looks like the dog enjoys the feel of the ridges on the slide
Browsing Junkgirl™ blog archives for August, 2009.
is hard…
a glass a day is hard enough. two glasses? will try…
it’s a lot easier to consume a whole box of these pineapple tarts…
Returning to Shoya, for lunch.
Chawan mushi
Broiled duck in a tangy sauce
Sashimi
Nama Shii Hotate – SHOYA’s signature dish, mashed scallops and the quail egg topped with a whole shiitake mushroom
Nigiri sushi
Unagi with edamame
Tempura
Mixed steamed rice
Wagyu beef
Teriyaki beef
Miso soup. The Japanese drink their soup without a spoon. Just stir with chopsticks and drink straight from the bowl.
Dessert – green tea ice-cream
The exterior of Shoya, located on Market Lane, off Lt Bourke St in Melbourne.
Toasted english muffins with garlic butter and a slice of Kraft cheese, raw tomatoes and a few WeetBix Crunchy Honey pieces.
Raw tomatoes is a discovery during high school days. Came home from school one day and searched for something to munch on, in the fridge. Found nothing but some tomatoes so i ate one, whole, like eating an apple. Tasted good and began to consume one a day, then. Am resuming this habit now. Since apples don’t interest me, “A tomato a day keeps the doctor away”.
in Box Hill
Century egg (preserved egg) porridge
Fried noodles
Glutinous rice wrapped in lotus leaf
unwrapped
Laurent Boulangerie Pattiserie in Doncaster Shoppingtown
looking to see what’s available
chocolate croissant
a heartbroken latte for me?
closing
from above
(9 January 2009)
Brunch at a shop in Ueno station. Choices…
zarusoba (cold soba) and kare-don (curry on rice). this is how to eat cold soba.
hot soba in soup and katsu-don (pork chop on rice)
Walking around Ueno station. there is plenty to browse and buy, even inside the stations. Most of the signage in Tokyo has English written on it.
onigiri selection
sushi selections
re-stocking the vending machines
Hard Rock Cafe, Ueno, Tokyo
it was pouring rain outside the station
hotto kouhi
adult section on the top level of a magazine/hobby shop
photos were secretly taken so not quite straight
yakiniku dinner at Jojoen in Shinjuku, which we stumbled upon.
the dip
the salad was tasty – spicy and sour
gyutan (ox tongue)
marinated beef slices
these were harami, from memory
blue umbrella bags
Audi put out a billboard for a new car – ‘Your move, BMW.’ BMW’s response on the billboard across the street – ‘Checkmate.’
It’s hard to resist instant noodles for supper but being on a self-imposed food intake restriction, strawberries are the substitute for tonight. Being a non-exerciser, the only option to lose 4kgs is to restrict food intake. Maybe some exercise is required, to complement the restriction.
