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SUSHI NIGHT!!!!!

When my sweetie took us out to dinner at a local sushi bar and restaurant we love the food so much. Normally my husband wouldn't care for any sushi at all. But because my daughter and I loves sushi a lot, he took  us out to dinner for a nice sushi treat. We did enjoy our dinner so much and So, the following weekend we went to our local asian market and bought the stuff i needed to re-create our sushi night dinner at home.

I must admit, it's a bit intimidating doing your first sushi roll but then after a while you'll get the hang of it. For this particular sushi recipe i used tilapia fillet instead of eel. It's kind of hard to find those frozen eel here in town so I just made my own version of UNAGI SUSHI. I just marinate the fish fillet in UNAGI sauce to give it some flavor. You can create your own sushi and just use whatever kind of filling you fancy. I put cucumber, tilapia, and some japanese RICE SEASONING in mine.

Next is the soup! we did ordered a big bowl of soup AT ICHIBAN (tha'ts the name of our fave local sushi bar and resto) and it was awesome. This soup is called TINOLA which is like a chicken soup with green papaya and pepper leaves but i added some SOMEN noodles to make our version of chicken noodle soup.

And last of course is the dessert. Although we did not order any dessert at ICHIBAN i thought it would be nice to end our dinner with a nice asian dessert. This one is my fave cheesecake recipe EVER!!!!!!!! this is a japanese cheesecake which is more fluffy and softer than the regular cheesecake i used to make. I like the rich soft texture yet not as sweet as the regular cheesecake. this one is a winner!!!!! and by the way, don't forget the tea!
If  you want to try the cheesecake recipe click HERE

And that my friend is our re-created Japanese style dinner :)
BON APPETIT!

vintage sweaters

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vintage oversized geometric sweater available HERE

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vintage knit peacock cardigan available HERE

vintage floral knitted sweater available HERE

vintage canary yellow knit sweater available HERE

vintage cream floral knitted sweater available HERE

vintage red V-line cardigan available HERE

vintage blue floral sweater dress available HERE

Thrifted Vintage Vest!!!!!

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Red Velvet leather vest available HERE

Christmas Carol vest available HERE

Little Drummer Boy Vest available HERE

NEW vintage items at the shop!!!!!

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vintage 80's batwing dress sweater available HERE


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Our little vegetable garden is thriving

My husband and i always enjoy eating fruits and veggies. Evrytime we go to the market we try and save seeds and just about any herb and veggies that we think we can be able to grow in our garden. And so we started this crazy obsession and plant everything in the container. We are very pleased to show you that since planting them inthis little containers, our garden has been thriving. Some of these little sprouts are fruit trees, they will be planted on the ground in our yard when they are big enough.

GARLIC

POMEGRANATE

ALOE VERA

GUANABANA

PAPAYA

DILL

ROSEMARY

JUST HARVEST A COUPLE OF SHALLOTS

SPRING ONION

CHIVES

CHILI

LAVENDER

MINT

TOMATO

COCONUT

EXTRA SEEDS

BANANA

we just can't wait to see the fruit of our labor literary :) Someday, we wanted to retire and live in a simple small cottage surrounded by trees and veggies and plants full of blooms.

Jamie Oliver's Brownies

before baking

and after :)

It's been a while since i last bake a brownie. Well, they are good but too rich for my taste so it would be nice to indulge in this decadent dessert once in a while. Yesterday, my daughter was craving for brownies and i decided to try Jamie Oliver's version. It's rich and moist and crunchy on the outside. I used extra dark cocoa, just in case you wonder why it's too dark :). We just love the bitterness of it. Also, i have omitted all of the optional ingredients, just because i didn't have them in my pantry :)
want to try the recipe? CLICK HERE

BAKING my First Hokkaido Milk Bread

I found this wonderful bread recipe one day while i was browsing the internet. I am always interested in baking bread, since my sweetheart bought me a bread machine. I used to have a hard time mixing the dough and the bread turn out hard...hahaha. Thanks to my kitchen assistant, my humble bread machine, i always come up with a nice soft dough. Anyway, the original recipe is bigger. I wish i have a pullman baking pan to bake my bread with, however with my tiny loaf version the bread turns out good and soft, even after i put it in the fridge. What i like about this bread is that the recipe didn't use any oil at all. If you would like to try this please click HERE.

HAPPY BAKING!

NICE SUPPER

home made bread

simple salad

broccoli soup from scratch :)

potato salad

BON APETITE!!!!