shout during the flight. But it was 1.5 hour flight and he was pretty OK.
I personally love the local foods in Kyushu area. One of my favorite and must-to-eat food is a hot pot called “Motsu Nabe”. In English, giblet hotpot. We could eat this hot pot near the hotel so I was totally satisfied. v(^o^)v
My husband, my son and I only spent two days in Fukuoka but we enjoyed the family time there. Hope you like other photos as well and visit Fukuoka soon or next time you visit Japan!
YUCa’s Table : vol.102
Breakfast menu:
– Miso soup with fried tofu and spring onion
– Yaki-onigiri (Grilled rice ball)
– Yaki-onigiri with Japanese basil and miso
– Grilled cod fish
– Sausage
– Braised pumpkin
– Mini tomato
– Sauteed shiitake mushroom
– Japanese omelet
– Pickled plum
