After my 2019 December Japan trip, I been craving Karaage. Amazingly, one of the best Karaage that I had in Japan was in a 7-Eleven. It was crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside. So I decided to make my own at home. From Japan, we brought back a fryer pot, so it was …
Like everyone during the lockdown, I am reaching deep into my inner chef and trying new things to cook. One of the new dished that I tried a few weeks ago was the Mouth-Watering Chicken (Kou Shui Ji, 口水雞). Direct translation sometimes call it “Saliva Chicken”? …. Mouth-Watering Chicken sounds much better. Anyways, it is …
This weekend is the first-ever Easter weekend with a global lockdown. But even though it is an amazingly beautiful weekend here in Seattle, it is a weekend where Seattle shut down most of the popular parks and public areas. So, I saw this video on youtube of using whiskey to marinate steak. The video made …
Local time: Tokyo 01/03/2020 Today ends our 15 day 2019 Year End Trip. So few key stats for this trip. Number of Cities/Towns we visited: 7 ~ 8 Number of Onsen visited including today: 5Number of country visited: 2Number of Ryokan: 2Number of Hotels: 3Number of Happy Days: 16 !!! Counting day Zero!! Anyways, today …
Local Time: 01/02/2020 Day after New Years Day Today was the last full day and the only full day of our 15 day trip that we will be in Tokyo. Sometime I feel like we need to spend few more days in Tokyo, but there are always so much stuff to do in Japan and …
Local Time: 01/01/2020 New Years Day! Happy New Year!!! Today was New Years Day! Today we head back to Tokyo and leave our beloved Ito. Tokyo will be our final destination before we head back to Seattle, so our Asian adventure is quickly coming to an end. During breakfast this morning, our Japanese host surprised …
Local time: 12/30/2019 – Ito Today was our first full day in our cabin in the mountains of Ito. It is a completely rest and chill day. The weather outside was very cloudy and raining. It was a great day to be inside and not out and about. Life in the woods doesn’t start with …
Today is another relaxed and cooking weekend. Of course following the tradition of making steam buns on the weekend, this weekend is no different. We made another batch of steam buns this weekend and the results were wonderful. We’ve made alot of improvements from weeks before. We made some pork steam buns today. Check out …
So yesterday was a good night, celebrating the Chinese New Year with friends, cooking some Crawfish etouffee, and playing few rounds of poker. The etouffee was extremely popular, it was all gone fairly early. I need to make alot more next time and the poker? Well, lets just say that I did not do too …