Today was tsuyuiri (the beginning of the rainy season) in the Kanto region. It’ll last until mid-July – Japan
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Nukazuke
Today’s nukazuke (fermented vegetables in rice bran). The newest experiment was okra – Japan
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Cold soba noodles
Cold soba noodles topped with sansai (mountain vegetables), nagaimo (Japanese mountain yam), tenkasu (deep fried tempra batter), and negi (Japanese leek ) – Japan
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Hiyashi chula
Hiyashi chula (cold ramen). My lunch of choice on a hot day – Japan
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Kuzumochi
Kuzumochi (fermented wheat starch cake topped with kinako and black sugar syrup). On a side note, there is another version of kuzumochi which is made of kudzu root powder – Japan
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Kakigori (shaved ice)
The red coloring looks a little scary but it was a great treat on a hot day – Japan
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Morning walk
Morning walk to Kawasaki Daishi yesterday – Japan
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Hydrangeas
Hydrangeas from today’s morning walk – Japan
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Quick bento lunch to go
Fried squid and vegetables with rice – Japan
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Tarako (salted cod roe) spaghetti
My version is simply seasoned with tarako, butter, and a little bit of soy sauce. The most time consuming part is to get roes out of their sacks – Japan
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