“Oyakodon” Cedar Park, 2026
Oyakodon: my second-favorite food! 🍲✨
Oyakodon
“Oyakodon” Cedar Park, 2026
Tag: Japanese food
“Oyakodon” Cedar Park, 2026
Curry Time
“Beef Curry” Cedar Park, 2026
Japanese beef curry on rice with a boiled egg is the absolute best! I added a bit of cheese on top (not pictured), and it made it even better. 🍛🥚🧀
Scallop Broth
“Plain Ramen” Cedar Park, 2026
I had instant ramen for dinner tonight. It looked pretty simple at first, but it turned out to have a surprisingly fancy scallop-flavored broth that tasted wonderful. It made for a very nice change of pace from my usual spicy ramyun! 🥢
Dumpling Dinner
“Gyoza and Har Gow” Cedar Park, 2026
Tonight we had two kinds of dumplings: Har Gow and Gyoza. And to go with that, yummy fried rice! 🥟 This a truly a comfort meal for Asian families.
“Har Gow, Gyoza, and Fried Rice” Cedar Park, 2026
First Attempt at Tamagoyaki
“First Tamagoyaki” Cedar Park, 2026
One of my small goals for this year was to make tamagoyaki. Surprisingly, I’d never actually made it on my own before, even though it’s a pretty simple way to cook eggs. Mariko gave it a thumbs-up, so I’m counting that as a win. 😄🥚
Great Packaging, Mediocre Candy
“Retro Candy” Cedar Park, 2026
I’ve been slowly working my way through the candy and snacks we picked up at Ohmachi Shop. The actual candy inside is pretty basic, just sweet pressed sugar powder, and not particularly good. But I feel a sense of obligation to finish every one. The packaging though is really fun, very retro Japanese, and each wrapper is getting glued into the daily pages of my Hobonichi. 😄🍬
Summer Oden
“Oden” Cedar Park, 2026
Tonight we had oden for dinner. We normally save this dish for the winter months when it’s cold outside and we want something warm and comforting, but Mariko had the craving, so she ordered an oden set from Weee! and added egg and tofu to round it out. It was delicious! 🍲😊
