la lunotte

A loire wine, Christopher Foucher. light red color, natural taste, smells berries. I like the wine like this. I don't know what the varieties are in this wine. gamay? I've googled, but almost of people were talking about the white of his wine. hmm, I wanna try a white wine too. The cheese was made in Loire too, Selles sure cher, It's aged and smells nice and the texture was moist.

weekend cheese

Today is snowing for a day in Yokohama. and I've been lazying in my room with a bottle of cider. I've tasted a cidre after a while. Cidre Bouche , le pere jules. The maker is Leon Desfrieches et fils and It says that it's located in St desir de lisieux. I like this cider. I drunk it with Italian goat cheese, Testun di Capra. It's aged. It tasted soften sourness and enough saltness. The texture was solid, and different from the cheese like Sainte maure.

Juan Clemente

I've puffed a Demi Corona of Juan Clemente tonight. It was mild flavor, and easy to puff. It's said that this cigar produced by a French guy. and made in Dominica.

Pinot Blanc III KL 2005

I've sipped an Alsace wine after a while. Bruno Schueller, one of Alsace wine maker. I love his wines. I've puffed a mini cigar too.

Chevrette du poitou

It's a goat cheese in France. It's little aged. less acidity and the structure was velvety. Ah, What a happy time! This time, I sipped atsukan(warmed sake) too.

uirou

Uirou is a type of steamed cake produced principally in Nagoya, Yamaguchi and Kyoto. This uirou is made by goken uirou in Kyoto. The shop is located near Keihan Gojou st. It will take about 20 min from Kyoto st by train. The structure is little sticky and sweet. I liked this uirou. This time, I choose a stick of three type uirou(sakura, maccha, and plane). Definitely, You wanna drink Japanese tea(green, houji-cha, genmai-cha)!

fuki no tou

I can see wild vegetable, "fuki no tou" in front of my apartment this year again. Fuki no tou is called "Butterbur sprout" in English. It tastes little bitter and smell nice. some people eat it by Tempura. This bitterness is good for your liver. I cooked "fuku miso" today. just chopped fuki no tou and fry up with salad oil for minutes and added miso, mirin, sake, and some sugar. This time, I also added grated garlic and shitimi pepper(seven flavor chili pepper). It tastes miso, the bitter of the wild vegetable, sweet, and little hot. It goes together with rice!! You can also dip it on chicken, boiled vegetable(example Daikon and Konnyaku). It would be wonderful.

Aberfeldy 1993

I've sipped a glass of scotch tonight, Aberfeldy 1993, douglas of drumlanrig. It's the first time to drink. It smelt like soil and insect like unicorn beetle. Actually, It's a strange representation, but This scotch was unique as for me, and I liked it, even though my representation was not nice.

Dard et Ribo

Crozes Hermitage 2002. It tasted natural, a nice wine. I think It could be better if I would drink this wine after years. but I enjoyed it enough.

hoyo de monterrey

This cigar is a limited edition. I sometimes enjoy a mini cigar of this bland. It's much better, I love it!

marselan

marselan seems a variety of grapes. It's easy to drink, not thick. you can drink it smoothly. It's made by Domaine Chaume Arnaud. I will try his white next time.

kaki tea

This tea attracted my attention today. "kaki no ha", the leave of Japanese persimmon. I love the fruit, but I think I've never drunk the tea. It's not exactly tea leaves, but it's drinkable. I don't know that kaki leaves has some utilities, but smell not bad. It's subdued, but I like it.

Palm royal

I've drunk a belgium beer tonight. It's said that this beer has been produced as a birthday present of the beer owner since 2003. It's nice balanced and good flavor.

Capa Dominicana

Davidoff Limited Edition 2007, "Capa Dominicana". This is my first cigar in 2008. My ex-colleagues gave me this one last year, as a present of leaving work. I'd been keeping it and thinking when it's the best time to puff. and Today is a nice day for it. Of course, I had a wonderful time!

piglet dice

I've get this unique dice for my nice yesterday. There are five piglets(pig), When it comes to stand by its snout, you'll get 10 points. stand on all fours is 5 point, lying on its back is worth 3 points, and ending up in a lateral position makes 1 point. It's funny. so that I'll give my niece as a present of new year gift(We called it "otoshidama" in japanese.). It's made by bartlgmbh(Denmark).

Partagas Presidente

I've puffed a cigar after dinner tonight. The cigar shop owner told me that this cigar had stopped to produce for 5,6 years ago. This cigar is nice balanced, steady and rich scent. It's simply good for me.

Le Mazel

I've opened a rouge, C'est Im-portant 2006. Why he named this wine "It's important"? I don't know. the varieties are Grenache and Portugais bleu. It's the first time to hear Portugais blue. Did it come from Spain originally? It tasted very natural and easy to drink smoothly. Nice wine for me.

bounenkai

bounenkai is a year-end party. In Japan, companies, peoples, friends are having this kind of party here or there. Actually, It's just a drinking. I had dinner with some friends in my neighborhood and we opened 4 bottle of wine. I liked all wines. Especially, Champagne(De sousa) and Nuits Saint Georges(Clos des argillieres 2003, made by Frederic Cossard) were nice for me.

today's lunch

I've eaten pasta with tomato sauce simmered with canned tomato, garlic, coriander leaves.

benanti

I've bought a bottle of grappa tonight. Grappa di pietramarina, Benanti. It's produced in Sicilia. They made some grappa and it's said that this grappa is made from grape for making white wine.

Junmai Nama Genshu

I've sipped a sake, Junmai Nama Genshu, brewed by Sawaya Matsumoto. Nama genshu is stronger than usual sake. Usual sake is added water and be pasteurized, like distilled alcohols. The proof is about 18%-20%. It's not that strong, because Sake isn't distilled. This nama genshu is easy to drink and taste natural. I don't know the detail, but I like the sake like this. Roquefort went together with it too.

today's lunch

Today was beans curry with naan bread.

isle of jura samaroli coilltean 1989

I've sipped a glass of scotch whiskey, I don't know much about whiskey. I guess that isle of jura is a place, and samaroli is a company? This whiskey was wonderful. smell little honey, and wonderful scent of whiskey, woody?.. I don't know how to describe. Anyway, I enjoyed a wonderful time with it.

Crottin de Chavignol.

I ate Crottin after diner. It tasted sour, and the texture was moist and little hard. It get tangled(correct description?) on my tongue. I've heard of that people grilled it on sliced baguette or served it as a salad. sounds delicious.

tonight dinner

I ate south Indian curry after months. I simmered curry with masra paste(I'd cooked), coconut milk, squash, and chicken. I served it with baguette. Not so hot, but spicy. I always make masara paste with onion, green pepper red pepper, garlic, ginger, the root of coriander, some whole spices(clove, black pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, laurel, and mustard seeds), and tomato. I liked this kinda curry.

daily sake

Sawaya Matsumoto Junmai, You can buy a bottle(700ml) at about 1000yen. I recommend to drink as atsukan(warmed sake). I drunk some with simmered Daikon(Japanese radish) and Hakusai(Chinese cabbage). I added add thickness with Katakuriko flour(starch).

Lavau 2003

I've opened a AC Bourgogne tonight, Domaine Brenot. This wine just attracted my attention in my favorite wine shop, Because I've never seen it at the shop. The shop owner said that he'd just found this bottle while he clean up. He said this wine wasn't so fascinated, but It's good. So I've taken it. It smelt like chestnut, camomile, and honey. It has nice acidity. I haven't been able to describe this scent as camomile before. but I've found this scent since I'd sipped a camomile grappa yesterday night.

Rinascimento 2000

I've sipped a glass of wine yesterday night. One of Dievole, Rinascimento 2000. This wine composed of a selection of Tuscan native grapes from different vineyards. It's easy to drink. Firstly, It tastes and smelt like jam, I didn't mean that sweet, fruity and juicy, but not so fresh of course. and I've sipped a glass of grappa which flavored with camomile, marolo grappa e camomilla. That's also nice. It smelt strong camomile flavor. I liked it.

warmed sake with nice music

I've sipped Atsu-kan(warmed sake) with nice sounds. The sake was 2 years aged sake, brewed by Hatsumago brewery, located in Yamaguchi pref. The alcohol was about 16%, little stronger than wine. It tasted strong, but smoothly. and It smelt honey. The sounds were the new album of Iron and wine, and Gil e Jorge(Gilberto Gil and Jorge Ben, a studio session recored in 1975). I felt This album of Iron and Wine was different form the others. but I liked this one too. His voice was nice as before. His sister sang too. Gil e Jorge was also nice. very relaxing music. It sounds like they played freely.

Tomette de chevre

I've eaten a slice of cheese after a while. This goat cheese is wonerful texture and taste. The wonderful taste open up nicely in my mouth. It's divine! I love it! This cheese went together with gamay too. You don't have to eat the surface when it's aged like this. just cut them and eat inside. It's little soften and..., so nice.

la Souteronne 2001

This wine is aged nicely. I like the wine like this. It's easy to drink and it's not watery. nice tannin, acidity, fruity and something like coffee beans. I like this scent that I always can't describe how it smells. The Vigneron is Herve Souhaut, Domaine Romaneaux.

tonight pasta

Tonight meat sauce was made with ground pork, bean, corn and canned tomato. I added little green pepper. I ate it with bucatini(the circle with a hole).

a unique tofu

This is Tofu marinated and fermented with miso. It's called "Tofu no Misozuke". The texture is like cheese. and it tastes cereal side, which means tofu made from soybeans and So is Miso. It's different taste from milk product. but It's similar with cheese. It went together with Atsu-kan(warmed sake).