Fuzuki: Month of Star Festival

Fuzuki:July

Satsuki: Month of Verdure

Kansai style sushi - different type of sushi (usual sushi restaurant's sushi is Edo-mae/Tokyo style)

Takenoko: bamboo shoots

Tororo-soba: buckwheat noodle with mountain yam potato

Aji no Nanbanzuke: kind of Japanese escabeche of horse mackerel & seasonal vegeatables - this marinating sauce has a light and refreshing flavour with rice vinegar & dashi stock.

Month of Sakura

Ichigo-daifuku: mochi rice cake with fresh strawberry

Yayoi: Month of Momo peach blossoms

Renkon-oyaki:lotus root pancake with seafoods

Simmered fuki/butterbur with yuba/soymilk skin
The season of fuki has started, my favourite!
Berry-cherry mochi - 'Sakura' mochi a la Uzuki
outside mochi's pink-color comes from strawberry puree!

Happy New Year, 2014!

Wishing you all good health, happiness and peace in the new year, 2014!


O-sechi: New Year's special foods

'Iwaizakana'

Kikuka-daikon: flower shaped pickled daikon radish

Shiwasu: December

Classic vegetarian's: gomadofu (sesame & soymilk tofu with kuzu starch)

Renkon: Lotus root balls & chips

Shimotsuki: Month of autumn gifts

'Fukiyose' is an autumn view; leaves blown and gathered in the wind make beautiful scenes. I love this scenery - the leaves are playing with the wind together

Autumn - winter o-bento/seasonal boxed meal

Ohagi: traditional sweet