some ideas for using natto...

natto on toast...

natto omelet...

 natto panini...

more yayoi kusama...

this post box is from queen victoria's reign...1837 - 1901!!!

near regent's park

dorayaki while looking at the bt tower...

dorayaki is a japanese cake

available in london!!!

this one is green tea and mascarpone

tokyo sky tree is a new tower...and it is a brand...and one of the products is mayonnaise!!!

hello kitty arrives in my kitchen...a present from emi...

seaweed (nori) 

hello kitty arrives in my bedroom!!!

a pub's ploughman's lunch!!!

an iconic pub lunch

but too much!!!

instant veggie ramen...very nice...

a little bit of japan in london!!!

mitsukoshi department store
near piccadilly circus

lunch from the japanese supermarket...bliss!!!

cold barley tea (made my me)

doroyaki cake (red bean & cream cheese flavour)

2 konbu onigiri 

doroyaki £1.60 = about 200 yen

onigiri £1.00 each = about 124 yen

hello kitty comes to london...via liberty!!!

the japanese department store (mitsukoshi) in london was giving away fans the other day...

the serpentine gallery also has a yoko ono exhibition...we can't take photos inside...but this is one of her pieces in the garden...

every year the serpentine gallery has a new pavilion...this one is unusual as it actually goes under the ground...designed by the architects who did the prada building in tokyo and the birds' nest stadium in beijing...all the underground part is made of cork...wonderful!!!

inside the olympic park...can u find me???

i'm not sure whether i like this or not...but anyway i like the olympic park!!!

marine ices is near my flat...

mine has no cream!!!

yesterday!!!

today!!!

i walk along the regent's canal to my thursday job...

i made kimchee!!!

i am a big fan of kimchee...a korean fermented cabbage pickle

i used to buy it in the shop but recently the ingredients changed and they added anchovy and shrimps

as i am a vegetarian this is unacceptable to me

so i made my own

i had a lesson a few months ago 

chinese leaves and stuff to make the kimchee

soaking in salt water

the stuffing...mooli, garlic, ginger, spring onions, sugar and korean red pepper powder

mixed and ready to eat...yum yum!!!

the shooting venue for the olympics...nice!!!

here

the shard...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18438604

the other day in wet camden town...

geographically-accurate tube map!!!

tube map

the shard...not finished but as high as it will get...

last week i went to liverpool...

cherry trees waiting to bloom...canada water...i'll go back when they are out...

i went down to canada water to look at the new library...