Daily Menu - April 2005

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2005-04-30 Sat

BREAKFAST (Tomi and Peco) at hotel --- smorgasbord
BREAKFAST (Poco) --- apple juice | cream bun | coffee | banana
LUNCH (Tomi and Peco) at soba noodles restaurant --- soba noodles
LUNCH (Poco) --- soy milk soup of burdosk (eringi mushroom and lemon) | tomato | spaghetti of asari clam and asparagus | cheese and cracker | sparkling wine
DINNER --- gohan with roasted soy beans and shiso | grilled asparagus and cod | yuba | pickles (radish, cucumber and carrot) | pickled radish | boiled turnip | various leavings | strawberry

Jovial two came back.

2005-04-29 Fri

BRUNCH (Tomi and Peco) --- rolled sushi | pickles | orange and banana
BRUNCH (Poco) --- rolled sushi | apple juice | cream buns | coffee | banana
DINNER (Tomi and Peco) at hotel --- Western dishes
DINNER (Poco) --- gohan with cereals | maitake mushroom curry | boiled turnip | pickles | cheese and cracker | red wine

Tomi and Peco went skiing in spite of this hot weather.

2005-04-28 Thu

BREAKFAST --- gohan | soy milk soup of asari clam (enoki mushroom and myoga) | fried leek and pork giblets (onion, corn, maitake mushroom and shimeji mushroom) | braized kiriboshi-daikon and dried shiitake mushroom | pickles (radish, carrot, cucumber and eggplant) | pineapple
LUNCH --- gohan | simmered eggplant (deep-fried tofu and eringi mushroom) | tread pumpkin salad (white meat and cucumber) | spring roll | orange
BETWEEN-MEALS --- sponge cake | milk tea
DINNER at Japanese bar --- lots

A hot wind was howling all day long. I raked up ingredients in the refrigerator and cooked. We had a wild vegetables dinner at Japanese bar.

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happy wild vegetables
( at Japanese restaurant / 2005-04-28 / Poco )
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continuation of happiness
( at Japanese restaurant / 2005-04-28 / Poco )
2005-04-27 Wed

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (spinach and fu) | omelet of leek and natto | simmered kidney beans | dressed wild vegetables with ground sesame | pineapple
LUNCH --- gohan | grilled mackerel | tofu pudding with dtarchy sauce (kikurage mushroom, corn and soybeans) | lemon flavored mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts
BETWEEN-MEALS --- baked cake | coffee
DINNER (Tomi) --- gohan | cereal soup | tempura of wild vegetables | simmered kipper and potatoes | fried lettuce and mushrooms | apple juice
DINNER (Peco and Poco) --- leaving dishes

leek in the kitchen garden is now in full swing.

2005-04-26 Tue

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (bamboo shoots and deep-fried tofu) | sugar flavored black soybean | fried burdock and carrot | apple
LUNCH --- gohan | grilled and soaked in soy (yam and pumpkin) | fried lettuce and mushrooms (minced chicken) | simmered nozawana greens | orange and kiwi
BETWEEN-MEALS --- rice cake sweet | coffee
DINNER --- tempura of wild vegetables | boiled wasabi's leaf | Simmered flavored flatfish (komatsuna) | boiled bean sprout (Chinese pickles, corn and shimeji mushroom) | simmered onion | rice gruel of tofu and mushroom (salmon) | pickles

Owing to wild vegetables from our friends, we enjoy spring fully.

2005-04-25 Mon

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (fu and enoki mushroom) | simmered kipper and potatoes (shimeji mushroom) | ohitashi - spinach and kiriboshi-daikon | grated yam and natto | apple
LUNCH --- gohan | fried chicken with ginger flavored starchy sauce and boiled lettuce | simmered whelk and konjak (shiitake mushroom) | pickles (radish, carrot, cucumber and eggplant) | pineapple
BETWEEN-MEALS --- sponge cake | coffee
DINNER --- rolled sushi (simmered shiitake mushroom) | vinegared yam and cucumber | simmered bamboo shoots with egg (deep-fried tofu and shiitake mushroom) | tomato with shiso dressing | ohitashi - spinach and kiriboshi-daikon | sesame pudding | tsukudani | puckels

A warm breeze came up and it's warm outside. Vinegared dish is good like this weather.

2005-04-24 Sun

BRUNCH --- gohan | rice ball (konbu and ume plum) | miso soup (potato and pea) | simmered bamboo shoots in miso | grilled squid stuffed with arms and welsh onion | egg jelly | pickled greens | orange and kiwi
DINNER --- eat up every leaving dishes | one-pot dish of tofu and mushrooms (Peco and Poco) | fried sillaginoid and chestnut (Peco and Poco)

Toda's sale of leaving dishes. Sold out all.

2005-04-23 Sat

LUNCH at udon noodles bar --- udon noodles | rice ball
DINNER at Mr and Mrs S's residence --- sake | white and red wine | sashimi - fugu | simmered bamboo shoots and wakame (Yoshie) | rolled egg (Poco) | boiled down bamboo shoots in soy (Yoshie) | one-pot dish of sugu (Shi-san) | grilled tomato and eggplant (Shi-san) | Chinese cabbage and cream gratin (Shi-san) | baked sardine with flour and herbs (shi-san) | greens salad (shi-san) | vegetables hamburg (Gomama) | tuna bread (shi-san) | sweet potato salad (Gomama) | boiled wild vegetabls (Ryo-san) | rolled sushi | loquat and pineapple | cheese cake | cherry flavored Chinese tea

We were invited party for rebuilding Kitchen at Mr and Mrs S's residence. A full-blown peach and moon are so nice.

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Party under the peach blossoms and a full moon. Japanese dishes
( at S's House / 2005-04-23 / Poco )
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The same, Western dishes
( at S's House / 2005-04-23 / Poco )
2005-04-22 Fri

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (asari clam and leek) | grilled asparagus | vinegared tomato and octopus (wakame seaweed and myoga) | grated yam and natto | pickles (radish, carrot, eggplant and cucumber) | aplle
LUNCH --- gohan | simmered bamboo shoots in miso | grilled saury | boiled komatsuna | pickled turnip | navel orange
BETWEEN-MEALS --- mugwort dumpling | coffee
DINNER --- sauteed leek with balsamic vinegar | fried pork and kimuchi | scrambled tofu | simmered sweet potato and potherb mustard | pickles

There are an array of leavings dish weekend dinner.

2005-04-21 Thu

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (spinach and egg) | fried pork and kimuchi (onion and leek) | cake of pounded fish
LUNCH --- gohan | scrambled tofu (tofu, minced chicken, bamboo shoots, carrot, dried shiitake mushroom, leek and egg) | simmered sweet potato and potherb mustard | grilled salmon
BETWEEN-MEALS --- coffee
DINNER --- rice gruel of tofu and nameko mushrooms | grilled hachime fish | sasimi - kanpachi fish and shrimp | boiled komatsuna with egg | sugar flavored kidney beans | braized Kiriboshi-daikon and dried shiitake mushroom | strawberry

We've got fresh seafoods at a fish shop which was moved and reopen.

2005-04-20 Wed

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (spinach and fu) | fried cabbage and squid (onion and sweet pepper) | grated yam and natto | boiled komatsuna | sugar flavored kidney beans | apple
LUNCH --- gohan | simmered taro with starchy sauce of minced chicken | simmered fish cake and pea with egg (eringi mushroom) | pickles | orange and kiwi
BETWEEN-MEALS --- new summer orange jelly | coffee
DINNER (Tomi) --- pressed sushi (mackerel | saucy and cucumber) | udon noodles (deep-fried tofu, leek, wakame seaweed and egg) | boiled bean sprout (Chinese pickles, corn, kikurage mushroom and myoga) | braized kiriboshi-daikon and dried Shiitake mushroom | simmered radish and rib of pork (add radish's peel) | pickles and fruits
DINNER (Peco and Poco) --- pressed sushi (same one) | boiled bean sprout (same one) | braized Kiriboshi-daikon and dried Shiitake mushroom | vinegared radish | Lightly-pickled eggplant and cucumber | leavings

Peco and Poco cook a lot at morning and eat a lot.

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Slightly bitter orange jelly. I'm sorry not to conduct the scent
( 2005-04-20 / Poco )
2005-04-19 Tue

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (fu and wakame seaweed) | grilled mackerel with grated radish | boiled komatsuna (shiitake mushroom, deep-fried tofu and yuba) | sugar flavored kidney beans | pickles | apple
LUNCH --- gohan | grilled squid | simmered radish and rib of pork (eringi mushroom) | spinach with sesame paste | pickled turnip | new summer orange
BETWEEN-MEALS --- apple pie | coffee
DINNER --- one-pot dish of tofu and nameko mushroom | dressed white meat and mitsuba with wasabi and soy sauce | sauteed radish's peel (baby sardine and deep-fried tofu) | vinegared octopus and cucumber (wakame seaweed, ginger and myoga) | fried sardine with starchy sauce and vinegared ginger | simmered kidney beans | rice gruel of soy milk | tsukudani | pickles

After all, home cooking is the best.

2005-04-18 Mon

BREAKFAST at hotel --- rice gruel breakfast
LUNCH at soba noodles restaurant --- soba noodles
DINNER (Tomi and Peco) at sushi bar --- sushi
DINNER (Poco) --- croquette and fried chestnut | spaghetti with whild vegetables and anchovy | pickles (turnip, carrot, cucumber and eggplant) | cheese, cracker and red wine

We are home.

2005-04-17 Sun

BRUNCH at soba noodles restaurant --- soba noodles | rooled egg | tempura | steamed sea urchin eggs | beer and sake
DINNER --- wedding party

We went to Nagoya an overnight trip.

2005-04-16 Sat

BRUNCH (Tomi and Peco) at soba noodles restaurant --- soba noodles
BRUNCH (Poco) --- chilled udon (soy sauce and lemon juice) | simmered eel and leek with egg | vinegared yam and cucumber | tomato | orange | coffee
DINNER --- gohan with roasted soy beans and ume plum | boiled turnip | cabbage and lemon salad | gyoza | pickles radish with konbu | pickles | strawberry

Cooked rice with roasted soy beans and ume plum win popularity.

2005-04-15 Fri

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (radish's leaf and deep-fried tofu) | grilled salmon | grilled asparagus | tofu paste (spinach and apple) | pickles (radish, carrot, cucumber and eggplant) | strawberry
LUNCH --- gohan | sweet-and-sour pork (onion, carrot, sweet pepper, bamboo shoots, dried shiitake mushroom and pineapple) | egg jelly (ginger and dried shiitake mushroom) | pickles | melon
BETWEEN-MEALS --- coffee
DINNER --- vinegared yam and cucumber | simmered potato and simmered potato, onion, pork gristle, pineapple and apple | curry bun and piroshki bun | pickles | tsukudani | cheese, cracker and red wine | loquat

Sweet & Snack-and-sour pork is also good using sauce of Monday dish.

2005-04-14 Thu

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (bamboo shoots and wakame seaweed) | baked bamboo shoots | celery and squid salad with vinegar and miso | apple
LUNCH --- gohan | simmered eel and leek with egg (shiitake mushroom, burdock) | dressed simmered taro with miso | orange, kiwi and pineapple
BETWEEN-MEALS --- milk jelly and fruit jelly | coffee
DINNER --- carrot bun with sweet miso | one-pot dish of soy milk, cabbage, mushrooms (eringi, maitake, shimeji) and giblets | cucumber and Chinese jelly fish salad | simmered squid stuffed with rice | tsukudani | pickles | loquat

The bun which mix medium-strength flour, grated carrot and a pinch of salt, and round and bake. It's so nice.

2005-04-13 Wed

BREAKFAST --- rice cooked with bamboo shoots | miso soup (tofu and wakame) | grilled horse mackerel | salad (white meat, cucumber, Chinese jelly fish, wakame seaweed and myoga) | apple
LUNCH (Tomi and Peco) --- rice cooked with bamboo shoots | simmered potato, onion, pork gristle, pineapple and apple | boiled turnip | rolled egg | melon
LUNCH (Poco) at soba noodles restaurant --- soba noodles with tempura | rice ball | pickles
BETWEEN-MEALS --- baked cake | tea
DINNER (Tomi) --- goha | simmered mackerel with burdock and spinach | fried cabbage | fried nozawana | milk jelly and fruit jelly
DINNER (Peco and Poco) --- grilled rice ball | vinegared celery | pickled Chinese cabbage | simmered potato with apple juice | simmered dish of lunch (Poco) | udon noodles (Peco) | cheese, cracker and red wine (Poco)

The first bamboo shoots in this season.

2005-04-12 Tue

BREAKFAST --- gohan | one-pot dish of potherb mustard ground fish meat (enoki musormoom) | omelet of spiach and natto | pickles (radish, carrot, cucumber and eggplant) | apple
LUNCH --- gohan | baked fu | simmered sweet potato with apple juice | tofu paste with komatsuna, shiitake mushroom and dried persimmon) | orange and kiwi
BETWEEN-MEALS --- japanese sweets | coffee
DINNER --- sashimi - octopus and sea bream | yuba | simmered squid stuffed with rice with boiled turnip's leaf | dressed boiled cabbage with sweet vinegar | dressed udo with miso | sauteed udo's peel | Ohitashi - spinach and kiriboshi-daikon | simmered radish and chiken ball with starchy sauce of radish's leaf | pickles | strawberry

A cherryblossom chill, but table is in full Spring today.

2005-04-11 Mon

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (potato and pea) | fried cabbage (deep-fried tofu and asari clam) | nori | pickles (radish, carrot, cucumber and eggplant) | pickled ume plum | apple
LUNCH --- gohan | simmered pork gristle and leek | grilled horse mackerel | orange, kiwi and pineapple | pickles
BETWEEN-MEALS --- cream cracker | coffee
DINNER --- rice gruel of soy milk (tofu, egg and dropwort) | marinated fried root vegetables (lotus root, carrot, burdock, yam, shiitake mushroom and eringi mushroom) | boiled bean sprout (Chinese pickles, shimeji mushroom, maitake mushroom ad cor) | salted squid guts | pickles

Soaked fried root vegetables into vinegar and soy sauce. It's a good.

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fried and soaked vegetables - the trouble is I drink too much
( 2005-04-11 / Poco )
2005-04-10 Sun

BRUNCH --- gohan | miso soup (wakame seaweed and enoki mushroom) | fried oyster | boiled turnip | grilled sweet corn | grilled sweet potato | pickles | simmered hard wakame | strawberry and pineapple | white wine
DINNER --- simmered old pickled radish with sake-kasu | tomato | simmered radish and chicken ball | simmered potato and cake of pounded fish with egg | fried burdock and carro with maitake mushroom | pickles

Unusually we did not eat out and we have a dinner at home

2005-04-09 Sat

BRUNCH (Peco and Tomi) at Italian restaurant --- Italian foods
BRUNCH (Poco) --- boiled turnip | tomato | grilled asparagus | boiled sweet corn | cheese and cracker | red wine
DINNER at sushi bar --- vinegared firefly squid, mekabu seaweed and wasabi's leaf | sashimi - octopus and vinegared mackerel | viegared cockle | rolled egg | vinegared eel and cucumber | rolled sushi | rice and natto wrapped in fried bean curd | beer | sake

After we saw a play by Hisashi Inoue, we had a hearty sushi.

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a crab from Hokkaido, but it's nice
( at sushi restaurant / 2005-04-09 / Poco )
2005-04-08 Fri

BREAKFAST --- gohan | clear soup (asari clam, turnip's leaf and fu) | sweet-and-sour pork (onion, carrot, sweet pepper, bamboo shoots, dried shiitake mushroom and pineapple) | natto | pickles (radish, carrot, cucumber and eggplant) | apple
LUNCH --- gohan | grilled cod | fried burdock and carrot with maitake mushroom | pickles | pineapple, orange and kiwi
BETWEEN-MEALS ---
DINNER (Tomi) --- party
DINNER (Peco) at ramen noodles bar --- ramen noodles
DINNER (Poco) --- vinegared cucumber and yam | fried pork and kimuchi | fried pork and potato | vinegared fried horse mackerel | rolled sushi | pickles

The contents of the sauce of the lightly sweet-and-sour pork at breakfast were chopped ginger, soysauce, sake, sugar and acheto balsamic.

2005-04-07 Thu

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (wakame seaweed and fu) | simmered potato and cake of pounded fish with egg (onion and dried shiitake mushroom) | boiled mochina | tomato | grated yam and natto | apple
LUNCH --- gohan | fried lettuce and dried shiitake mushroom with starchy sauce | simmered radish and chicken ball (shimeji mushroom) | pickles | kiwi
BETWEEN-MEALS --- tangerine jelly | coffee
DINNER --- rice gruel of soy milk | dressed white meat and mitsuba with wasabi and soy sauce | simmered dish (Japanese butterbur, dried shiitake mushroom, carrot, konnyaku and tofu) | vinegared fried horse mackerel | pickles

It's like more early summer than spring today. In the evening there an array of dishes like a Japanese bar.

2005-04-06 Wed

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (wakame seaweed and enoki mushroom) | fried cake of pounded fish | pickles (radish, carrot, cucumber and eggplant) | apple
LUNCH --- gohan | grilled salmon | simmered dish (Japanese butterbur, dried shiitake mushroom, carrot, konnyaku and tofu) | fried potato and sweet pepper (eringi mushroom and pork) | sauteed Japanese butterbur's leaf with miso | orange
BETWEEN-MEALS --- baked bun with a bean-jam filling | coffee
DINNER (Tomi) at soba noodles restaurant --- soba noodles
DINNER (Peco and Poco) --- vinegared fried horse mackerel | grilled white asparagus | steamed onion (Poco) | baked rice cake (Peco) | pickles | cheese | cracker | red wine | strawberry

Today's table was a full scent of spring.

2005-04-05 Tue

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (potato and dried stem of taro) | grilled dried horse mackerel | grated yam and natto | nori | pickles (radish, carrot, cucumber and eggplant) | apple
LUNCH --- gohan | simmered dice-sized sweet potato | boiled komatsuna (deep-fried tofu, shiitake mushroom, yuba and sesame) | spring roll | pickles
BETWEEN-MEALS --- pudding | coffee
DINNER --- pressed sushi with broiled saury | one-pot dish of eringi, deep-fried tofu and pork) | grilled horse mackerel with sweet miso | kiriboshi-daikon salad | kiwi and strawberry

The breakfast was homemade dried horse mackerel, natto and nori. This is exactly what the Japanese breakfast is.

2005-04-04 Mon

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (wakame seaweed and fu) | fried pork and kimuchi (fresh onion) | sugar flavored black soybean | ohitashi - spinach and kiriboshi-daikon | pickles (radish, carrot, cucumber and eggplant) | apple
LUNCH --- gohan | fried qinggengcai and mushroom with starchy sauce (scallop and bamboo shoots) | grilled mackerel with grated radish | pickles
BETWEEN-MEALS --- baum kuchen | tea
DINNER --- rice gruel with egg | grilled squid | Chinese jelly fish and cucumber salad (tomato, wakame and sesame) | simmered yam, lotus root, burdock, carrot, dried shiitake mushroom, eringi mushroom, konnyaku and konbu) | egg jelly | pickles

And Monday has come again, I boiled four cups of rice and cooked lots of side dishes as usual.

2005-04-03 Sun

LUNCH (Tomi and Peco) at ramen noodles bar --- ramen noodles
DINNER --- porcini mushrooms and tomato sauce spagetti | komatsuna and mushrooms spaghetti | steamed fresh onion | grilled potato | boiled pea | bread | strawberry with acheto balsamic vinegar | shaddock

At holiday's dinner it's good Italian food occasionally.

2005-04-02 Sat

LUNCH (Tomi and Peco) at udon noodles bar --- udon noodles
DINNER --- simmered vegetables (yam, lotus root, burdock, carrot, dried shiitake mushroom, eringi mushroom, konyaku and konbu) | egg jelly | grilled rice ball | strawberry

We think overeat over and we devote our diet to have simmered vegetables which is Peco's forte.

2005-04-01 Fri

BREAKFAST --- gohan | miso soup (spinach and egg) | fried bean sprouts (pork, Chinese pickles, maitake mushroom and corn) | grilled asparagus | sesame pudding | pickles | apple
LUNCH --- gohan | simmered taro with minced chicken | baked fu with miso | pickles | strawberry
BETWEEN-MEALS --- soft round rice cake stuffed with sweet bean jam | coffee
DINNER at sushi bar --- sushi

Grilled fu with miso is the simple dish, but good.

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