Tonight’s dinner #13 17-04-10

牛飯 <Gyuumeshi>
Gyuumeshi again from Matsuya. After having broken my previous karaoke record of 6 hours by 2 hours, the thought of cooking food was not exactly a joyful one. With their gyuumeshi campaign still going on for another 4 days, I think I’ll go there maybe one or two more times.
picture of Matsuya Gyuumeshi

This is JAPAN

Not much of a fan of memes but whatever.
Took this photo in a Jusco here, kind of like a department store.

Unmistakably Japan: manga style mannequins.

Tonight’s dinner #12 16-04-10

豚肉とにら、もやしの炒め物 <Butaniku to nira, moyashi no itamemono>
I made this again… because I had some of the nira left from the previous time. I regretfully have to admit that I don’t know any other recipes with nira so I ended up making it again…
No picture.

Tonight’s dinner #11 15-04-10

広島焼き <Hiroshimayaki>
We went to this food court and some place was selling okonomiyaki. It turned out to be Hiroshima style okonomiyaki, which I didn’t expect to find here.
Cheap and good, but I still like Osaka style better.
It doesn’t look that much different when it’s completely covered with the toppings like okonomiyaki sauce and mayonaise but the way of making them is completely different. No picture, but it looked like in these pictures.

Tonight’s dinner #10 14-04-10

鶏肉の照り焼き + 五月菜 <toriniku no teriyaki> (chicken teriyaki) + gogatsuna>

Still love this. Added a little bit of sugar this time.

Toilet paper review: Fresh Sweets

Scent: It’s supposed to smell like “sweets”. It smells like “sweets”. I liked it alot – 4/5
Feel: Again, this one was from a while ago, but I remember it being softer than old perfume toilet paper – 4/5
Length between perforated tear lines: No complaints – 4/5
Strength: Excellent – 4/5

total score: 16/20

rolls/weeks ratio: 32/30

Tonight’s dinner #10 13-04-10

てんぷら + 五月菜 <tenpura + gogatsuna>
Some 50% discounted tenpura mix reheated in my toaster oven, still great. It consisted of shrimp, sweet potato, lotus root, squid, eggplant, shungiku and pumpkin.
There is not much I can find about gogatsuna. I’m not even sure it’s “gogatsuna” as it could also be read as “satsukina”. The word is not even in the dictionary.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempura
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garland_chrysanthemum

Transcending transmissions

When I saw this bike parked at our university, I made a O_O face. My first thought was: “Is this supposed to be an improvement over conventional bicycles or is it just a piece of antique?”. Another thought was: “I need to ride this”. Unfortunately, it was locked.
I’d never seen or heard of anything else used for transmission on bicycles other than chains and sprockets.
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt-driven_bicycle
Here’s a different, maybe even more interesting variant, one that I’ve yet to find: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaft-driven_bicycle

Tonight’s dinner #9 12-04-10

牛飯 + 紅菜(花)　<Gyuumeshi + Benina(bana)>(purple-stem mustard)
It was the first day of this gyuumeshi discount campaign at Matsuya, one of the fast food chains here, and I decided to get some as take-out. Good as always, especially since they kept the meat and sauce and the rice apart. It makes it so much harder to eat rice with chopsticks when it no longer possesses its cohesive properties because of the mixing with the sauce.
It was my first time eating benina. And it was very purple.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyūdon
Benina pics

Tonight’s dinner #8 27-03-10 ~ 11-04-10

Close to falling into old patterns, but have no fear, updates are here!

27-03 回転寿司 <Kaitenzushi> (Kyoto) – Only ate a ‘mere’ 10 plates and was completely beaten by my 19 plates opponent…
28-03 お好み焼き <Okonomiyaki> + たこ焼き<Takoyaki>(Osaka)
29-03 広島焼き<Hiroshimayaki> (Hiroshima) – I like the Osaka variety better.
30-03 博多ラーメン <Hakata ramen> from this ramen chain called Ippuudou (Fukuoka) – Best ramen variety I’ve ever had.
31-03 手仕込チケンかつカレー <Teshikomi chickenkatsu curry> at CoCo Ichibanya (Fukuoka) – Best chickenkatsu I’ve ever had.
01-04 ちゃんぽん<Chanpon> (Nagasaki) – Not too bad, but a bit bland.
02-04 Pizza (Nagasaki)
03-04 Pizza all you can eat (Osaka)
04-04 100yen McChicken x 3 (Tokyo)
05-04 焼き芋 <Yakiimo> (Roasted sweet potato) + croquette (Yamagata) – Strange and random dinner meal.
06-04 豚肉とにら、もやしの炒め物 <Butaniku to nira, moyashi no itamemono> -pic- – Just some random recipe I took that looked easy to make. It’s Ok. Consists of nira , bean sprouts and thinly sliced pork.
07-04 豚肉とにら、もやしの炒め物 <Butaniku to nira, moyashi no itamemono>
08-04 餃子 <Gyouza> and salad -pic- – Yet again looking bland, but still good.
09-04 とんかつ弁当 <Tonkatsu bentou>
10-04 チケンかつ <Chickenkatsu> from a supermarket and 小松菜 <komatsuna> -pic- , nothing like the CoCo one.
11-04 Random discounted bentou ~250yen – Accidently ate it before I could take a picture.