Hot springs and Mt. Yotei

A sunny beautiful autumn day.  Hit a road to Niseko!

One of the oldest hot springs in the area is called Yakushi Onsen, and Koikawa Onsen purified 

our body ,mind and spirit.

Mt Yotei has a similar shape to Mt Fuji so it is called Ezo Fuji.

Good old days... Nostalgic houses in Hokkaido

Looking, cruising around the streets on my red push bike, it is still nice to spot the old traditional        

houses.  Cool*

Tiger Jit Singh ..was once a famous pro wrestler...Hindustan restaurant

The current owner is the son of Tiger Jit Singh. ( I don't know how many sons Tiger had though )

Food is so fresh and so tasty, specially  the stuffed special chilli paste bitter gourd was exceptional.

Tiger Jit Singh's photo was on the wall, but without the infamous sword**

perhentian kecil island, Malaysia

Emerald green on a sunny day, pale jade green on a cloudy day, the ocean here is beautiful.

No surf, but it is great for the divers.  Though the variety of fish is limited but I saw a turtle,

specially the baby turtle was so cute. Small reef sharks, ray, long spiky sea urchins, 

Nimo the crown fish, a huge tropical fish and sward fish, etc...

Surprisingly it gets quite cool in the morning and after sunset, sometimes it is more warmer in the

water.

Tamarind hill in KL city centre

Tall buildings, traffic jams, night life and crowds......KL has all....

Not far from handgrip-la hotel, there is a bush land hill.  Tamarind hill restaurant stands still there.

What a cozy place for dinning. Our lunch set menu is....

Have Hokkaido & BALI in KL!!

         Coffee 5 Cups serves an organic Bali coffee and Hokkaido cheese cake.

         I love the delicacy of the cold cappuccino which use the bear shaped frozen coffee and the star 

         shaped frozen milk ice cubes.

         The cake has a rich cheese in taste but not too sweet, it is very Japanese! Yum yum!!

         

        

17years Japanese boy student in Sydney

     A screw pierce...ouch!??!!  

Indulge at UCHI LOUNGE

Modern and Traditional organic Japanese cuisine.
We had  their August ( winter ) seasonal course.  Everything is Organic.


*Kale miso soup,* Organic silverbeet, tofu & parmesan Pancake, *Snapper sushi wz pink umeboshi salt,

*Pumpkin salad wz black pepper Mayo, *Turnip & Kombu pickles, *Duck, roasted leak, enoki hot pot wz mandarin oroshi sauce, *Ginsen brown rice, *Apple, Sweet potte shochu custard pie.

At the end of one of the busiest time in a year,  we rewarded ourselves.  Not releasing the stress but
here for enjoying the food at such a cozy restaurant.  One long wide stone table is placed and the table setting of a pair was made between one vacant seat.

Mushroom Lover 2-- -Nameko

Sticky nurunuru Nameko & Natto,& Tofu

Sticky nurunuru Nameko & Natto Soba( buckwheat noodle )

Mushroom Lover

Mushroom.. Kinoko in Japnese.

I love Kinoko.  Japan has a variety of Kinoko more than anywhere else, I believe.

But here in Sydney I can get fresh Shiitake , Nametake  and Oyster mushrooms( local organic grown ).

Texture and Taste take me to the dream world~.  Don't get me wrong, I am not talking about magic ones.

Nametake with eggplant simmered in soy sauce stock

Shiitake with chopped onion, garlic,minced fish and parsley

Oyster and Enoki mushroom omelette cooked with  an organic coconut oil

Sunrise on the window

The sun clearly reflected in an apartment window.   wow.

* Something big is happening to the sun.  Sun's magnetic field about to flip.

MIBI KOUSUKE at Bronte Beach

He Rips, he is cool and lovely boy.　　　MIBI  KOUSUKE

海美　こうすけ

BronTama Surf 3ft

Cold morning, swell from ENE.  Between Bronte and Tamarama looked good this morning around 9am.    Surf is getting bigger this afternoon.

Best Laksa in Sydney

As a Malaysia food lover, I would say Laksa curry in Cafe Kasturi in George St, Sydney is the one of the best Laksa.  The seafood stock which they use for the soup is superb, it is tasty and no greasy.
I can tell that no MSG used because it never makes me salty thirsty after eating.

Maroubra Beach - clean small surf on a beautiful winter Sunday

Maroubra Beach is the last city beach located in Sydney south side.  It feels very country like so chilled out.  I *love* this atmosphere.

Beautiful Japan---Wagashi

Japan has a distinctive four seasons.   This is what I miss ( though physically I dislike the winter coldness ), I mean the sense sharing with the nature , which a Japanese has been having in their genes.

I could be an influence of Zen.  But I think we are based on our belief ( not a religion, I believe ) called Shintoism and it awakes our consciousness being touched with the mother nature.

Yummy nibblies

Looking for the best bakery!  There are several home made kind of  bake shops near-by, I like them
because they are not franchised.  For me the definition of the very good bakery is if they can bake
the good quality croissant or not.  Of course I buy sourdough ( not so sour) breads, spelt or kamut breads and other types of non sweet breads.

Organic Artisan Bakery does their job!
I bought a plain croissant and a rye sourdough.  I am not into strong flavour sourdough but their bread has nice texture and taste.  After coming back to my flat I made chopped avocados with olive oil on the top of the slice.
Croissant ?  yes  that is a real one.

The muffin is from another cafe near by

Will this be a magic carpet?

YEAH~~~~~, I am so excited!
My new surfboard is ready for a virgin voyage.
Haydenshapes surfboards Hypto Krypto--5'3" , 19 1/2",  2 3/16"

  Thank you BLM.

Refreshed wet day

After a long period of sunny days, the shower finally came around.
Surf is small and ordinary so I went outside to say hello to the trees.
Fresh and chilly wind stroke my cheeks.

Trees look happy and relaxed as if they are stretching their long arms in the air.

What am I going to do when there is no surf

The answer is COOKING !
I felt like having a snacky dessert sort of food,  so I made a home made ricotta cheese cinnamon cream.
In Japan I heard that ricotta cheese is very expensive but in Australia it is not inexpensive to buy.
It would cost more for a home made.

The good thing about home made is to be able to select good ingredients.
I am not sure if the organic milk gave a good flavour but it was so tasty and yummy,  and what's more
it tasted so fresh.

This cream has been my favourite!!

This is not Japanese mochi (rice cake )