bibim-bap

I often go to Korea for my job.
Korean BBQ is very nice and they are famous but also they have so many great vegetable dishes as well. Bibim-bap is one of most popular and basic dish. Different kind of soaked or fresh vegetable on top of rice and you could add some beef if you prefer. Even Korean airline has this dish when you take long haul fright.
Actually, it's best fright meal for me. Healthy and never goes wrong because such a simple dish.

I just found one good place in London for this dish. Seoul bakery in Tottenham court road. I normally don't go to Korean restaurant in London because price doesn't much for quality but this place is very reasonable. Five pounds for Bibim-bap with Kimuchi and soup. The place is more like a take away restraunt has some eat-in area. Perfect for lunch when you go to shopping in central and feel like not spend a lot but not fancy sandwiches or Chinese.

Wine of the month

Those are three best wine for me this month.
I couldn't choose into one... Maybe i drank too much, too much choices.

From right;
Yllera 2002 Spain Castilla y Leon/ 12 months in cask of French and American oak. It has got strong charactor, at same time very silky.
Nero Buono 2005 Italy / Somehow my business partner bring this Italian wine from Germany every time. Funny how wine travel to me but i appreciate this wine, so worth to travel i hope. This is again very oaky and silky, totally my taste!
Procecco veneto /Season for sparkling wine. This organic procecco is very crisp and perfect for summer!

Happy cooking and baking!

What i like summer time in London is beautiful light!
A big rainbow over hackney marsh yesterday at 8pm from my friend E's flat.
Still it was very bright but time to cook dinner.


I cooked Whole grilled mackerel with red onion pasta.


At same time we worked on making cupcake. E is my baking teacher.
Recipe from hamming bird bakery.
To decorate with flosting was highlight, such a fun!
Here, those are we think we made it beautifully.


And these are funny one.


After baking, we start wrap cakes, making box and decorate with ribbon for our baby cupcake going to journey.
Journey that makes people smile.

Whole night was creative and full of smile.
Now we just need to deliver our baby to you*

Sushi Hiro

I always go to this place when I miss Sushi, . This time was for company dinner.
I wanted our staff try real sushi after we all worked hard!
The restaurant is fur from glamorous but very authentic Sushi they serve.
Those in the photo is all roll-sushi but of course we had a lot of Nigiri-sushi before this. Just I couldn't take photo... because we eat straight way.

Farmhouse Yogurt

I recently addicted to this very rich farm house yogurt with Apple cinnamon.
It's almost eating like a tarte-tatin!

Fields of rapeseed

This time of year, English countryside covered by rapeseed blossoms.
It's gave me extra view when i drive within season.
Both side of road could be all yellow.
It is nearly magical how field painted by flowers.
I always see this scenery when i visit my extended family in Essex.

Even it is just over one hour drive from East London,
there is much more nature. There are a lot of farm houses you can buy local grown veg and food along side of road.Those veg always could taste. You can really taste each of vegetables.
Nothing like one from big super market, looks different but taste all the same.

From Left; Leek, Spinach(from Su's house),White broccoli, parsonips


Today, my dish is for enjoy spring vegetables.
Warm white broccoli salad with mix leaf / Gorgonzala dressing

Curry for begining of summer (Feels like...)

I guess I'm a bit slow to up date but i can't skip this.
It was very beautiful sunny day, Easter Monday.
Feeling like begging of summer.
When it is hot, somehow we always wanted to eat hot stuff.
It was right timing! V cooked curry for me.
She told me she inherited this amazing curry recipe from her mum who is very good cook. Her family still go to India to buy spices twice a year! What a pleasure to taste such a real curry!! The recipe is originally from south India region.

Accompany with Saint Emilion 1998. She directly ordered to the winery.

After good meal, we needed excise, walked along side of canal.

Happy Easter!

To be honest, I'm not familiar with easter.
We don't have custom to celebrate easter in Japan but celebration is always fun!
I got this funny shaped easter cupcake from E.C.
She always great with baking and fun.
So this is it!
Thank you!

home

A Friend from LA was staying my place couple of days.
We went to dim sum for lunch and wild honey for dinner yesterday,
then went to Yawatcha for afternoon tea today.

Time to settle at home.



Cheese, olive, pate, mustard source salad.(Well, I just put everything together that we wanted to eat)

Also she cooked mussel and home made mojito for us!

Wild honey

Rissotto of smoked eel

Slow cooked elwy valley lamb breast

Chicken Liver in three ways

I wanted eat something so simple in Japanese way yesterday.
Maybe cherry blossom made me little home sick...

Pork Miso paste sushi (Pork miso paste from Su)
Grilled chicken liver skewer
Grilled smoked jack fish


I bought a pack of 400g of chicken liver and made
another two dishes from it.

Chicken liver on rice bowl with mix leaf


Chicken liver pate.

Cherry blossom at their best.

Amazing view from my kitchen at this moment.
A Japanese poet said
"They know their life is very short but they never afraid to be scattered.
That's why they are so beautiful". How brave cherry blossom is!



Cherry blossom is something so special for us, Japanese because season of new start. Graduation ceremony is this time of year and new term start in Japan. We have cherry blossoms behind of most school photos. Every year cherry blossom calender tells us when will be the best day to see cherry blossoms, depend of area for us to not miss best time having a party underneath of trees. So many memories lie at cherry blossoms.



Here is a dessert with cherry blossom leaf.
from Teien museum cafe in Meguro, Tokyo.

Alice wonderland's super mini cup cake

I bumped into R.E this morning.He is musician.
He told me he play tonight, so i went to see his gig.
Actually, it was part of play "Alice wonderland".
I had yummy super mini size cup cake(on the leaflet in first photo).

Stage set was really imaginative and his singing was super in the play.
See more detail at www.lefto.co.uk
They bring you to another world!

From Spain

I can't live without Cheese, ham and wine.
(it's nothing to do with April fool's day. It's true!)
When I am away to Asia, my body tells me that i need it within 3days.
My sister knows well and she also is.
What she brought this time were



Top: Rosemary caw cheese Bottom: Spanish ham

Of course, we opened couple bottle of wine with it and talk, talk and talk...