Carrara Marble mountain

Tunnel to a marble cave.

Entrance to the marble cave is quite pop!

Marble cave 

Maria statue is made from Marble in Carrara.

The artist who made this marble bowl.

Making own pesto with my new marble bowl.

Today's dinner

late summer in Italy

Tuscany

Fiscarino in Liguria

It's still over 30 degrees here, gelato at seaside is the best.

A friend cooked for me Porchini cream pasta

Look! All of these are also Porchini!! Waiting in a fridge to be fried!

Deep fried porchini! Gorgeous.

Ingreadents in Italy is fresh, so i do simple cooking here.

Rocket pesto

This is my new favorite recipe; Rocket&basil pesto. One day, I was about to make pesto but I realized I don't have enough basil. I used half rocket and half rocket instead because I remember one of my friend told me that he made pesto with some leaf veg from his garden and was delicious! so why not? Rocket gives little bit of spice to pesto and it's delicious!

A special day dinner

I set up a big table in my Living room because I"ll have ten guest for a special dinner.

Italian cheese and salami I directly brought back from Italy.

Scallop and Langoustine with leak.

Fried chicken with spring onion vinegar source.

Seven empty bottles for seven wine drinkers which means guest enjoyed the night!

Special day Dining

I set up a big table in my Living room because I"ll have ten guest for a special dinner tonight.

Italian cheese and salame I directly brought back from Italy.

Scallop and langostine with leak.

Fried chicken with spring onion vinegar source.

Seven empty bottles for seven wine drinkers.

Beautuiful Ladle collection

Such a nice present for me; Beautiful ladles!! My pasta, soup and boiled veg will be better taste with these!

Oil

Total 5Liter of good oil; Delicious extra virgin olive oil, Sundry tomato oil, facial oil and body oil. Good oil is essential for your health!

Japanese food

I was in Hong Kong couple days after the Japan earthquake on 11 March. I went to posh Japanese super market and realized so much less customer than normal and most of Japanese product is on sale. Even if the product produced before the earthquake and no damage from radiation. I bought as much as I could brought back to London. I think Japanese government really need to make a clear guidance for not to make people worry about safety about Japanese product, otherwise it's very natural that they avoid it. I hope our government became honest and supportive for people's safety.

Spring just around the corner

Cherry blossom start opening their flowers; that is the most symbolic thing to feel beginning of spring for me.

Pork chop with mastered source for dinner

La Fromagerie

La Fromagerie (www.lafromagerie.co.uk) in Highbury has very nice cakes as much as their famous cheese selection. This is Oraganic secilian apple cake made me very happy today.

Dinner@home; Fresh pampkin, spinach and riccota cheese tortellini cream pasta.

Leo wine

As soon as i saw this wine, i didn't have choice, even if i knew this isn't good one(well actually wasn't bad, easy drink one), I still bought this because picture look so much like Leo!! The dog in my parents house, one of my brother.

Miffi

My new oven grove come from Miffy museum in Utrecht. I like the happy orange color!

Smell of sweet

My flatmate was baking bear cokies today. Smell of baking is always make me happy. Such a warm feeling.

Kimchi Soba noodle

Sometime I create a great new dish when I need to cook with what I have in my fridge. Tomorrow, I will travel to Seoul so I can't do shopping and I made this new noodle dish; Kimchi, Chinese black mashroom, morning glory with Soba noodle. Japanese x Korean dish.

A Happy new year 2011!!

Fresh start of year 2011.
A lot of fruits help to wake me up.

After our fresh fruits breakfast, we went to a wood to see my family in Essex.

Master of tree; P.

Very creative artist; S and new member of our family; N.

Hanging kettle on fire

Appetizer; Selection of ham and cheese, minced pie, Wasabi pea.

Real smoked bacon!

This is something i was amazed; I never imagined someone could make cake with camp fire but...

Here it is. Blueberry cake!!

We start doing this picnic lunch for Christmas or New year's day from last year. Most of people say "wow how brave to do picnic under freezing condition!!" but once you expericenced it, you know what a great way to spend Christmas or New year rather than stay indoor. Fresh air, real fire, surrounding by nature make us very happy. You feel great how to start new year!