today's pasta

I've cooked a pasta with fresh chopped tomato and sliced chinese cabbage(hakusai in Japanese). I used green olive, garlic, red pepper, anchovy, oiled dried tomato too. hakusai is a popular vegetable in winter here.

chili con carne with pita bread

Today's lunch was chili con carne with pita bread. I cooked chili con carne with leftover meat sauce. I added some spices, cinnamon, clove, cummin and red papper. and I added kidney beans. it turns to a spicy Mexican food! it's easy, huh?

freitag

anybody knows freitag bag? It's made from distressed truck tarpaulins as a recycled material. everything is never the same design, unique idea. I've already known this for a couple of years ago, but never see it in real. today, I've happened to find some in a store. and at the first time, I was just gonna take a glance at them. but when I saw them..., as I notice, I'd already had one of them in my hands.. well, That's how it is..

humidor

I've been given a humidor by my favorite cigar shop today. wow, I've never expected that! The owner said it's not a good one though, it will be useful for me. I really appreciated that!

today's dinner

It's hard to recognize though, it's a pasta alio olio with anchovy and whole egg, black pepper, and parmesan. It's like a carbonara, but The difference was that I used alio olio with anchovy instead of bacon. I think it's not bad.

today's dinner

I've cooked a pasta Japanese style and a soup with turnip and garbanzo bean for dinner. the pasta sauce was made with chopped pork back ribs, the leaves of turnip, garlic, red pepper, Japanese sake, sesame oil, and soy sauce. I don't know how foreign people like this though, it's a nice taste for me.

today's soup

I've cooked a soup with bean-starch vermicelli, fried tofu and the leaves of turnip. It's thickened with starch and dropped a sesame oil in it.

un vin de table de france..

Domaine Vieille Julienne, vin de table 2005. I don't understand why this wine isn't AOC! quite nice!! it's devine!

cuvee les terrasses grillees

I've finally opened this wine. It's one of the nicest wine in Domaine Moulinier, Cuvee Les Terrasses Grillees 2000. a langudoc wine. I've enjoyed it with some cheese, sainte maure(goat cheese) and cabecou(including black pepper and rolled with leaves). I liked this sainte maure. it was very nice taste. The wine was superb! and qutie better after hours. I think I should've opened this wine a few hours before tasting.

doncarlo

I've bought a grappa after a while.

domaine pavelot

I've really enjoyed a pino noir after a while. Domaine pavelot, Pernand Vergelesses. en caradeux 2004. nice smell. I think I will try another of his wines next time. I've drunk it with cous cous. yeah, cous cous again.

sake

I've opened a sake, Sinkame. it made from a chai located in Saitama pref. it tasted smoothly. it's said the sake suits as a atsukan, which means a hot sake. I will try it next time.

happy new year

I've opened a champagne to cerebrate the new year. we ate awabi(a clam) and sazae(turban shell) with it. the champagne was De Sousa sepcial edition. my favorite champagne.

cous cous

I ate cous cous after a while. I've opened a white wine. it was 2006 Nouveau, and made by Grande Coline. I liked this smell. It smells like fruits and toast. only Chardonnay?

a lunch

pasta with pomodoro. I added butter. Recently, I like using this short pasta.

ludens dec 2006

We had a early Xmas party.

wine tasting dec 2006

We've enjoyed the wine tasting party at the last time of this year.

everybody brought something for the party. I brought some cheeses, Cour de camembert au calvados, Ubriaco Rosso, and Robiola di Roccaverano. Robiola di Roccaverano was so nice. it's covered with the fig leaves. very nice with white wine.

The first of all, we've tasted alfred gratien, paradis. the wine shop treat this. he's said it's aged. I didn't asked how long it's been aged though. still acidity and smell honey. rich champagne.


anjou, chenin blanc, jean christophe garnier. This is so nice chenin blanc. It went nice with Robiola di Roccaverano.



it's thick wine. I'm not familiar with bordeaux. but it went nice with Boeuf bourguignon.




I liked the wine like this. the wine shop owner said this winery makes the cote rotie by a traditional way. adding little viognier. I wonder why people think blend little white wine. Anyway, I liked this.


gevrey chambertin, philippe pacalet. nice pino noir. as for me, this wine was a charming wine.




Domain Ostertag, Gewurztraminer, vendanges tardives. and tiramisu. nice wine. it made me feel rich.

petite sale

I tried to make salted pork one week ago. I've cooked petite sale and lentil for dinner.

partagas

I've bought a partagas and don esteban cigarillo.

domaine guiberteau

I liked this wine, but I also think it could be fun to drink after ages.

soup soup soup!

I've cooked 2 kinds of soup and one meal tonight. the dish with eggs and tomato went well with the rose wine I've opened yestarday.

le rose de janot

I didn't know he made a rose wine. It tastes simple, and really good.

old pot

I've been using this pot over 10 years. there are many cracks on the pot. I want a new pot by now.

today's lunch

a pasta with shiitake mushroom and shishitou which is a jaapnese hot pepper. shishitou doesn't taste hot usually, but there is a few very hot ones sneaking sometimes. then we yell, "I got hit!!".

tonight cigar

I've bought a cigarillo and a mini cigar on my way to go home. griffinos and macanudo ascot. I've tried maduro ascot before. it's different from each other. they are nice for people who wanna smoke, but don't have enough time.