Monday, August 29, 2011

udon dinner

After an afternoon of biking and a trip to Yamada Denki (the tech store here), we had dinner in an udon place recommended by O-san (who joined us too). It's a self-serve restaurant; I took these photos while we were in line (the place was almost full) for our turn at the counter.




I love open kitchens!


Ronjie's tray
(that deep-fried clump of vegetables was really good)

my tray
(I think this was the first time I had ebi tempura since I got here last May.)



meet Fern


A couple of weeks ago, Ronjie came home from the 100-yen store bringing this. We decided to name him Fern. (I decided he's male.) Our job now is not let him die. :D Fern bunks in our toiletries shelf, along with some nail cutters and a bottle of hand sanitizing gel. Every morning though I bring him to the window to get some sun. Haven't noticed any growth yet. He's (still) around half a foot tall. No idea what kind of plant he is. If you do, let me know! :)

Until the next update on Fern. :) Stay tuned! :)

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

food stalls galore

This is a photo-heavy post.

August is festival season in Japan! There was a street parade and a lot of food stalls in downtown Atsugi a couple of weeks ago. Ronjie and I just got surprised one day when we saw all these stalls everywhere. I don't really know what was being celebrated or what the occasion was but I enjoyed observing all the mass food production going on. :D

This is an okonomiyaki stall. Snapped the most photos here but didn't buy from them. Ehehe. Can be shameless sometimes. :D











Takoyaki up next! Was tempted to buy but didn't.





Shawarma! Eto, bumili na talaga kami. We asked the guy if he had a place (restaurant or something) in Atsugi. He didn't daw; he just comes over when he's invited for events like this. Check out his cool wheels. It's a real vehicle!




chicken shawarma (naubusan kami ng beef)


It wasn't just all food stalls, there were some game & prize stalls too. Like this turtle one. Not exactly sure what you have to do here though.






That's it. :)

pineapple update!

Pineapple still lives! :) It has a pot-mate now and it looks like they're both healthy. Thanks to Phoebe for the photo and to Ms. Linda for styling pineapple. :D

photo taken last July 8

Friends are one of the best 'things' in life.
*Hi to my former officemates! Miss ko na kayo! See you in a couple of months!*

twf 742

BigWood food

Dinner with Ronjie's classmates/colleagues before their 1-week summer break. Western food was the choice so we went to BigWood for their tabehodai (all-you-can-eat) pizza, pasta, seafood, steak, rice AND DESSERT! I especially loved their cheesecake. :9

pizza with salad

breaded shrimps

chicken

kani croquettes

steak

steak with rice

I'm not sure if this is the deep-dish pasta

pumpkin gratin?

more pizza

tiramisu

cheesecake