こんばんは！How’s it going on this first day of December?
Today Mariko made a huge pot of Japanese curry. 🍛 The weather here has gotten cold ❄, with nighttime temperatures dropping into the 30s, so when she said it was curry nite, I was so happy! A hearty dish to warm up the body!
Kare-raisu (Curry rice) can be considered a Japanese comfort food, and I like to think of it as one of the three cold-weather staples of Japanese cuisine, the other two being Oden and Nabe. But I’d have to say curry is my favorite of the three. In fact, we enjoy it at any time, not just the winter.
In the photo, you can see we like to eat curry with medium-soft-boiled egg. 🍳 I think it’s perfect with curry. When Mariko asked if I wanted her to boil eggs to eat with the curry, I said, “Would I ever answer ‘no’ to that question?” Never!
If you haven’t had Japanese curry in a while (or ever) I think you need to eat some soon! The weather is perfect for it. 😀
I was searching for some information about Sapporo-style ramen, and came across this wonderful post “A Guide to the Regional Ramen of Japan” at Lucky Peach. 🍜 My mouth is watering! The Kumamoto Ramen sounds amazing.
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.6, 1/125 sec, ISO3200 “Secret Sauce” Cedar Park, 2016
こんばんは！How’s it going?
As usual, I didn’t have breakfast or lunch (I pretty much fast during the day) but in my mind were visions of pizza because I knew that we’d have some for dinner. 🍕
Tonight’s photo is of the dipping mixture that we have been enjoying lately – ranch dressing + sriracha. It’s really good! There’s a nice combination of cool and hot that goes well with tomato sauce. I sometimes will just go with sriracha for some tangy spiciness, but Bay likes it with ranch so tonight that was the preferred sauce.
And of course our dog Lani is always anticipating getting a taste of human food. I can only imagine that it must be torture for dogs since their sense of smell is so heightened! 🐶
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.6, 1/125 sec, ISO5000 “Hopeful” Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/125 sec, ISO1600 “Kotatsu” Cedar Park, 2016
こんばんは！How’s it going?
The weather has turned cold and so I brought down the kotatsu and set it up in front of the tv. The kotatsu is a Japanese table with blanket and small heating element. In many homes in Japan the rooms are pretty cold in the Winter, and people keep warm by using heavier clothes, small space heaters, and kotatsu.
Here in the States, we tend to keep the whole house warmer, but we still like to break out the kotatsu because it is so comfortable! It’s a little “dangerous” though, because once you get comfortable under the kotatsu, the chances of falling asleep go up considerably! In fact, this afternoon I took a nice 1-hour nap… it was too hard to resist.
For lunch today, Koa and I were going to go to Taco Bell to get a couple burritos, but I decided we’d go to another place, that served more authentic Mexican food. I wanted to eat our food there, but Koa wanted to take it home so I compromised and we got the meals to-go. (He really wanted Taco Bell!) Anyways, the food was delicious and I liked going to this restaurant because all the diners there were seemed to be Mexican workers on their lunch-breaks.
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/125 sec, ISO2000 “Mexican Take-out” Cedar Park, 2016
Here in Texas, we have plenty of Mexican restaurants and also Tex-Mex style. I grew up in Southern California, so I am used to a different kind of style of Mexican food, and when I first tried Tex-Mex, I thought it was strange. It was yummy, but just strange. Tex-Mex tends to use more gooey American-style cheese, whereas California-style has more fresh ingredients, most notably avocado. I actually like both styles of Americanized Mexican food, but still cannot stand American cheese in Mexican food.
However, I love to eat where the “locals” eat, and going to a Mexican restaurant in which 95% of the diners are Latino means you are getting the real-deal.
Today’s photo is of one of the food trucks that comes by our office on Wednesday’s. We have a variety come by – noodles, Indian curry, BBQ, coffee, etc. As you can see, today’s was the Mighty Fine Burger truck and I made a “rare” exception to have lunch today.
I love Mighty Fine 🍔! But ever since In-N-Out Burger opened nearby, I haven’t been to Mighty Fine because In-N-Out has the killer combination of taste and value. I have to say, though, Mighty Fine is a better burger (plus they offer grilled jalapeños) and the fries are way better than In-N-Out’s. In my opinion, the In-N-Out french fries are below average, but at least they cost under only $1.60.
Anyways, I decided to forego my usual eating schedule, and give their food truck a try today and I am happy to report that the “mobile” version of their food is just as good as their traditional restaurants. 😃 And now that I have my Mighty Fine “fix”, I can go back to my regular In-N-Out and not feel quite as guilty.
Burger-crisis averted!
おやすみなさい！
– B
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