Katsudon

If you have left over tonkatsu, katsudon is a great option. Simmer onion with tsuyu broth and add katsu. Then drop egg over it and simmer. Transfer it over hot steamed rice. An Easy but very delicious meal is ready to serve.

Simple Japanese dinner

Chawanmushi is Japanese custard dish. Usually you put chicken, shiitake mushroom, fish cake, grilled eel and etc....

My husband's favorite dish

Tonkatsu!

Sushi dinner

Another incentive for going to the office is its location....its close proximity to Asian supermarkets. I felt like good sashimi and therefore, I got some sashimi blocs of yellow tail and flounder, salmon roe, scallops and toro tartar. Laid them on the top of sushi rice and voila! Love good sashimi.

Ramen lunch

Every now and then I need to go to the office for business meeting. Often times my boss treats me to lunch and today he took me to Japanese ramen (Chinese noodle) house near by the office. I had chanpon tonkotsu ramen. I had not have ramen very long time and it was certainly a great treat.

BBQ Chicken sausages

Lilies

Going light...Spinach salad and corn chowder

We have been eating pretty heavy meals and therefore, today we are being very good.

Lunch with a friend

Lobster bisque
Cheese souffle

Grilled shrimp

Petite four

Molton Chocolate cake

Had a lunch with my friend at Metropolitan museum's trustee dining room to celebrate her exciting new job at Google. This is a very nice and quite spot for delicious lunch. I have never been disappointed with their food and service.

Birthday dinner - Italian

My husband took me out for dinner for my birthday to a very nice Italian restaurant. The food was delicious and service was very pleasant. I loved everything we had but I think the foie gras was my favoirte. We almost skipped desserts since we were so full but once we saw the menu, we just could not resist! The banana tart's crust was made with Phyllo pastry and it was very light and good. The chocolate cake was done perfectly and delicious with hazelnut and mint ice cream.

Foie Gras


Buffalo Mozzarella with smoked salmon

Venison

Lobster with corn risotto

Banana caramel tart with maple ice cream

Molton chocolate cake with mint and hazel nuts ice cream

Oyako-don Variation

This is a variation of Oyakodon. Oyakodon is a Japanese rice bowl dish with chicken, egg and onion which are simmered in Japanese broth and served over rice. "Oyako" means "parent and child" and Oyakodon has chicken and egg. This variation is with Teriyaki chicken and Japanese scramble egg. They are served over rice with green onion and sprinkled with Sansho (Japanese pepper).

Flowers and flowering tree on our yard

Shimotsukesou (Japanese meadowsweet)

Utsugi (Deutzia)

Irises

The irises are from my husband and for greens I used Japanese maple branches from the tree we have in front of our house.

Four Cheese Ravioli

Pink lilies

My husband gave me a bunch of different kind of flowers so that I can practice for my flower arrangement lesson. These gorgeous pink lilies are from my husband and greens are from our back yard.

Salmon Au Poivre with lime and Wild rice salad

We had a BBQ dinner for two. We rarely have fish for BBQ but wanted to try out something different.

Mabo Tofu and Tomato Egg soup

Mabo tofu is a Chinese dish from the Szechuan province. I like to make it very spicy. It is quite a popular dish in Japan also.

Italian Pastries 2

My husband got me again delicious Italian pastries from the same place which is nearby his office. The white egg like pastry has cannoli cream inside between layers of sponge cake.

Chikuzen Ni (Simmerd vegetables with chicken)

Chikuzen-ni is one of popular Japanese comfort food. It has bamboo shoot, shiitake, konnyaku, vegetables and chicken. We also had fried satoimo which was made from the left-over simmered satoimo.