pot au feu

It's snowing and getting colder tonight. So that I cooked pot au feu. I haven't eaten pot au feu in France and This one is just simmered with pork, carrot, onion, white turnip, and sausage. I added one garlic clove, black pepper, clove and etc.
the white turnip are added after simmered hours, and sausage added before 5mins.

I've got a feeling that I wanna drink Alsace wine, so that I got a Riesling.
To tell the truth, I wanna get some Alsace wine, but It's snowing and colder,
I get it in my neighborhood. That wasn't bat at all. sweetness, acidty, and smelling.
It got together with food.

The green leaves were a Japanese salad, "Shungiku"(garland chrysanthemum).
It's made in this season. Usually, It's eaten by boiling, but I liked eat them in fresh when they are young.

trois c

I've puffed a cigar with chocolate and coffee tonight.
I've heard of that some peoples enjoy this three combination in Europe.
instead of this combination, cognac, cheese, champagne, and ...
There must be the other combination. It would be fun. Tonight chocolate is flavored with whiskey. Royce is a chocolate maker in Hokkaido.

quintero nacionales

This cigar was nicer than I expected for inexpensive price.

black tfuffle salt

I've got this salt as my birthday present. It's strong smelling. I've cooked a plate of omelette with this. I'm thinking how to use it besides omelette.

partgas coronas

I've puffed this cigar in the first day of New year. I've really enjoyed rich smelling.

mochi tsuki

I've seen a event of making mochi today.

Bolivar coronas

Tonight cigar was Bolivar coronas. The last time I've puffed Bolivar coronas jr was very hard to puff up, but this one was quite nicer. It smelt woody and little sweet. After puffed half, It's sweet with the sent of spices.

Hoyo petit robusto

I've puffed this mini cigar several times, and I knew that I liked this one. It smelt like wood and spices(cinnamon? or something). It's easy to puff. The ash was more fragile than usual.

Bolivar Coronas Jr.

It's little hard to puff up. but I didn't burned it out while smoking. I've puffed this mini cigar tonight. It's totally simple woody smelling. It's not bad, but I wouldn't smoke as often as I'd like to..

Japanese homemade foods

This is the foods I've cooked Yesterday.
The left pic was Atsuage(fried Tofu), The middle pic was Arani(a kind of simmered dish), and the right pic was grilled giant eggplant.
Arani was little light taste, I should've added more soy sauce.

Rafael Gonzalez panetelas extras

I've visited an uncle living in Asahikawa, Hokkaidou while I'd been traveling. My sister told me he sells cigars and cakes. His family used to be as a Japanese sweets shop at first, but Now, The uncle hiro also sells cigars and cakes.

I've bought some cigars from him recently. I've asked him to choose some for me. Because It would be nice, if the shop owner was one of my relatives. You know, he doesn't befool me and teaches me how to find nice cigars for oneself.

First of all, I've choose this cigar tonight, Rafael Gonzales panetelas extras. From now, I will note how I feel each cigars on Blog as my memo.



Before lightning
It's soft and moist be the touch.

First
It smelt sweets,
It's little hard to puff up. rolling it to little tight?

puffed one-third
I stung wire from the cigar end. It's easier to puff.
It tasted stronger and smelt as little sweet, herbal, pencil? and woody.

puffed half
I missed. I've burned it out. and light it up again. still hard to puff.
It's stronger.

the last
I've burned it out again.. I've cutted the ash and light it up again.
It came to strong taste, but It didn't smelt bad. more woody.
I've puffed it with sweetness sherry at the end.

After puffed
I liked the smell, but It would be nicer if it's easier to puff.

Mayuhake omoto part2

They are growing fast. It's like dancing.

Mayuhake omoto in 2009

Mayuhake omoto opened up this year too. It comes to a family from this year.

tonight pasta

I've cooked a pasta with tapenade, swordfish and shishitou(green pepper).
shishitou is hot in rare cases, but It's fine this time.
and This is a white rum that I liked in this summer. It's nice to make Mojito(a cocktail with mints, sugar and lemon or lime) with it.

a vacation to Hokkaidou part5

We've enjoyed a canoe tour in Kushiro muskeg area. There are many thing to see. birds, deers, and a big nest of eagle(about 1m in diameter).








The last picture is Yokohama on my way home. I wanna go somewhere again.

a vacation to Hokkaidou part4

In the morning, We can see Japanese deers in the front of the house. There are deer, fox and bear in the forest. We haven't see bear, but see deers in every morning.
There are liver and small lake near the house and can fishing. We can get some tiny fish. There is fossil surface of wall too. Perhaps, This is a nice place to make wine. haha. It would be nice.

a vacation to Hokkaidou part3

I've visited my eldest sister house located in Akan-cho near Kushiro.
Her husband built their own house about 10 years ago in a deep in the mountains. The bathroom and bathtub(boiled with fuelwoods and it takes 3hours to get boiled!) is outside. We've enjoyed this experience. There is electricity, gas, water, and internet, so that We never felt disadvantage and enjoy the countryside.

a vacation to Hokkaidou part2

I've been to Nikka whisky.