a thief sneaking!

17th, June, around 2pm, There was a thief sneaking into a house somewhere in Yokohama. He remains at large since we've found him... All we know now is that he is small, fast, wear black clothing, and he has a tail. Call us when you find him or the suspicious guy like him!

China tea

Ludens in June. We took a china tea lesson at this time. There were 3 kinds of tea, 2 kinds of Fujian and one Jasmin tea. We tasted 3 times at each tea leaves.

umegae mochi

It's a baked rice cake in Fukuoka, located in Kyushu, the south of Japan. Our neighbor has brought it as a souvenir. She is from Fukuoka, and so is my mother. So that, she brings this rice cake when she goes home. umegae mochi is famous to be sold in Dazaifu Tenmangu shrine. it has bean paste in it as an usual rice cake. it said that the mochi, "ume-ga-e mochi" derives from an old women baked the mochi sticked with ume-branch to solace the death of a person in the shrine in the old days. it will be tasty if you can bite the mochi just baked. it's the kinda cake you will say "one more!".

fusilli con salsa fegato

Tonight, I made a fusilli pasta with liver sauce(fusilli con salsa fegato?). It's little hot and rich sauce.

rose d'un jour

I've sipped this wine with the film, tokyo story yestarday. The title is unique. Rose d'un jour, "a rose in a day". very simple title. Usually, it's supposed to be writen "rose d'anjou". but this wine is a vin de table, table. it can't afford to be named as rose d'anjou. amusing word game. The wine maker challenge to make a good wine. as if it doesn't matter the specification. it tastes like apple jam, honey fristly. little sweet. I think it needs to be chilled for a while before drink.

tokyo story

Tokyo story, filmed in 1953. This is a family drama which an elderly couple visited his son and daughter who live in tokyo.

Laramon

Domaine des marquises, Laramon, vin de table. I don't know the detail, but it's a natural wine, I think. I will enjoy it for a couple of day.

Ochazuke no aji

This is one of the Yasujiro Ozu's movies. It's taken in 1952. Recently, I've rent one by one on weekends. Somehow, I like the atmosphere. He took nice shots in movies. the story is old ofcourse, but I like the atmosphere.

higueruela

I've opened a spanish wine tonight. It's better than I've expected, even though it's cheap. I've thought the spanish red wines tend to be strong and thick, but this wine wasn't. I wasn't be tired of drinking it. Usually, I've got a feeling that I'm tired of drinking a thick wine, even if the first impression is strong, I will be tired of sipping it after minutes. I don't know, maybe it's the reason why I'm a light drinker, I think.

rainbow

On Saturday, it was a sunny day, but it suddenly rained at afternoon. it's clear off when I was walking outside at the early evening. Then A rainbow jump into my eyes. I took it with Mon portable. My niece also saw it in her house, and called me, "hey there is a rainbow here!". I sent the photo to her. She sent back the photo she'd took, Actually her mother'd took it though. it's beautiful.

dames

I've tasted this wine this week. a red wine in Languedoc, Chateau L'engarran. it smelt like blueberry and mint or somthing.

un cadeau pour quelqu'un

Frederic Cossard

We've tasted 5 bottles of Domaine Chassorney on Saturday.


Firstly, Chassornade. It's a cute bottle. I've seen a similar bottle of lemonade in a store before. It tastes little sweet and sparkling. It's a nice wine to start, but it's not easy to buy it. I will choose it on a nice occasion or situation. I meant not special occasion. I'd rather to open it in a casual party with old friends.

We've tasted "Combe Bazin", Saint Romain next. Nice smell and a nice acidy wine. Fristly, I didn't know how to describe the smells, but I think it's like pineapple after minutes. The smell kept nicely while through the tasting party. I liked it very much.

"Le ban 2004", Hautes cotes de beaune. I smelt like berrys and cacao like chocolate, yeah that's chocolate.




"Sous Roche 2004", Saint romain. I've got a feeling that it's different from "le ban". I smelt like berrys and herb like mint, or something greenness lightly. Well, I don't know how to describe it.


"Clos des argillieres 2003", Huits saint georbes. nice acidity, some of us lauded this wine, because it was 2003, very terrible heat wave. en general, the grape lacked acidity at that year. but this wine was not. very nice balanced.

Paella

Our teacher feasted us on Paella on Saturday. We've brought a wine, bread, fruits. After the lesson, she's started cooking, and I took some photos. One of her friends joined at dinner later and she's brought a few appetizers. Let's get started! We've enjoyed the dinner and chatting. It's almost midnight when I saw the time. The time flew by!

give off a nice garlic smell! Our stomach start grumbling!



let's get started!





At this time, I've choosed a Rhone rose, L'anglore, tavel. the color was like a light red wine, and tasted natural. I liked it.

What I've eaten this week.

In Japan, a long holiday season in May. We call it "golden week", which means almost of Japanese can have a week off in the first week of May. I've enjoyed those foods and drinks in this week. A day of this week, I went to a kinda house party. I've brought panna cotta then. Those photos are some of all I've eaten in places. What a nice week! :D

simonutti

It's quite hot today. The temperature was like early summer. So that I've opened this wine, Pascal Simonutti rose, maybe 2004. I've tasted his gamay before. Rose was also nice.

ceramica

My friends took me ceramica lesson. Bell Italia in Aoyama, Tokyo. Ceramica is Italian ceramic work. At this time, We have experienced a painting part in Ceramica. There were some samples for painting, so that I've copied lemmon. The sample plate was only lemmon, so that I've added a lime. The teacher said the color will change after being burnt in a kiln. We've choosed the color according to the sample color. After painting, I've asked a student who can speak Italian how to spell lemmon and lime in Italian. She know lemmon, "Limone". but she didn't know lime. I've asked the teacher too, but she didn't know that too. She called a staff in the office. There was a Italian lady in the office today, and asked her that. She said "What is lime?". LOL very funny.. After she understand what is lime, ofcourse, she knew it, She still didn't know how to spell it. I thought there was a lime in Italia, no lime made in Italia? Well, I wrote "Limone" and "Limone verde". In French, Lemmon is Citron, and Lime is Citron vert. So that I wrote that way. It might be correct. a little mystery, Somebody tells me how to spell lime in Italian. We will get the completed product after a few weeks. It's gonna be fun!
We had dinner in a nice Suchi restaurant near Hiyoshi st, the To-yoko line. It's a kinda restaurant you don't wanna tell the other. Any sushi item was very delicous. and it's quite less expensive, you can say it's cheaper!, than I've expected.

golden week!

It's a Japanese long holiday season in May. I take 10 days off at this time!! It's said that many people travel abroad in this year. I will meet friend a couple of time. The days of the rest, I will stay at home to be lazy.

Tonight, I've had those drinks instead of opening a wine, to just take a sip. This spumante, the right photo, was sweet and easy to swallow.

dégustasion avril

I went to a wine tasting event to help as a assistant. A small event, but there were 30 kinds of wines you could taste. it costs only 1000 yen! I think it's cheap and a nice opportunity. I've got some of the rest after the event.The rose on the photo is rose d'anjou, Jean Christophe Garnier. I loved this wine. There are many scents. Strawberry jam, lots of fruits, honey, something that I always smell in Loire white wines, and it's funny, but I smelt Anko, Japanese bean jam. I think it's just only my description and my feeling.

Alsace in April

We've tasted Alsace wines on the Saturday, Bruno Schuellers, ones of my favorite Alsace wines. I've heard of that he is a unique wine maker. Because he acts up to his opinions and ideals. Gérard, his father is too. It is likly that A.O.C,INAO, Bio is not important factor for them. I like that.


First of all, We've tasted this one. Le verre est dans le fruit, Riesling. I've heard of that this grape is made in a grand cru estae named the hill of peach(or fruit?). But this wine didn't allow to call as Grand cru by INAO's check. It's said that it isn't like Alsace wine... But he doesn't seem to care about that. I don't know what is like Alsace wine, and I like his wine at least. Firstly, I've got a feeling of fruits, nice acidy. I can't describe what it is though. I'm very surprised and happy to experience another side of the scents of Riesling. After a couple of hour, I can smell the same as the usual great other Riesling wines.
By the way, How could I describe of the title, "Le verre est dans le fruit"?

Bildstoeckle, Gewurztraminer, Nice smell and I've also got a feeling of mineral or something, and acidy. Some of us prefered Le verre est dans le fruit.



Pino noir. It's nice balanced. Firstly, I smelt like chestnuts, honney, fruit. Usually, I hardly smelt those scent in red wne, but I've got that feeling somehow. Might be wrong description. After turn around(correct?), I smelt like Ume & Katsuo. and nice acidy.

It's more condensed than the first pino. nice balanced too. but the scent wasn't stronger than the first one. I could be more nicer.



1999, Particuliere. It's different character from the two pino noir we've already tasted. It's aged nicely. The color was brighter then the other. but the scent was richer. I can't describe it . but I liked it.


le chant de Oiseaux, 2001. It's similar in nature to Particuliere. and it's better than that, I think. But Tonight, 6 bottle was enough for me. My nose and tongue was insensible. I can't describe anymore. We should've open it next time. it's said that le chant de Oiseaux is a particular plat. Many birds came here to pick the grape which means quite nice quality. This wine wasn't made in every years. They make this wine in a particular year.


One of us brought choux-croute because she had said that she had no chance to open the pot in her house.