Temarizushi

This is Temarizushi.  Te means hand, Mari means ball and it looks like a small hand made ball so it named Temarizushi.

You can put anything you want, but just make sure you shape nicely like a little ball.  I made finely scrambled egg (Ititamago) and put Ikura(salmon roe).

Shichimi Togarashi

Shichimi togarashi means seven spices.  It has seven ingredients and nice flavor.  It works well with noodle dishes, Yakitori, Shabushabu and tempuras.

I've got this bottle as a gift from a very famous, traditional company in Nagano in Japan.

This bottle is a lacquer and so beautiful.

Fried Pork with Kimchi

Kimchi is a traditional fermented Korean dish made of vegetable with a lot of seasonings.  Of course Kimchi is much better taste in Korea than Singapore, but it is quite easy to find Kimchi here.  

I usually serve Kimchi with a steamed white rice.  It is simple and nice, but it needs a variation sometimes.  I had thin sliced pork in my freezer so I made Fried Pork with Kimchi.

1.  Put 4 thin sliced pork together and sprinkle pepper.

2.  One lady finger and some Kimchi together and roll up.

3.  Put egg, flour, bread crumbs on the surface of rolled pork and fry until golden brown.

4.  Cut half and serve.

Even though you don't like Kimchi, this is not so strong flavor of it so you can enjoy the best combination of Pork and Kimchi.

Urushi (Lacquer ware)

This is also Urushi.  A very good friend of mine came to visit me 2 weeks ago and she gave me the beautiful lacquer ware from Japan.  Usushi is famous for Red and Black colour, but she gave me the silver colour one so that I can use both for Western food and Japanese food:)

I like her sense and I enjoy using this very much.

Sushi on urushi(lacquer) plate

Urushi is a natural paint material which is gathered and refined from urushi trees which can be found in Asia.  The decorative power of urushi has become an important aspect of its artistic culture in Japan.  We use Urushi for a very special occasion in Japan.

However, I would like to use urushi more often as it is so beautiful.

How about like this to serve Sushi?

Taco Salad

One of my favorite food is Mexican Food.  First time I had Mexican food was in America when I went to high school as an exchange student.  Since then I love all kinds of Mexican food especially Chimichanga and Taco Salad.

There are few Mexican restaurants here in Singapore, but none of them are as good as in the States.

Then I found this restaurant.  It is very nice.

We had lots of visitors, friends last 2 weeks so one night, we took our friends there.  I had Taco Salad and it was very good:) Of course you must try Frozen Margarita with it.

Margarita's
11 Dempsey Road
Singapore 249673
TEL: 6471-3228