Food and Beverages
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Dinner with Maiko: Part- 2
While Maiko played some music , danced and made our evening fun by playing a traditional Japanese game. We enjoyed our vegetarian, seven course French menu. I was so amazed at the variety the chef cooked for us! The meal was so presentable, appetizing and colorful! I felt like the musical evening
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Dinner with Maiko: Part-1
The highlight of our Japan trip was dinning with Maiko( trainee geishas). Maiko are young Japanese girls who are highly trained in Japanese art, culture and traditions. In olden days, Maiko would only serve green tea but gradually they began performing music, songs and dances for the customers only at high-class Japanese restaurants. Initially Maiko’s were to be seen
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Sake
While we were sightseeing Tokyo on our bikes, we came across this sake shop. I have heard about sake so much that I was curious to see how it is made. Unfortunately, I couldn’t see “how” since we were late but took few pictures in the shop. Sake is an alcoholic beverage of Japan made from fermented rice.
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Italian Dinner!
My husband and I both love Italian food! So after we finished sightseeing in Tokyo, we went to a famous Italian restaurant at Four Seasons Hotel, Tokyo. The place was perfect! dim lights, light music playing in the background and great view as it was on the topmost floor! Some pics from our yummy dinner…
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Juice it up!
Today, I had a late lunch because of back to back classes, and I didnt really find time to pack my lunch this morning. Obviously, I wasnt hungry in the evening! As I didnt want to sleep on an empty stomach, I made this yummy juice! It was so quick, healthy and filling, as I
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What’s cooking?
When there is no school, my project keeps me busy! Being a nutritionist my project involves designing healthy reipces. It doesn’t just stop at designing or creating, I have to cook them, standardize them, determine appropriate portion size and finally taste test! Before finalizing the recipes they have to pass a specific criteria – they
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Kaiseki-Multicourse Japanese Dinner
Last Sunday, we were invited by Sagar’s friend for dinner. I was excited as it was going to be a Japanese style dinner. After a long day of sightseeing, we reached Itagaki-san’s (Mr.Itagaki) place in the evening. We were offered a welcome drink made from radish and lime; it was quite tasty and healthy. I still cherish every sip
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Ring of Ice …
While I was exploring the Red Brick Warehouse in Yokohama, Sagar bumped into Ice Bashamichi, no wonder it was an ice-cream shop! After a lot of insistence from him I agreed to try this place. It was quite different from usual ice-cream parlors. The menu was quite innovative. We decided to go for the most
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Traditional Dining
Izakaya means ” to stay” where traditionally men drink sake after work. Now-a-days lot of students and independent women visit this place for after-work drinking. We went dining yesterday to Tsuki (moon) no Shizuku (dew) “月の雫”. As I entered this place, I was asked to remove my shoes and keep them in a decorative wooden shoe
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Japanese lunch !
I am in Yokohama, Japan at present with my husband who is on a business trip. It’s just been five days since I am here and I am totally enjoying the experience. Great place, great people and good food. Today, I went out for lunch with my Japanese girlfriends Keiko and Yao. We went to a Japanese