Today’s Lunch Box/Bento (’10/70): Fall Rain Sushi Roll Bento
Maybe I should have titled this lunch box “Fall Rainfall Sushi Bento”! It was not raining this morning, it wa pouring! Which meant I ha....
28 Sep 4:52 pm  from  Shizuoka Gourmet   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Today’s Lunch Box/Bento (’10/69): Chicken Roll Bento
The cooler days finally coming onto us, The Missus is introducing some more meat in her bentos, although she still keeps them full of veget....
27 Sep 10:22 am  from  Shizuoka Gourmet   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Shiso Rice
The last simple cooking method I explained, simmering, got, well, a little lengthy and drawn out - I said simple, but forgot concise! So let....
27 Sep 12:12 am  from  Japanese Food Report   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Today’s Lunch Box/Bento (’10/68): British Sushi Bento
The Missus was finally able to use our new set of lacquered bento boxes! These bento boxes are called “Ikawa Menpa” and are made exclus....
25 Sep 6:35 pm  from  Shizuoka Sushi   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Fall omatsuri in my neighborhood
The lanterns announce that the omatsuri festival will be happening Using simple plumbers’ fixtures and scaffolding, flexible and removabl....
21 Sep 3:57 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Today’s Lunch Box/Bento (’10/68): British Sushi Bento
The Missus was finally able to use our new set of lacquered bento boxes! These bento boxes are called “Ikawa Menba” and are made exclus....
21 Sep 9:59 am  from  Shizuoka Gourmet   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Today’s Lunch Box/Bento (’10/679: Late Summer Sushi Bento
The summer and the oppressive heat do not want to leave place to a cooler Autumn/Fall and yesterday Shizuoka was the hottest place in Japan....
14 Sep 12:04 pm  from  Shizuoka Gourmet   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Today’s Lunch Box/Bento (’10/679: Late Summer Sushi Bento
The summer and the oppressive heat do not want to leave place to a cooler Autumn/Fall and yesterday Shizuoka was the hottest place in Japan....
14 Sep 12:04 pm  from  Shizuoka Gourmet   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Breakfast Bentos
Last night brought us to about 95% moved out of the old place, so I’ve got plans to go do one more load and then we start cleaning it up f....
14 Sep 7:56 am  from  Aibento   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Today’s Lunch Box/Bento (’10/66): Back To work Bento
It was back to “normal work” after having spent almost a week on a holiday in Iwate Prefecture and been busy back home with clearing up....
13 Sep 1:00 pm  from  Shizuoka Gourmet   [Profile]  [Recent] 
AKB48 Promotes Rice For Breakfast
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) has been encouraging Japanese folks to eat rice for their breakfast with t....
11 Sep 5:36 pm  from  alafista   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Erecting the Kakashi/Scarecrow at Ryunan Primary School Rice Paddy
a href=”http://shizuokagourmet.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/kaka-21_0001.jpg”> Ryunan Primary School has been organizing a traditional....
1 Sep 11:50 am  from  Shizuoka Gourmet   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Today’s Lunch Box/Bento (’10/65): Birthday Sushi Bento
Today is my birthday, but I will have to wait 7 more years before someone can arrest me for indecent age!LOL Incidentally, that makes me a ....
31 Aug 10:39 am  from  Shizuoka Gourmet   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Today’s Lunch Box/Bento (’10/65): Birthday Sushi Bento
Today is my birthday, but I will have to wait 7 more years before someone can arrest me for indecent age!LOL Incidentally, that makes me a ....
31 Aug 10:39 am  from  Shizuoka Gourmet   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Food Magazine grocery store
There is a Food Magazine grocery store near our apartment in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo – catering mainly to the gaijin or expat community in t....
18 Aug 2:17 am  from  Konnichiwa   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Sesame Seed Senbei
I came across this senbei recipe while wandering around the internet, looking at Japanese food blogs at 3 a.m. There are many things that ....
16 Aug 4:18 am  from  Tess's Japanese Kitchen   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Rice in buckets outside Waseda campus gate
Seeing rice grown in buckets and styrofoam boxes always amazes me: focusing the national obsession with the main staple into a city scale. ....
3 Aug 5:02 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Town creates art in rice paddies for economic revival
The New York Times ran a great story about how a small town in northern Japan named Inakadate has been creating art works using colored ric....
27 Jul 11:20 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Growing sidewalk rice in styrofoam box
I wonder what this sidewalk rice tastes like? Will the gardener make a special meal with it? It’s great to see how enthusiastic people ar....
27 Jul 9:04 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Will Miss #207 – onigiri
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26 Jul 4:15 pm  from  1000 things about Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Lawson VL Yaki Onigiri
I think that onigiri (rice ball) is probably the number one snack in Japan, though it isn't glamorous enough to get talked about much a....
14 Jul 4:00 pm  from  Japanese Snack Reviews   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Watermelon Sammies Bento (517)
I cannot express to you all just how badly we need to move to the house already. The drive home is just killing us lately. Baby Girl usually....
9 Jul 7:27 am  from  Aibento   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Review: CasaBento Box
As Big Island residents now know, the Hilo Borders will be closing its doors for good at the end of the month. I’ve been getting emails an....
8 Jul 9:42 am  from  Aibento   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Three new dishes for dinner
I tried three new dishes a few days ago and thought I’d share two of them with you.  The third was a vinegary spaghetti squash recipe th....
30 Jun 3:02 pm  from  Cooking in Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Bento, Irasshai, and Book Signings!
The other night, I was watching Goonies with the kids and during that part where Sloth scares them and they fall into the counterfeit room a....
25 Jun 5:57 am  from  Aibento   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Today’s Japan Photo: Hachimantai Rice Fields
Like many Asian countries, rice is a staple food for Japan. For Today’s Japan Photo, we will be visiting one of the rice fields in Hachima....
17 Jun 10:21 am  from  alafista   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kagome "Rice Menu Set": Chicken Doria and Spicy Tomato Curry
Kagome Chicken Doria (236 calories)As part of my attempts to review instant or frozen food on occasion, I picked up these shelf stable "....
15 Jun 4:00 pm  from  Japanese Snack Reviews   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Mac and Cheese Bento, Part Deux
I know what you’re thinking. I’m trying to trick you by posting the same lunch twice. Alas, it is not so. Yesterday, when I asked Baby G....
11 Jun 6:57 am  from  Aibento   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Yokohama, in living color #7: Aigamo rice fields of Yokohama pt.2
            Signs of the urban nearby: Grafitti on a storage shed. This farmer has set aside a portion of his rice field for chil....
7 Jun 2:47 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Natto & Rice Patties
Here is a simple way of turning leftovers in a great sanck! Natto & Rice Patties! INGREDIENTS: For 6 10 cm-wide patties -Steamed rice (....
5 Jun 2:59 pm  from  Shizuoka Gourmet   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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