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All 33 of them, safely out, and reunited with their precious ones.

=) Thank you Lord!

H turned 6 months old last saturday.

And he has been busy with getting used to solids ever since.

Starting with rice porridge, and slowly moving on to the different vegetables; almost anything J and I take at dinner, i puree and feed it to him at lunch. He seems to be chowing down on everything! Which makes me wonder, do babies take everything fed to them? Even the yucky bitter gourd?

We had a close family friend join us for a cozy dinner on saturday.

Miso cheese hot pot

Again, i am amazed at the interesting hotpot stocks these companies come up with every year.

This was super good! Finished up with risotto aka rice & mozarella cheese.

Five hungry people waiting to tuck in.

With the lil fella wailing away for milk towards the end.

Pumpkin spice nutty cake was for dessert

Nothing fantabulous, just a simple Autumney cake made by yours truly.

When it's just J and i on a usual day, desserts are usually from the supermarket section for the sweet tooth.

Two new desserts that caught us last week,

"The ideal pudding" by the men dessert department

First of all, when i saw the word ideal, i was like, wow, ok this must be something good.

Secondly, when i saw the "men dessert department", my hand reached out to drop this into the cart.

A not-so-sweet rich pudding with salty caramel topping that got us craving for more.

And the another wow wow wow dessert had to be this ice cream with molten chocolate in it.

Another limited edition by Haagan Dazs.

Like Moten chocolate cake, this had fudge squeezed in between layers of rich bitter chocolate ice cream. OMG, what more can you ask for???

How in the world did the fudge come out? I didn't thaw the ice cream?!?

Dessert in the day, is usually fruit.

Yes, i believe in dessert at every meal. (*Covers H's ears*) >.<~

Okaasan sent us 5KG of fantastically huge nashi pears that she bought from the farm near her place.

J and i usually take half each.

But even then, i get really filled up by the time i am through 2/3 of the half.

Dinner last night was what i call, typically Japanese Chinese.

Chin Jao Ros

Egg drop soup with prawn balls

And a not so typical, pumpkin salad

Chinese stir fries are unique in every country, i guess.

This one, called Chin Jao Ros, a typical stiry fry done with beef and green peppers,

I did with lamb slices instead

J finished his rice very quickly with this dish, to my delight =)

Pumpkin salad made with sesame cream, with lots of nuts & raisins.

Like i said, i have a pumpkin problem.

Date last public holiday monday,

was at Pizza cafe de Nakamachi ;)

Autumn mixed mushroom pizza, wafu style

Tomato based local sweet peppers & German tri-sausage pizza.

I know mushrooms are available all year round, but somehow, mushroom dishes give a very Autumney image to the dining table, so mushroom dishes are common in Autumn here.

While making the other pizza, i picked at the sweet peppers and WOWOW i was so surprised at how yummy they taste raw! My favourite farmer, Ryoko Kamoshita san, you are really the best!

She really puts love in every vegetable she takes to the mart to sell.

The German sausages were from this deli a street away from our place.

We had this at Kichijoji once after it was featured on TV, only to discover the factory is right behind us!!!

Why didn't we discover this place earlier?

The sausages were ooohlalala~

So i if i miss flying days again, i will know where to fix my sausage/ham and fresh pretzel craving!

Coincidentally, this donut we got from Mister Donut (nothing German here),

was called German coconut.
Toasted coconut chocolate donut.

I am still puzzled by the name.

But oh well, it was as usual, good.