Japan trip (in Tokyo)

Visiting my sis, Ryoko here in Tokyo. Below is the breakfast that she cooked for me.

Grilled dried sole fish, special soft&rich Tofu, sesame tofu, boiled green, pan fried eggplant, stewed snapper, egg and rice. They were all very delicious. Thanks, Ryoko!

Philadelphia Trip (Sep 12 to 18)

Philadelphia Trip (Sep 12 to 18)

We went to Philadelphia to see Steven's family. Oh, it was fun!

Steven's dad is very funny. He make us laugh all the time with his funny jokes/stories....

We went to Food festival in West Chester.

Steven is eating Kobe beef burger (Kobe slider) He liked it a lot and he ate three burgers!!! Truth is...the burgers were so tiny. He could finish with a couple of bites.

I had a huge Turkey leg.

Food pictures

Thai food:

Chicken+green beans Green curry and Green coconut salad. It was the first time that I made Green papaya salad and it was great. Recipe is here.

Japanese food:

Buta no kakuni (Pork belly stew), Eggpland miso soup, and Green papaya Sunomono.

Yes, I just arranged the salad I made one day before. Added some soy sauce, katsuo bushi (dry bonita) and made it Japanese!

Seafood:

Steven made dry mushroom crusted seared scallops. Side is Mixed mushrooms+asparagus saute. Ohhhh it was VERY delicious. We drank Cabernet Sauvignon from Chilie with it.

Desserts : Peach tart and Fig tart

I made with Zuni Cafe's recipe. Mmmmm it was wonderful....

Labor Day BBQ
Since we are traveling a lot, we would love to be at home when we can so didn't have any big plans for this 4 day weekend but thought it was good to do something outside! We went to the park closed to our place and did BBQ.
Steven is trying to make fire but he is still sleepy. (hee, hee, hee...)

We had corn, steak, vegies and yaki-onigiri (grilled rice balls)

Are they ready yet?

We read on the grass after the BBQ and had a great last day of the summer.

Our friends in SF got a Labradoodle and we went to see him.


"I am Ziggy and am only 3 months (or so) old."


We played with him and he is soooooo cute.


Oh, we didn't forget you guys, Lucy. When we came home, we played with what we have :) I tried to put my latest work on Lucy's head but she didn't like the hat.
So I will use it as bowl for small things. These three are my recent projects.