Washism

After a tiring week...

nothing beats a hot pot dinner on a saturday night...

Even better when it is sukiyaki! And we treated ourselves to nice sakura mochi (left), and ichigo daifuku (strawberry wrapped in red bean and enveloped in mochi pastry)

thats the sakura leaf which is usually salted and preserved for making such desserts

Being strawberry season, it is the best time to find ichigo (strawberry) desserts at cake shops

the plump juicy strawberry was a refreshing break from the usually heavily red bean filled daifuku

Spring is nearing, and cabbage and celery taste good now.

Found a really beautiful bunch of celery at the local veg seller...

Really sweet on its own, but since there were so much leaves in this lot,

i made minestrone soup (topped with poached egg and parmesan)

Also, since we managed to get a really good deal at the fish seller yesterday too. Tuna sashima at half price!... i made this for dinner...

Tuna, avocado, natto and a poached egg topped on warm sushi rice

i made simmered sauerkraut again with a new batch of cabbage i bought yesterday. the cabbage was sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet!~ cant wait to buy more cabbage this spring!

our extravagant dinner this evening =)
Oh, with the remaining caesar salad dressing, i tossed chopped boiled eggs and fresh carrots together into a salad that you see on the right.