#11 - Stollen, Persimmon, Yuzu And Cake

 Hello, Welcome To Part 11 Of My Food Diary, It's The 11th Week That I'm In Japan, And It's Still The Summer Season, Basically The Second Week Of Summer, And If It's The Summer Season, It's Possible To Have New Foods As A Try! So, For Today's Food Diary Entry, It's  Stollen Persimmon, Yuzu And Cake! Anyways, Let's Enjoy These Foods! 

Stollen - A Special Kind Of Bread!

What Is Stollen? Well, Stollen is a spiced bread filled with nuts, dried fruit, and topped with icing or powdered sugar, Basically, Stollen Persimmon Is Bread, My Grandmother Made It For Breakfast This Morning, And It's Really Good! 

 Persimmon - A Strange Fruit!

What is a persimmon? Well, The persimmon is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros. The most widely cultivated of these is the Chinese, Korean, and Japanese kaki persimmon, Basically It's A Type Of Fruit!

Anyways, I Had These Fruits As A Snack, And The Are Really Great, They Are Like A Berry, Mixed With A Peach! But They Are So Good! My Grandpa Came Over And Gave Them To Me, And He Grows Them In His Garden!

Yuzu - A New Type Of Citrus! 

Wow, Trying These Citrus Fruits Everytime Is Making Me Become A Citrus Lover, And This Time, It's Yuzu, Actually Yuzu Citruses Are Good, They Are Juicy And Have A Sweet Flavor, And Actually A Yuzu Is Like An Orange! And They Have A Different Taste!

Oh, Also, Yuzu Can Be Put In The Bath As Well, In Japan, They Call It A Traditional "Yuzu Bath" And It Can Make Great Health Benefits! Oh, Also I Managed To Eat One While In The Bath... It's Actually Weird To See Myself Eating A Fruit While Taking A Bath, I Haven't Eaten A Fruit While Bathing Before! But It's My First Time! 

Cake - A Sweet And A Classic Type Of Dessert!

Me And My Sister Tried A Cake Today, It's A Regular Old Cake With Strawberries In It, It Was Really Great, And The Strawberries And Cream Were Tasty (It's Called A Strawberry Shortcake) And It's Sweet, Me, My Sister And Grandma Tasted It, And It's Really Sweet!

Afterall, At This Conclusion, The Fruits That Are Citrus Like, Combined With Soft, Baked Goods Are Like A Combo, Just Like Different Types! Anyways, See You Soon! Bye! - S.T

#10 - Candy Corn, Soup, Hiking, Mikan, and Meat Bun

 Hello! Welcome To Another Entry On My Food Blog! Today, In Part 10, We Are Reviewing Candy Corn, Soup, Mikan And A Meat Bun! Also, I Will Be Talking About A New Activity I Did (Since It's The Start Of The Summer Season, And Spring Is Over) And It's Called "Hiking"! Anyways, Let's Go On This Food Adventure!

Candy Corn - Candy, Or Corn? 

No, Not That Candy Corn That Is Orange, Yellow In White Like The One Back Home, This Type Of Candy Corn Is Very Special In Japan, It's Basically Square With Pink And White On It, And What Makes This Candy Special Is Because It Represents A Long Healthy Life For A Thousand Years! And With A Jelly-Like Feel!

I Never Knew That I Discovered A New Type Of Candy Corn Until Now, In The Japanese Style! 

Soup - The Flavor Of The Day, In Liquid Form!

So, At A Vending Machine, I discovered a new food, That Has The Question, Why Is Soup Inside A Can? Well, Soup In A Can, It's A Weird Combanation, Well, I Will Tell You! It's Soup That Is Developed In Vending Machines That You Can Drink With, And No Spoon Is Needed For It!

I Picked A Corn Soup Kind Of Soup In A Can, And It's Really Good, It Is Combined With Broth And Mixed With Corn, And It's Good, Also, My First Weird Food Packaging Discovery!

So, Anyways, Let's Take A Break From The Food Review And Talk About A New Activity, Hiking!

It Was Warm Today, Since Summer Was Already Starting In Japan, My Friend Asked Me That We Are Going On A Hike, So We Vistied The Mountians Far Away From Where I Live, We Walked A Long Path And Explored The Views!

And It's My First Time Visiting A Mountain Path And Also My First Summer In Japan, And It's Very Great Doing My First Activity Of The Summer!

Mikan - Also Known As Oranges, As One May Call It!

After That Long Hiking Trip, I Managed To Walk Home And Eat A Good Fruit, An Orange, Or A "Mikan" Or Written In Kanji Is "オレンジ" It's A Fruit That Is Juicy That Is Used To Make Orange Juice, How Cool! When I Took A Bite Of It, It Was Really Juicy, One Orange Slice Equals The Juice Inside! Sweet!

Meat Bun - Meat Inside Of Bread, All In One Package!

A Meat Bun, Quite Weird For Meat Inside A Piece Of Bread, Right? Well, I Tried It, And It's Good, The Meat Was Well Cooked, And The Bread Is Sweet! 

Anyways, To Recap, With The Activity For The Day Being Hiking, It's Never Too Late To Discover An Activity You Love, Accompanied With Delicious Food As A Side, Whatever Is Sweet, Like Traditonal Japanese Candy Corn Or Oranges, The Strangest Ones, Like Soup In A Can, Or Freshly Cooked Ones, Like A Meat Bun, These Tastes Of Food, Combined With Activites, Are Great!

Anyways, I Hope You Enjoyed This Week's Food Review, I Hope I Can See You Soon! Farewell, And I Hope The Next Entry, Entry #11, Is Going To Be Great! - S.T

Today, I Went To The Grocery Store, And I Got Way Too Curious With The Food...

Hey Guys, Me And My Grandma And My Sister Went To The Grocery Store, Basically We Got Stuff For Our Miso Soup And Some Nuts For Tonight's Dinner Today In The Afternoon, And I Got Way Too Curious With The Food, Today, I was a little too interested in the cucumbers before my sister pulled away from it... 

Anyways, This Grocery Shopping In Japan Was Way Too Weird... But It Was Great Getting Stuff For Our Dinner We Had Today! - S.T

#9 - Miso Soup and Ginkgo, A Dinner Favorite For Today!

 Hey Guys, Today's Food Review Is Set For A Great Dinner! The Time In Japan Is Now 8:00 PM! (We Had Dinner At 7:00 PM) And Me, My Grandma And My Sister Had A Good Dinner! 

Anyways, Today's Dinner Menu Was Miso Soup and Ginkgo, So Let's Dive Into The World Of Tonight's Dinner!

Miso Soup - The Main Course Of Today's Dinner

For The Main Course, It's Miso Soup, With Noodles! The Miso Broth Was Warm And The Noodles Were Well-Cooked, It Was All Thanks To My Grandmother Who Provided Me With The Cooking, But At Least She Added The Noodles And Nothing Else!

Ginkgo - The Side Dish For Tonight's Dinner

So, "Ginkgo" Is A Type Of Nut, You Can Put It In The Microwave To Keep Them Warm, And Open Them With A Type Of Kitchen Sisscors, And Eat The Insides... I Never Knew That These Types Of Nuts Were Edible On The Inside, But Their Shells Are Not Edible, And Heatable Nuts? I Haven't Discovered Them Until Now!

Anyways, Some Good Soup With Noodles And Warm Broth, And Ginkgo Nuts As A Side Dish After We Eat, These Were The Things That We Had For Tonight's Dinner, It Was Great And Tasted Well-Good! 

Anyways, See You In Food Diary Entry #10! Bye! - S.T

#8 - Rice Curry, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Grapes and Mechi Katsu

 Hello~! Today's Food Diary Is Rice Curry, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Grapes and Mechi Katsu! I Hope You Enjoy This Food Diary For Today!

Rice Curry - Curry Or Rice, Why Not Both!

Today For Lunch, Me And My Grandma Made Curry With Rice, It's Rice And Curry Combined Into One Dish, You Cook The Rice, And Add Curry Seasoning, It's A Great Recipe! My Grandma And I Love It, So Good, And My Friend And Sister Even Tried It, Mmm! So Tasty!

Roasted Sweet Potatoes - Potatoes That Are Sweet And Roasted, All In One!

MMM!!! THIS SWEET POTATO IS SO GOOD!!! And I Learned How To Cook Sweet Potatoes Today, Really Great, And It's Roasted Sweetness On The Inside, Was Really Cool And Tasty, And The Texture Was Sweet, So That's What A Sweet Potato Inside Tastes Like!

Grapes - A Type Of Berry Fruit!

Oh, Did I Discover Some New Type Of Berry Today? Well, They Are Grapes, And They Are Like Round Fruits, And They Are Small! And The Taste Of It Is So Juicy And Soft! And I Like It! I Was Kinda Expecting Some Kind Of New Fruit, But It's Actually Grapes!

Mechi Katsu - A Strange Type Of Japanese Cuisine! 

What Is Menchi Kasu? Well, According To My Reasearch, "Menchi katsu (メンチカツ) is a Japanese breaded and deep-fried ground meat patty — essentially a deep-fried hamburger cutlet with a crispy, golden crust The name comes from menchi (minced) and katsu (cutlet), reflecting its minced meat and cutlet form"

So It's A Deep Fried Meat Patty, Pretty Great Right, Also, It's The First Deep Fried Meat I Ever Had In Japan!

Anyways, My Final Thoughts On These Foods Are The Sweet Combination Of Rice Curry, The Fullness Of Roasted Sweet Potatoes, The Sweet And Juicy Grapes, and the foreign deep fried food of Japan, Mechi Kasu!

Anyways, This Wonderful And Sweet Food Review Has Ended, Anyways, Hope To See You In Another One Of My Food Diaries! Bye! - R.T

#7 - Shaved Ice, Cheesecake, Plain Hot Water and Cup Noodles

 Hello Guys! It's Me, Suzume Tachibana! And Welcome To My Seventh Food Diary Entry! This Week, We Will Be Trying Some Good Eats! The Foods We Have Here Are Shaved Ice, Cheesecake, Plain Hot Water and Cup Noodles!

Really Hope This Tasting Festival Is Going To Be Great! 

Shaved Ice -  Ice Cream With Ice, Without The Cream!

Hmm, Never Seen This Type Of Ice Cream Before, Oh? It's Some Shaved Ice! Shaved Ice Is Like Ice Cream, But Made Out Of Ice, Without The Cream, Shaved Ice Is Basically A Type Of Desert Made With Ice, And Added With Special Dye (Or Flavor) Into It!

Anyways, As For A Little Extra Sweet, I Shared It With My Dear Sister Of Mine, We Both Actually Liked It!

Cheesecake - Cheese, Combined With Cake? The Most Sweetest Treat Ever Combined!

Oh, We Went To A Fancy Restuarant For Lunch Today, For Desert, They Served Cheese Cake, The Cake Pictured Here Is A Plain, Vanilla Cheesecake, With Chocolate Drizzle On The Plate, And It's Really Good, Also, Cheesecake Was The Name Because It's A Cake Made With Cheese! Oh, See? That What I Learned How The Cheesecake Got It's Name!

Plain Hot Water - Water But Make It Heated!

Hey Guys, This Plan Hot Water Was Quite Warm, And Hot, This Water Creates A Brand New Flavor When Heated, And It's Warmth Kept Me Cool, It's Nice To Discover Water As A New Cooling Technique!

Cup Noodles - Soup In A Cup, Whatever You Like It!

Well, I Just Invited To A Friend's House For Dinner, In Japan, Dinner Is Customary, And I Love It, For Tonight's Dinner, We Had Cup Noodles, My New Friend Had The Meat Kind, While I Had The Seafood Kind!

When My Reaction Was Before Eating The Seafood Cup Noodles, Was Like A Wonderous Taste In My Mouth, It Tastes Just Like The Sea, Even When It's Cooked! 

My Final Thoughts:

With The Sight Of The Ice That Belongs In The Shaved Ice, And The Sweetness Of The Cheesecake's Sweet Texture, The Warmth Of The Plain Hot Water, And The Mixture Of The Flavors Of The Cup Noodles, It's Just Like Food Combined All Together Into One Dream!

Anyways, I Hope You Enjoyed This Spectacular Food Tasting, I Hope Everyone Enjoys The Next Food Entry In Entry #8, See You Soon, From Suzume!

#6 - Eel, Cold Tofu and the Festival

 Hey Guys, Today Was A Great Day Today, Today, I Had Eel And Cold Tofu For Lunch Today, So Let's Learn About It!

Eel - From Fish To Food

An Eel Is A Type Of Fish That Lives In The Ocean, But In Our Food Version, It's A Type Of Sushi, With Rice On It! It's Really Good When Eel Is Cooked, And I Like It!

Cold Tofu - Colder Than Regular Tofu!

So, Cold Tofu, It's Like Tofu That Is Normal, But Cold, What Is Cold Tofu Made Of? Well, It's Simple, Place Cold Tofu In The Fridge! This Is The Most Easy Recipe That Is So Quick!

Anyways, Today At Night, Was The Golden Week Festival, Since Golden Week In Japan Is Such A Nice Holiday, And Also The Second And Final Week Of Golden Week In Japan, I Wore Yukatas, Danced Around And Played Games, And We Saw The Bonfire Dance!

It Was The Greatest Festival Ever, With Such Great New Foods And Moments That Are Like Memories, It Really Makes My Life Go Well With Food! 

Anyways, It's Great, I Hope You Enjoy My Good Food Talk! - S.T