What are you hungry for? in Pittsburgh.: July 2013

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Shizuoka - Dinner

Dinner

Kanpa-i!

Sashimi

Grilled Fish

Potato ball with Miso sauce

Yaki Onigiri

Ito city, Shizuoka Prefecture - Lunch

Sushi for lunch in Shizuoka.

Can you see a little origami crane? Isn't it pretty?

Salmon and Chu-Toro Don

Assort Sushi : Aji, Ebi, Sake, Ika, Chu-Toro, Negi-Toro Maki

Love you, Chu-Toro

Aichi - Breakfast

Breakfast at Minsyuku in Aichi.

Hamachi Aradaki (cooked Yellowtail jaw)

Aji no Hiraki (Mackerel)

Steamed Seafood with veggies

Crab Miso-soup

Aichi Prefecture - Dinner

I went to Aichi! Why Aichi? idk. I stayed at Minshuku(Japanese style B & B). One minute walk to beach, but it was rain all day. :(

I just relaxed and ate good seafood meal.

Lunch : onigiri(rice ball) from convenience store

Dinner

Sashimi : (from left) Tairagi(pen shell?), Hirame(flounder), Shako(mantis shrimp?) and Tako(octopus)

Sazae no Tsuboyaki (grilled sea snail)

Shita Birame no Nitsuke (tongue fish)

Ebi (shrimp)

O-Asari (clam)

Shijimi no Misoshiru (miso-soup)

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Dinner with my best friend

Dinner with my best friend on July 28.

I went to Marukiya, skewer restaurant. This restaurant is know as fresh and good variety meat. I know, it sounds disguisting again. But I love it! Anyway here are what I ate;

Namul (Korean style seasoned vegetable)

Senmai and Mino Sashimi(offal sashimi)

Kochori(spell?) - Korean Salad

Gukbap - Korean Spicy Rice Soup

We went to a nice bar after dinner.

Vodka with watermellon. I usually don't drink vodka but I liked this one a lot.
Thank you, Maki! I love you, girl.

Breakfast at home

Breakfast at my parents place on July 28.

I requested tarako(cod roe). It is delicious! I also had Tougan(kind of squash, I guess) and Miso Soup.

Perfect!

The first lunch in Japan! Sushi-go-round, baby!

Sushi for lunch on July 27.

Sushiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!! I went to Kaiten Sushi for lunch. Kaiten Sushi is sushi restaurant which has sushi on conveyor belt and customers pick whatever they want. After the meal, a server comes to count plates customers took and gives the bill. This style is kinda fast food and price is pretty cheap.

Shima Aji (Striped Jack?)

Unagi(eel)

Chu Toro(fatty tuna) - you wanna know how cheap they are? This plate with two pieces are lett than $4.

Hamachi(yellow tail) - maybe this plate is about $2.

Negi-Toro Hosomaki(fatty tuna with scallion roll)

Maguro Zanmai(tuna sampler)

Saba Bouzushi(Spanish Mackerel)

I am so happy to be here!

The first breakfast in Japan.

Breakfast on July 27.

This is what I longed for my breakfast for a long time. Rice with raw egg and Natto(fermented soybean). I know, it sounds disgusting. You can skip this post. I don't care. I enjoyed my first breakfast in Japan.

Been a while! I am in Japan!

It's been almost 3 weeks sinc I updated my blog. I was too busy to cook and didn't eat out much. Anyway I am in Japan right now. I share with you what I eat in Japan.

First night in Japan, July 26.

I got Osaka almost midnight. I was not hungry but I wanted enjoy friday night in Japan. So I went out just for some drinks.

I ordered some fresh veggies. Looks nice, doesn't it?

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Buta-Kimchi Stir-fry

Lunch on July 9th.

I think I did really good job. I had only 30 mins to make and eat lunch. I prepared some in the morning, but still it was rush. I cooked rice and made pork and veggie kimch stir-fry.