home made roast ham

We tried to mimick the famous melted caramel on ice cream from hokkaido with the caramel that they sell online.

Melted the caramel in a bowl, topped it with ice cream,

but before we knew, the caramel was mixed with a lot of melted ice cream. oops =P

but it was still nice

the good thing is that the fever for this ice cream is gone, and the shops dont have 3 hour queues, so the next time we hit Ginza, definitely still worthwhile to have the real thing.

Dinner tonight

Daikon & cicken miso stew topped with grated sesame & yuzu strips

Yuba & celery salad

Homemade roast ham

Yep, after the boiled chicken ham experiment, i decided to be brave and try pork.

It was again, easy!

the point is, to rub the meat with salt weighing 5%of the meat weight.

then slather 1tablespoonfull of honey with it. (honey/ketchup tenderises the meat.)

keep it in the fridge for 3 days, and soak in water for at least an hour before boiling or grilling. use a string to shape meat into a log shape before boiling/grilling.

i used ketchup this time instead of honey. it gave the ham a nice browny red hue.