Showing posts with label 食べ物. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 食べ物. Show all posts

Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Chicken Karaage Recipe!

Ok, so I love Japanese curry rice and karaage (Japanese fried chicken). It's out there now and I can't take it back! Why am I concerned about saying this to everyone? Cos I overheard a lady saying that Japanese curry rice (カレーライス) is usually only a kid's meal! (Please tell me this isn't true. It does sound quite silly... so I'll just pretend I never heard her). 






Anyway, I have been making curry rice with karaage for dinners for the last few months (not every night unfortunately). Oh my heavens, I love it so much. 

However, the problem I have been having is with the karaage (and I kinda wish I could make the curry spicier). When I have been cooking the karaage, it never stays crispy and the batter usually disintegrated while I fry it.






That was until I found cooking with dog's video for making it properly! In case you are all desperate to make karaage at home, here is the video below!





Oh, I love those guys so much. It is by far my favourite cooking show around! (Sorry Nigella, but "cook" and Francis have something you dont...) Oh, and now I'm hungry...

So, I followed their recipe the other night and IT WORKED! I had the most luscious, crispy karaage! If anyone wants to make Japanese food at home (and some other recipes too), cooking with dog make the recipes seem so simple and do-able at home. I will be making mochi ice cream for my friends in a few weeks and I can't wait!

Sunday, 21 April 2013

晩ご飯

この日記を僕の友達に捧げる。僕は、この友達をもう合えないで、とても残念だよ。

今晩カレーチキンを作るつもりだ。このレシピは普通なカレーチキンじゃないけど、レユニオンから来たレシピだ。:)

作る前に、友達とコーヒーに飲みにいく。外はいい天気だから、嬉しい。レシピを作ったとき、写真を取るよ!:)



僕の作ったカレーチキン。

家で作り隊の場合、これはレユニオンからカレーチキンのレシピだ:


材料 (4−6人分)

鶏肉    1.5キロ
油     大さじ3
ニンニク  2片
タマネギ  2個
生姜    少し
タイム   1枝
ウコン   2つまみ
トマト   3個
塩     あなたの好みに


作り方

鶏肉を切って、黄金色になるまで熱い油に焼く。その鍋にタマネギと生姜とニンニクを足す。その後、タイムとウコンとみじん切りのトマトを足す。塩もあなたの好みに足す。水を2カップを足して、それに15−20分煮る。ご飯と盛る。いただきます!

作ったレシピのサイトから写真
このレシピは「Cuisine Réunionaise」から来ます。この皿が好きだったら、もっと美味しいレシピのために、そのサイトを行ってくださいね!

Wednesday, 5 September 2012

今日のシドニーの日帰り旅行!

皆さん!Hi all!

Today, I have a rather long post in both languages. I'll start with the English section for students learning Japanese!

今日は長い日記を二つ言葉で書きました。始めは英語の部分です。僕のシドニーの日帰り旅行ついて、スクロールダウンをしてください!

So, for all those who are learning Japanese out there, I have recently discovered "picturelearning" a great blog which teaches Japanese expressions and words through associative imagery, as well as provides helpful advice on Japanese language learning. I found one particular post really interesting as I have always been on the hunt for a good Japanese online dictionary. The blogger, Jonway, discusses WWWJDICT, a really user-friendly, as well as beginner friendly online Japanese dictionary which I had not actually come across yet on my hunt for online Japanese dictionaries! A lot of dictionaries I have used in the past have either been too complicated or the search results seemingly never ending that I would never know if the word I was looking for was the most appropriate. Jonway talks a little more in detail about the dictionary on his blog, so please go and check it out!


涼のシドニー日帰り旅行!


今日は友達とシドニーへ行きました。2時間ぐらいかかて、電車はとってもゆっくりに運転したそうだと思いました。僕たちはよくシドニーに行きます。シドニーでは面白くて、変な食べ物を探します。それで私たちはいろいろ他愛ないすることをします。例えばダーリングハバーで水の遊び場で水と遊んでいました。すごく楽しかったですよ!


今日の変な食べ物は:


ー タイ国のデザートを食べてみました。ココナッツパンダン味のカノムチャン(ขนมชั้น)と呼んだゼリケーキは好きじゃありませんけど、 カボチャのケーキが大好きでした。インターネットで写真を見つけました!タイのレストランか持ち帰り点で探してください!



Image from: Appon's Thai Food Recipes

カボチャのケーキはとても美味しいでした。ほかのケーキは、ココナツの味が少し塩辛すぎて、ですから食べられませんでしたね。


その後で紀伊国屋で僕のJLPTN3の練習帳を買いにいきました。今は練習帳に少し見て、怖いです!難しすぎるそうです。頑張らなくちゃ!(そのフレーズは第一章のタイトルですね!僕はもう何か習いますよ! 質問があれば、質問ページで書きましょうね。皆さんが質問に答えられるなら、嬉しいですよ!


とにかく、今僕の新しい練習帳で少し日本語勉強しましょうね!また明日!

Saturday, 9 June 2012

疲れます

みなさん、おはようございます! 今朝ベッドで書きます。(「で」は正しいの助詞ですか)今週はたくさん働きました。水曜日と木曜日から昨日まで働きました。殆どの人に比べあんまり仕事じゃないですが、僕はたくさん働きました感じます。ですから今朝はベッドに泊まりますね。

ベッドに泊まるのはほかの理由もあります。昨夜同居人が友達を招待しました。パーティーするのはあんまりしたくないから、寝ました。仕事の後で疲れてすぎましたから、六時午前から、六時午後まですっと寝ました!五月蝿い音楽がある時に、寝る事が普通出来ません。ですから今晩寝るが出来たは呆れます。(この文章は分かりますか?「I was amazed I got any sleep」と言ったがっていましたね)


昨夜もすこし音楽を聞きました。倖田來未の曲が好きで、歌詞は全然分かりませんですが。彼女の話し方、たくさん俗語がありますか。分かりたいけど、難しすぎますが。


Cooking With Dogは新しいビデオあります!Chefが順調に回復しています。嬉しいです。:)


読むのはありがとう!僕の日本語を読むのは簡単じゃないかもしれませんから、ごめんなさい。訂正があれば、コメントを書いてください。




Thursday, 24 May 2012

物議の質問

みなさん、僕は最近日本の捕鯨について様々な記事を読んでいて、あなたたちの意見を聞きたいんです。捕鯨はとても物議な事で、しかし、オーストラリアの新聞は反捕鯨の意見をいつも言い表す。ほかの意見を聞きたくて、特に日本人の意見を聞きたいです。どう考えますか? 僕の質問で紛争をおこたくないです。日本人の意見を知っていたいだけです。捕鯨が日本伝統は一部を形成しますか? 伝統に持ち続けるのは大切だと思います。でも、クジラは絶滅危惧種場合、捕鯨は多分良くないです。先週は記録映画をテレビで見ました。日本人の男の人は捕鯨が悪くなくて、日本人はクジラを特別の日だけに食べるだと言った。彼もお金がある日本人はクジラを食べて、普通な人は食べないと言った。皆さんはどう考えますか。
僕は意見んが日本捕鯨についてまだありませ。僕の意見を形成して助けてください。怒らせたくなくて。。。僕の悪い日本語、本当にごめんなさい。。。
Please make us drink osake instead of beer.... :P

Thursday, 15 March 2012

Cooking with Dog

みなさん!「Cooking With Dog」のYouTubeビデオ見ましたか? 

For the last hour, I've been watching video after video from Cooking with Dog's youtube channel! I think it's my new favourite channel. It is presented so nicely, and the food looks so delicious! I'm so hungry right now after watching all those beautiful recipes being cooked! Enjoy!

Sunday, 11 March 2012

僕の納豆の冒険

みなさん!こんにちは!

Today, I thought I'd have a little chat about Japanese food... and to begin, I will start with 納豆 (nattō).

So, the other day, I thought it would be a good idea to revisit 納豆 and give it a 6th try. Well, I admit I have actually only eaten it twice before - once was only a spoonful from some that a friend was eating for lunch, and once when I thought I might buy some and try it properly at home. That was about 5 years ago and I haven't had any 納豆 since.

My first taste of 納豆 was unpleasant. I did not like the smell, flavour nor the texture. The second time, when I thought I might be able to eat a whole bowl of it at home, I pretty much had the same opinion and gave the rest to my mum who liked it immensely and ate it all without a problem.


Well, my dear readers (one day......), last week I went to my favourite supermarket and bought a 4 pack of 納豆 - 納豆しそ海苔* to be exact. About an hour ago, I returned from an interview and seeing as it was lunchtime, I thought I may as well have 納豆 for lunch!


I made some rice, prepared the nattō with the dressing provided (which on its own, tasted quite good), and scooped the nattō onto my rice with a big splash of soy sauce. I sat down and unfortunately was very quickly reminded of how much I disliked the smell, flavour and texture. In fact, just before I wrote that sentence, I had to run to the kitchen for a drink to get the flavour out of my mouth. 


I kind of want to like it, but I'm going to have to classify myself as a non-eater. I did however make a good effort to finish the bowl. There's about a quarter left and I definitely ate much more than I did the last two times. If I ever feel I can give it another go, I will venture back into the fridge and prepare another of the 3 remaining packs. Who knows, the more I try it, the less nasty it may seem! (I'm trying this with Li Hing Mui but it isn't going well).


So, to more positive subjects, my favourite Japanese foods are たこ焼き (takoyaki = octopus dumplings/balls), well actually I pretty much love everything else except for うなぎ (unagi = eel) and for some reason お好み焼き (Japanese-style pancake) has never been a big favourite. When I went to Japan, I ate カレーライス (curry rice), for the first time ever and my heavens, it was delicious! If only I had some now...  


*I'm not quite sure what しそ海苔 (shisonori) is. If anyone can enlighten me, please do! So far, I've found sites calling it Perilla, and on the packet the nattō is sitting on a leaf with the same shape as the one pictured on wikipedia. It says it is supposed to have a mint/fennel/apple-like flavour. As I said, it tasted good on its own! :P


Here's another video by the ウルフルズ! It's related to takoyaki and okonomiyaki! Enjoy!