today's lunch

I've cooked a curry with a Japanese popular fish in Autumn, SANMA(Cololabis saira) and cauliflower. I ate it with a rice shaped pasta named "Risoni".

Pascal Simonutti

We've tasted the wine of Pascal Simonutti's tonight.

Menu Pineau. Somehow, it reminded me one of Domaine Julien Courtois's wines. Was that Menu Pineau too? I love that kind of wine.



both were gamay, but the taste was different, I've thought. I've got a feeling like a oriental incense. some of us don't like it much. I think it's not bad. the taste was natural.

Pineau d'Aunis. It's eaiser to drink last two gamay, people said. I smelt like fruit.




Gascon. The impression was the same as Pineau d'Aunis. and it's little thicker than Pineau d'Aunis. I liked it too.



After the tasting, Our favorite okowa was served. It's a type of steamed rice dish which is the mixture white rice and mochi-gome(glutinous rice) with some vegetables, mushroom, chicken and etc. You can arrange the ingredients of course.

One of us brought a hawaii wine as a souvenir. It tasted like Anzu(Prunus armeniaca). it's like a juice. It said that this wine was made with a 50% brazilian grape named "jaboticaba". It would seem that it's not a grape exactly.

a neighbor

Recently, I've seen this neighbor. I think it's one of the cat's childrend I've taken a shot before.

I've bought macanudo today. Firstly, the impression was sweet and spicy, but after a while, it's getting more spicy.

you are my little bird

Finally, Elizabeth Mitchell've released a new album. She is a menber of IDA. She's released a couple of album for children. I love the way she sings.

today's lunch

I ate pho with udon instead of rice noodle. udon is one of Japanese noodle. it's made with wheat flour.

punch

I've bought a cigar named "punch". I've got three cigar of punch's. cigarillo, "coronation", and "punch punch". cigarillo is for smoking in my office. shorter is better in the office. and 2 cigars is for enjoying at home. Why do I buy the cigars made in the same company? well, the shop owner suggest me to try smoke the same cigars of different quality. it would be fun to smelling and compare each. Perhaps, the nuance can be same.

pasta and lasagna

The pasta with ragu, which I've made it last weekend. and lasagna made with the leftovers of ragu. got little burned..., but it was okay.

mayuhake omoto 2006

The flower opened up this year. we call this flower "mayuhake omoto". last blooming is here.

a rice noodle with tom yum goong

I ate a rice noodle at lunch time. it doesn't looks nice, but the taste wan't bad at all.

the meals for my cosy holidays.

I've cooked many today. ragu, curry, and tom yum goong. Because I wanna be lazy till Monday. I have three days off! Might be I will cook lazania with the leftover of the ragu later. It's gonna be cosy days.

THis is my favorite ragu. I seldom cook it and eat pasta with it or make lazania with it. both are delicous.




This is a sourth Indain curry that I've learn by a magazine. it can go with rice or bread. couscous is also okay.



This is a tom yum goong that I've cooked by using chicken bone, the head part of porgy(we call this, kinda leftovers, "ara" in Japanese.), and the leftovers of curry and ragu. added limes, lemon grass, kaffir lime leaves, fish sauce, cilantro leaf(I used the rootage of it for curry), ginger, green chile(it's also for curry), and red chile. It's the first time cook this soup, but I think it's not bad at all.

gratin

It's leftovers I've cooked last weekend. 2 kinds of gratin. chicken gratin and smoked salmon gratin. the chicken gratin was little bland. I will make it better next time.

not so good..

I've tried another ones. but it's not so good than I expected.

it smells like chocolate before light up. but it's getting boring soon. little soft.




I prefer zino mini. soft taste as well.

Olivier COUSIN

We've tasted 4 wines of Oliveir Cousin at our favorite wine shop Yestarday.
Chardonnay, vin de table 2004. smell honey, golden color, taste nice acidity. It's very rich wine.




Chenin blanc, vin de table 2004. smell like banana or I felt litte more acidity than Chardonnay. I think I can't guesss what variety is if just sip without looking at the bottle. I like this one.


Anjou 2004, Cabernet Flanc. natural taste and light taste. it went together with the chicken and the liver dishs which the mother of the shop's owner made.



Anjou 2004, Cabernet Flanc, Vieilles Vignes(which means old wine tree). I like it more than last one! nice richness. smell good, taste nice. nice balanced wine!

zino mini

I've bought two cigar today. zino mini and partagas chicos. zino mini is cheaper and taste is not bad at all. I think it's a nice cigarillo to enjoy daily. I can't make much time on my job, so that I will like the cigarillo like this. partagas chicos is also nice. I will enjoy it at home.

macanudo

I've tried macanudo mini and H. Upmann mini. I think I prefer macanudo. upmann was light taste and soft. It wasn't rolled tightly. It seems unstuffed well. In contrast, macanudo was nice smell. I will try it again.

gecko lizard

It's flatten against a window. I sometimes see this in summer.

Domaine D'aupilhac

Authentique, this wine was made for the cereberation of his daughter's birthday.

cigarette to cigar

Recently, I change to smoking mini cigars. I don't feel like inhaling since I've got a hyperventilation by autonomic nerve imbalance. but I like the smell of my favorite cigarette. it is similar nuance to cigars. Therefore, I've changed mini cigars. noone inhale cigars, you know, just puff. I'm looking for my favorite mini cigar now.

This is what I puff now, Monteros Cazadores. it's nice. I also like Partagaz club, cohiba cigarillo and montecristo cigarillo. Ofcourse I like cigar, but I can't afford to buy them frequently.


It was my favorite cigarette, Gitanes. I will puff it like cigar when I have no time to enjoy mini cigars.

weekend meals

I cooked those meals last weekend. Chirashizushi, Pasta, and Curry.






This wine was divine! it's very rich. what a splendid wine!

Absinthe

Absinthe, It was a barred liqueur. It said that many people died for this, Because there were an element making people addict. But recently, it's rereleased. the element is pitted. There are many taste Absinthe. some are sweet, some are dry. I prefer dry taste. I like this absinthe and another one made in Czech.

Clos Bagatelle

Clos Bagatelle, Saint Chinian. It's made with Carignan mainly. It't a Languedoc wine. Ofcourse, it's nice in room temperature, but You can chill it a little too.

chicken masala curry

Since I've read a special topic about south Indian masala curry in a magazine, I sometimes make masara curry this summer. Today's curry is chicken masala curry. I've added some cutted Japanese burdock root. Usually, We use the burdock root for Japanese cuisine, kinpira gobo, miso soup, boiled salada etc..

月下美人(selenicereus) 2006!

It's flowered this summer. In addition, There are 4 flowers in full bloom tonight! Very strong smelling. Selenicereus(Gekka Bijin in Japanese) is a cactus family.

tonight and last weekend.

Just a note.

Last weekend, I brought this wine and pizza. It's easy to swallow and go together with pizza at the time. sorry, I didn't take a photo of pizza. It was so yummy that I can't do that. and I was starving.


Tonight, I've opened this beer. I like drinking beer in the hot summer!