petit tonneau

I've been taken to a bistro, petit tonneau, located in Kudanshita. I didn't take any photo of it, so that I will write down the dishes we've had below.

green asparagus and raw ham with citrus dressing
chiken liver pate
roasted goat cheese salad
onion and bacon pie
moules with white wine and cream
toulouse style sausage with mash potato
Tartar steak
braised lamb shoulder with white bean
cheese platter
fondant chaud de chocolat
chocolate mousse

and we've drunk a white and red bottle of wine. I couldn't eaten lamb, cheese platter and dsert. because my hyperventilation's started. Next time, I will eat all.

Kokonotsu-ido

We've had a dinner in Kokonotsu-ido, Yokohama. I just took a few photo at this time, because I was so enjoying that I forget to take photos.

rose

It was muggy tonight. I've opened a rose wine in Rhone.

no photo of the firework...

sad.., I couldn't do that. there were no nicer photo than the last time I've took... At least, I took the wines that we've sipped at that time though. :(
I'd tasted all Alsace wines before, but it was the first time to taste the vin mousseux on the right side of the photo, the name is Grand H. I've also enjoyed the pino noir, the left bottle, it smelled like berry.

Grappa

I've bought a bottle of grappa today. Grappa al Ginepro, There is juniper-berry in it. Firstly, you can smell usual grappa's which means squeezed grape. After taste, you would catch little berry aloma. I think it's juniper-berry's flavor. Ginepro means juniper-berry in Italian. I didn't know that though..

Hitachino nest beer.

Tonight, I'm sipping a Japanese beer, Hitachino nest beer. I've happened to catch sight of it at a grocery shop. It tastes like Belgian beer. Usually, I always get the feeling that Japanese beer tastes nothing but light and it's supposed to be chilled. But they weren't. It's tasty and you can smell flavors. Frankly, I prefer Belgian beer, but Hitachino nest is not bad. I'm a bit surprised that Japanese beer company makes the beer like that these days. Nice surprise. The label is also adorable.

Kimpa

I've tried to cook Kimpa at the last weekend. it's a rolled sushi in Korea. A person's told me and recomend it. In Japan, the rice is vinegared rice, but Kimpa's is combined with little sesami oil and salt and the filling were cutted carrot into thin stick, ground meat, make 4-5 thin sheets of fried egg, kani-kama(imitation crab), Spinach namul at this time. Well, I don't know that my kimpa went right though, the taste was fine anyway. The below picture was the music that I'd been listening last weekend. the yellow cover was the new album of Mario Castro Neves and the other was released in 1967. He made this new album after 37 years, as the group, Mario Castro Neves & Samba S.A. I've got the feeling that the both have the same ambience.

Maria Lita

She is one of my favorite singer's daughter. Her voice reminds me her mother's. It's almost similar. but it's different style from each other. I think Maria Lita is more jazzy. Their faces are alike, aren't they?

花火(hanabi)!!

Yestarday, Monday night, A big exhibition of fireworks held in Yokohama bay. We've enjoyed it lots, Big fireworks, big sounds, and big sound vibration. Fopefully, I've happened to take some photos. I couldn't realise the best way of taking nice photos of fireworks though..., There were lots more beautiful fireworks setting off than I've took. Anyway, I've got some below. It's beautiful, isn't it?

Dimanche!

It's Sunday. I went out during day, walking around under the blazing sun. Hopefully, I've happened to find a nice Cafe in Jiyugaoka. After went home and had dinner, I poured wine into glass, and is sipping. I opened a white wine Yestarday night. and there is some left in the bottle yet. This wine still smells like pamplemousse, citron, pine, honey on it. it also includes mineral, I think. and feel like acerbity like the thin skin(inner membranes?) of pamplemousse. This is a nice wine for summer. I'm listeing music, Joao Donato, it's a brasilian music. I think it's kinda easy-listening. some people know him, I suppose. This music and wine go together, it made me happy. Happy weekend everybody!

月下美人（Gekka Bijin） part2

There were the other flower blooming last night. There aren't no more this year.

月下美人(Gekka Bijin)

It's midnight Yokohama now. There is a flower blossoming in front of my apartment. The Japanese name is "Gekka Bijin" which means like a Beautiful woman under the moon. Gekka is under the moon, Bijin is a Beautiful women. It's a Selenicereus, one of cactai. This flower always opens up once in a Summer night. It also has strong perfume, you will be wrapped with this sweet perfume. It makes me sleepy. *yawning*


<--Next day

A typhoon is coming.

There is a typhoon coming through Japan tomorrow. It was raining for a little while ago. Now, It's humid and hot.. Tonight, I had couscous salad (like this) and sipping a glass of Ricard. You know, It's anis flavor. I like sipping Ricard or Pernod in the day like tonight. It would be nice if I have a bottle of absinthe too. It's also a liqueur. I'm a light drinker, but I like those liqueurs. I think I like herb. Ah, I wanna say this, Please don't assume that I'm a strong drinker or an alcoholic. Actually, I put wine pictures here or there, but not such a person. I just like driking and eating. :p Back to about Absinthe, It haven't been sold for a long while, but Recently, you can buy it. It's safer than before. It used to incluede a kind of toxicity. some famous people died by this liqueur.
Tonight, I'm listening those CDs below. They are Archer Prewitt's albums.

Sake

Tonight, I've opened a Sake. It's made from Chiba prefecture, Japon.
The name is Kido-izumi, an organic sake, no chemical ferilizer. C'est sucrée un peu, mais not only sweetness. it's tasty. I recommend you to cool it in the refrigerator before drink. Well, Sake is usually supposed to be kept in the refrigerator anyway. It's sensitive.

Fuulin

Does anyone know what Fuulin(or see this) is? It's the Japanese wind bell. I went to a Temple in Kawasaki today. It's located near Yokohama, Japan. and see a Fuulin bazaar. The temple, Kawasaki-Taishi, holds this event at this time in every years. It's a small bazaar, but there are many kinds of Fuulin coming from all over the Japan. Usually, you will see the Fuulin made with glass, but there are another material ones as well.


This one is fuulin with DARUMA face on it.




These ones are made with a metal.

Italian restaurant.

This wine was so nice.

Wine tasting event.

Yestarday, I went to a wine tasting event. the event holds once a month. We tastes 4,5 bottles of wine and talk, more like just chatting, about wine or the other thing. At this time, We've tasted Langue doc wines.
This one, the pic on the left, is made with Muscadet. Usually, Muscat is used to make sweet wine though, this one is less sweet than usual. it's casual and elegant. I think people would enjoy it on a picnic.
This one is red. I've got a feeling that it smells like chocolate. I like this one.
Fromage! One of participants has brought this. It's so delicious!!