Every year, during December Japanese are busying on celebrating bÅnenkai(忘年会). A Japanese year-end parties or literally “forget the year gathering” is a Japanese drinking party that takes place at the end of the year, and is generally held among groups of co-workers or friends. The purpose of the party, as its name implies, is to forget the woes and troubles of the past year, usually by consumption of large amounts of alcohol.
Here, I wanna introduce a very simple and easy to prepare Japanese style beef recipe, Japanese beef sukiyaki recipe (ã™ã焼ã) that commonly found at bonenkai. Generally, this is a very popular Japanese one-pot dish or nabemono for the colder days of the year. Just add in the thin-sliced beef (you may use other options of chicken or pork slices), vegetables, tofu. Slowly cooked or simmered at the table, alongside vegetables and other ingredients, in a shallow iron pot in a mixture of soy sauce, sugar, and mirin. Before being eaten, the ingredients are usually dipped in a small bowl of raw, beaten eggs.
This year, we had a gathering at HG’s house. I’ve got a home made cake special made for me. Amazing taste, especially when it’s just out from the fridge, cool and not so sweet..Yum! Yum! Thanks PL for the delicious cake.
See it started snowing now at my site. Miss the snowing scenes out there since it is not possible to have these beautiful scenes in Malaysia.
So, try to create some Christmas atmosphere in this virtual land with some great songs special for you. *(Remember to ON your speaker to feel it )
This is a wordpress plug-in called “Let-It-Snow”.
Follow the below steps to create one at your site :
1. Download the Let-It-Snow plugin Here.
2. Upload let-it-snow folder including all files inside to your blog’s plugin folder (wp-content/plugins).
3. Activate the plugin in wordpress dashboard.
Kenchin-Jiru is a traditional Japanese soup recipe cooked and eaten all over Japan. Classic versions of kenchin-jiru are not enriched with miso though you could thicken the broth of either, or both, with your favorite fermented bean paste. If you do, omit the soy sauce and mirin. This hearty Japanese soup recipe matched perfectly with steamed rice. With the combination of tofu-dashi stock in the soup, it energize and keep you warm especially during the cool winter. So, you may wanna cleaning out the fridge with this Japanese soup recipe. Add in the vegetables that you have in the fridge, and try out the hearty kenchin-jiru today! Continue reading →
“Chawan” means Japanese style tea cup and mushi is steam in Japanese. Chawanmushi (茶碗蒸ã—) literally “tea cup steam”, is a Japanese famous egg custard dish. It is usually eaten as an appetizer with the main of egg mixture flavored with soy sauce, dahsi and mirin. One reminder when cooking the dish is do not overcook. It should not have too much air bubbles, not to be too dry on top. You will feel a real refreshed when you taste a well-done chawanmushi, especially the moment it “melt” inside your mount, amazing taste, Yummy! Yummy! It has a very soft and smooth texture which you couldn’t refuse to request for 2nd cup, like I always do. Continue reading →
Christmas Tree
 So, it is also a public holiday in Japan.
Home made birthday cake by PL
Hearty Japanese Soup Recipe : Kenchin-Jiru
