Bottega Lira

This is my favorite Italian bar in Yokohama. The bar was used to be a restaurant, and it was run by a chef and a service man. Sadly, The area around the restaurant is gonna be redeveloped, and it's closing out in the end of this year, So that it'd changed to a bar and the chef'd moved to another Italian restaurant. The service man has been being serving and cook all meals and desserts for us. He can cook because he used to work as a cook. You can drink a nice cup of espresso too! At Friday night, a nice lady helps him sometimes. she used to work there as a waitress and a nice barista. I will go by there after work sometimes.
This is marinated grilled vegetable. it's one of the routine meals. It's a nice dish to start with.





I don't know this wine detail. but I liked it. I've googled about it. but all article was in Italian. I can't read it at all.. The winary's name was castelmagno, and the wine was sommarrello 2002. I've got a feeling that I'd tasted a french wine as same taste as this before.

This is a lamb stew. I've burned the tip of my tongue, but it's delicious!

マユハケオモト(Mayuhake omoto)

It's unique flower. Mayuhake-Omoto is white blood lily in English. Somehow, My mother grows this flower.

Aux Amis des Vins

I've taken to a restaurant after a long while. it's located in Ginza. Aux Amis des Vins.
We ate this with Champagne and white Bordeaux wine. They went together. The Champagne was De Sausa, "Blanc de Blanc" and Chateau Vignol, "Entre deux Mers". De Sausa is made by Erick de Sousa. I adore his all Champagne. The entree is sliced salmon and onion inside it.

This soup was made with sweet potato. It's the first time to eat it, and I liked it. It tasted like corn soup, but smell sweet potato. I forgot taking a photo before eat. :p




I choosed venison(鹿です) as main dish. We've had two red wine then. Hebert de Lignier, Chambolle Musigny 1999? and Domaine Richeaume.






This is galeeny(ホロホロ鳥です) with mushroom sause. Another people choosed it.

Akegarashi

I happened to find this while I visited my friend in Kobe. the name is Akegarashi. Akegarashi is only made in Yamaichi soy sauce factory. It's a grainy paste made with Kouji and there are Japanese mustard, hempseed, Shouyu(soy sauce), and soft brown sugar in it. Taste is complicated. It sait that this paste go with rice, pork, chicken. It can be a fermented seasoning as well. You can just take a lick and sip Sake. They really go together!

Kobe!

I've visited my friend who live in Higashi-Nada ward, Koube. There are many Japanese Sake breweries in this ward. They've taken me to a couple of breweries at this time, Hamafukutsuru and Kobe Shushinkan. It would be nicer, if we had time though, I've enjoyed it. I appreciate my friend's kindness.

Osaka!

I went to Tsutenkaku. and buy Takoyaki then. I've got a feeling it's comeletely different from Tokyo's. I prefer Takoyaki made in Osaka!

Yamazaki whisky brewery.

Yamazaki brewery. It's located at the foot of Mt. Tenno-zan. This is a famous battle field of Akechi Mitsuhide VS Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It only took 30min get to Yamazaki st from Kyoto by train.

<--This is mint flavored. unique.

Kyoto!

Finally, I've arrived at Kyoto. It's my first time to get to Kyoto. Unfortunately, It's raining all day, and I was busy. So that, I only could take a few photo next morning before leaving for Osaka to meet my friend. I will promise myself to stay a couple of days at Kyoto next year.
<--This is Kamogawa.







<--The Gojo guest house I've stayed. It costed only 2500yen, cheap!

Ludens

Ludens is the name of our society. it came from Homo Ludens written by Johan Huizinga. it's a Latin phrase for "man the player," as opposed to just "Homo sapiens". It's started last month. The member is 11, no more, no less. We will make a plan once a month to enjoy together. The aim is just playing. This time, we've gone to a Izakaya with fishing at a place in Yokohama.

There is a big fish boat in the building and surrounded by the pool that the fishs was swimming in. There are 8 table on the ship, and some more table around the pool, and a few Ozashiki room which is a Japanese style room, Tatami floor. We've had an Ozashiki room. and we've eaten the fishs we've caught, It's interesting Izakawa, but It's enough to go that Izakaya one time. very funny, but we couldn't enough time to eat the food. The time limit was only 2h. I think it's for a family. the kids would be enjoying that kind of restaurant. Anyway, We've enjoyed it.
The below photo was chocolate(coffee bean in it or limoncello) as a souvenir. A couple in our society had been to Italy recently. I wanna go there one day.

Noord's Genever

This was my first time to sip Holland gin, Noord's Zeer Oude Genever 20 years. I think it's completely different from the gin I've ever tasted.

Full bloom!

It's faster than I've expected! The other is still surviving as well.

Wine report.

Saturday night, We've tasted some Bourgogne at our favorite wine shop. 2 white:Chablis and Pouilly Fuisse, 3 red: Morey Saint Deni, Chassagne Montrachet(usually white wine in this area, but it red) and Fleurie(Beaujolais), and Banyuls(sweet red wine). I will write below, each tastes I've felt in the order we've tasted.

1)Chablis Premier Cru 2001(the right bottle on the left photo)
it smelt like..., what? mineral? the shop owner said it might smell like flint.
2)Pouilly Fuisse 2001(the left bottle on the left photo)
I've got a little(quite light) sweetness and honey. and light vanilla which means coming from cask wood.
3)Morey-Saint=denis 2001(the right bottle on the middle photo)
This one is great. I've smelt it before my nose is close to the glass. the color, the edge of color was a little orage.
4)Chassagne Montrachet 2001(the middle bottle on the middle photo)
usaully, white wine producing here. mais, there are less red wine, the shop owner said so. I prefer Morey-Saint-denis at this time. the smell seems closed yet. but I've got a feeling this wine can be more nicer. I wanna taste it some years later.
5)Fleurie 2001(the left bottle on the middle photo)
smell like fraises(strawberry). I've the same feeling when I taste one of Marcel Lapierre's. I like the wine like those. but this one is thicker. I've heard of that 2003 is quite hot summer, and grape got too sweetness. Perhaps that's a reason why I felt thickness. well, I don't know.
6)Banyuls(the bottle on the right photo)
sweetness, very sweet. I felt asleep.

<--- Well, This was Today morning. When it's in full bloom?

There is anohter flower?

It was Friday morning, Sep 16th. It's growing up day by day. and Surprisingly, I've found another one. It's tiny. What's going on this summer!? The photo on the right is that I've found recently. This is an unit that Hope Sandoval, a woman singer who is in Mazzy Star, and Colm O ciosog, a dummer of my bloody valentine. well, I haven't listen each music yet, but this one is really nice.

月下美人（Gekka Bijin） part3!!

I was surprised that a flower was beginning to bloom at this time. I've never expected that, because it's only once or twice time every summer before. Wow.. the right pic is that a Belgian beer, taste cherry.

What is she doing?

She is my niece. What do you think she was doing?