spring in nw6...

excerpts from a japanese friend's blog...

I heard that news in overseas has greatly exaggerated about earthquake in Japan. Radioactive contamination, physical distribution, energy source....., actually they are not false story but not serious. The coastal area of Iwate,Miyagi,and Fukushima is devastating, but inland area is quite calm.


Do you think that we are in gloom ? NO, NO, NO! Of course someone is pessimistic, but people going out this weekend seemed to be as usual.
I was glad to see this scene !!


here you can see her blog 

this time last year i was in tokyo...

spring is around the corner...we hope!!!

afternoon tea at upsy daisy cafe...

korean cooking lesson...making cucumber kimchee (oi sobaggi)

soak cucumber in salted water

make the stuffing...spring onions, radish, ginger, salt, sugar and garlic

add korean chilli pepper

mix

stuff the slit cucumbers

korean food on a royal tray!!!

i am a big fan of korean food

it's not as popular as japanese

but becoming visible in london

i've had one korean cooking lesson so far

and another this week

this is

mung-bean pancakes (chijimi)

sweet potato noodles stir-fry (chap-chae)

radish kimchee

the face you can see is prince philip..the queen's face is covered!!!

from this to this...japanese gyoza lesson at suzu...

gyoza are small dumplings
my veggie filling was made from tofu, spring onion and cabbage

we stuffed our ready-made gyoza skins

the traditional japanese shape of gyoza

cooked by frying and steaming
yummy
only 10...i wanted 20!!!!

i like cake!!

in jamie oliver's in liverpool

i didn't know jean paul gaultier did furniture!!! i came across this in liverpool last week...

japanese having fun on the beatles' abbey road crossing!!!

afternoon tea at giuiliana's...before and after!!!

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my class-mate at okonomiyaki making...

yesterday evening...waiting for the bus at aldwych...

portobello road...on the way to morocco town...

latte and moroccan cakes...morocco town...

fabulous cakes!!!

from this to this...tempura lesson...

lesson at suzu...hammersmith

chinese (and korean) new year is tomorrow...london chinatown is ready...

william's lunch at the caff...2 poached eggs on brown toast with baked beans...he decorated it with brown sauce!!!

broadway market caff...

jacket potato with side salad (£3.80)