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Saturday, December 31, 2011

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Japanese Food SAIJIKI

和食歳時記  



Washoku 和食, the traditional food of Japan, is famous for being pleasant to the eye and quite healthy.
Japanisches Essen, ein Augenschmauss!

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Like a good haiku,
washoku is dependent on the four seasons
for fresh ingredients.


Even the traditional sweets, wagashi (和菓子) have a seasonal component to it.
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Many poems have been written about it ...

The Japanese food needs its own English saijiki:
和食歳時記!


The Haiku Gourmet
The Senryu Gourmet

Gabi Greve, December 2006

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Seasonal words used as kigo in Japanese haiku !


WASHOKU .. JAPANESE FOOD SAIJIKI
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Sweets from Japan (wagashi) 和菓子歳時記
The Japanese Sweets Saijiki



... Haiku Sweets haika 俳菓
Many tea sweets (chagashi 茶菓子) are named after famous short poems (waka 和歌 and tanka 短歌), but there are also some named after a famous haiku.


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Food-related Topics for Haiku

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General Information

. . . Japanese Food Culture . . .

Food from the Sea, Food from the Mountains
Umi no Sachi, Yama no Sachi ... The Origin



From Hokkaido to Okinawa
REGIONAL DISHES  
local dishes, regional specialities ...
kyodo ryori, kyoodo ryoori 郷土料理



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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

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Japanese Food ... Washoku 和食

"WASHOKU" is a term for the traditional Japanese cuisine, which usually includes Sashimi, Sushi, Tempura, fresh fish and a lot of seasonal vegetables.
It is sometimes also called "Nihonshoku" 日本食.
Considering the geographical position of Japan, it has a wide variety of regional specialities, form the North of Hokkaido to the subtropical cuisine of Okinawa.

Japanese kitchen, cooking Japanese, Japanese cuisine

I will try and show you the Japanese food culture in many aspects.


SHUN 旬の物 / 旬の味 Specialities of the Season



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Japanese cuisine has developed over the centuries as a result of many political and social changes. The cuisine eventually changed with the advent of the Medieval age which ushered in a shedding of elitism with the age of Shogun rule. In the early modern era massive changes took place that introduced Western culture to Japan.

The modern term "Japanese cuisine" (nihon ryōri, 日本料理 or washoku, 和食) means traditional-style Japanese food, similar to what already existed before the end of national seclusion in 1868. In a broader sense of the word, it could also include foods whose ingredients or cooking methods were subsequently introduced from abroad, but which have been developed by Japanese who made them their own. Japanese cuisine is known for its emphasis on seasonality of food (旬, shun), quality of ingredients and presentation.
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Japanese food -
a taste of home
in a winter night


Gabi Greve, Okayama, Japan 2005

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Japanese food !
the eyes are mightier than
the stomach


Nakayama Ishino, 中山石野, December 2006



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WASHOKU ... Seasonal Dishes  


WASHOKU ... Regional Dishes from North to South  


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essen in Japan, Japanische Esskultur. Japanisch essen

WKD : Worldwide Food KIGO


***** Food from India

***** Spices from India

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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

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History of Japanese Food


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Rice milk ライスミルク

Kamaboko Daruma かまぼこだるま

Sangaria サンガリア a drink for children

akamoku 鎌倉の新名産アカモク akamoku seaweed
new dishes from Kamakura beach

KitKat chocolate キットカット and Kit mail キットメール

Nokisaki Business 軒先.com

Edo - 100 favorite dishes

Asian Food Regulation Information Service

Food Crisis Worldwide

insutanto zooni インスタント雑煮 ready-made zoni soup
for the New Year


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Monday, December 26, 2011

Additions 2010

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Additions 2010


shufu 主婦 / 主夫 ... housewife, homemaker Hausfrau

kawabitarimochi 川浸り餅(かわびたりもち)
mochi prepared on the day of kawabitari

otogomochi otogo mochi 乙子餅
"mochi for the youngest child"

Recycled vegetables (Okaeri Yasai)

hiuchi yaki 火打焼 a kind of mochi
from shrine Kasuga Taisha . gyuuhi mochi 求肥餅

Sea bass (suzuki 鱸(すずき)) Lateolabrax japonicus

Worlds of Flavor : Japan: Flavors of Culture. CIA
日本の味と食文化

Shiratama 白玉 (しらたま) Shiratama Dango dumplings

raayu ラー油 chili pepper oil Rayu 辣油 or La Yu 辣椒油

Slow food, eco food スローフード !

Matsuyama Sushi and Masaoka Shiki Matsuyama sushi 松山鮓

Ajinomoto 味の素 and MSG, Umami flavor

Kyuuri fuuji きゅうり封じ / 胡瓜封じ cucumber service

Bettarazuke (べったら漬) "sticky pickles" from Tokyo

hasumeshi 蓮飯 lotus with rice and other lotus rood (renkon 蓮根) dishes

Hatago (旅籠, 旅篭) lodgings, inns and guesthouses

Shiga Prefecture - Regional Dishes

nanuka no on sechiku 七日の御節供 Official easonal feast on the
seventh day of the seventh lunar month

Ishida Mitsunari 石田三成, a famous samurai
candy and senbei in his honor


Music and Food for animals and plant growing

Fukuro no atsumono 梟の羹 (ふくろうのあつもの)
"hot soup with owl meat"


Gopan Bread Maker (ゴパン) Rice Bread Cooker ライスブレッドクッカー

Ichiyoo senbei 一葉煎餅(いちようせんべい)
Senbei in honor of Ichiyo
Writer Higuchi Ichiyo

Benten, Benzaiten 弁天 弁財天 and Food

Tsuchinoko ツチノコ or 槌の子 hammerspawn

Hatoyama apples and bisquits Farewell, Hatoyama 鳩山由紀夫 !

daikonsoba 大根そば buckwheat noodles with shredded radish
Tochigi

Gyaru ギャル gals, girls
noogyaru 農ギャル / ノギャル  nogyaru, farming girls
ugyaru 魚ギャル / ウギャル fishing girls

bengara karee ベンガラカレー Bengara Curry from Fukiya Village, Okayama

Suizenji-nori 水前寺のり

fruutsu wain フルーツワイン Fruit Wine

Wasabi Distro ワサビディストロ zines/fanzines / ミニコミ誌

mitsuimo, mitsu imo 蜜芋 "honey sweet potato"
Tanegashima Annoo Imo 種子島あんのう芋 / 安納芋


kajoogashi 嘉定菓子(かじょうがし)Kajo-cakes

Sex and Food / Penis Festivals

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Karakki からっキー a mascot for red hot food

Sooshoku otoko 草食男子 grass-eaters and
nikushoku onna 肉食女 "meat-eating girls" / 草食系男子

Containers for food, new materials P-Plus P-プラス

Bii Kyuu Gurume B級グルメ   Grade B Gourmet, Okayama prefecture

abare-ichi あばれ市 "Wild market sales"

Pareo foodo パレオフード paleo food, Paleo diet Paleolithic Diet

Bisuketto, kukkii ビスケット, kukkii クッキー Bisquits and Cookies

Ryugu no tsukai 竜宮の使い slender Oarfish "sea serpent, Genus Regalecus

doggii baggu ドッギーバッグ  doggy bag

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kako no jabujabu 水夫のじゃぶじゃぶ sailor's jabu-jabu Ushimado, Okayama

Agri-fashion アグリファッション Agrifashion
Agrizm(アグリズム) Magazine

Motenashi, shitsurai 持成しの心 / 失礼
entertaining guests and table manners


Kansai Sanuki Udon Pigrimage ralley
関西讃岐うどん 西国三十三ヶ所巡礼


ankoo 鮟鱇 (あんこう) anglerfish Lophiomus setigerus

Curry from GLICO グリコカレー / glico カレー職人
Gookaku Karee 合格 to pass the examination

Midorimushi みどりむし Euglena and food preparations
yuugurena ユーグレナ Euglena

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. Manjuu まんじゅう (饅頭) steamed buns of all kinds

. Mochi もち (餅) ricecakes, rice cake of all kinds


Panda and Food パンダまん / ぱんだパン

Tachibana 橘 and other citrus fruit kankitsurui かんきつるい (柑橘類)

New Year decorations with food items

Mayudama 繭玉 (まゆだま) "cocoon balls"
Mochi or dango for the New Year celebrations of the Silk protecting deities

Tsuribaka nisshi raamen 釣りバカ日誌ラーメン "Fishing addicts diary" Ramen noodle soup
from エースコック Acecook Co.

Udon うどん
noodles from all over Japan


kanji bisuketto 漢字ビスケット Kanji bisquits, Kanji cookies from Burbon ブルボン

ori 澱 (おり) dregs, sediment when making soy sauce

Shashin keeki 写真ケーキ Edible Photo Cake

kiganmai 祈願米 "consecrated rice"

ishidoofu 石豆腐 "stone tofu"  
from the Iya valley, Tokushima. 祖谷豆腐 Iya Tofu and Iya Zooni soup

Shirumori Jinja 汁守神社 Shrine Shirumori, the protector of soups
Ukemochi no Mikoto 保食命. and
Meshimori jinja 飯守神社 Protector shrine of cooked rice

Sakamoto Ryoma 坂本竜馬 龍馬伝 the hero of Tosa at NHK

Tokoroten 心太, 心天 (ところてん) jelly strips, gelidium jelly

Ebisu sama 恵比寿様 God of the Fishermen



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December 2009

Shijimijiru 蜆汁, しじみ汁 miso soup with corbicula clams

somurie ソムリエ sommelier for wine, fruits, vegetables and other food
fuudo somurie フードソムリエ - food sommelier

mimiudon, mimi-udon 耳うどん "Udon noodles like ears" Sano town, Tochigi

iwashi no kezuribushi 蒲原いわし削りぶし shredded dried sardines
from Kanbara, Shizuoka

Presents during all seasons

Dorayaki (どら焼き, どらやき, 銅鑼焼き, ドラ焼き) bean-jam pancake

Sukiyaki (鋤焼 / すき焼き meat hot pot "Japanese steamboat"

yudeboshi daikon ゆで干し大根 cooked, dried radish stripes from Nagasaki prefecture

shin yasai, shinyasai 新野菜 new types of vegetables
Not native to Japan. a long LIST

dentoo yasai 伝統野菜 traditional vegetables
heritage vegetables. a LIST

Restaurants and Menues

Tsukimi dango 月見団子 Dumplings for Moon Viewing and other kinds of DANGO

gyoojana 行者菜 Gyojana, "green chives for mountain ascetics" Yamagata

Milk and milk products LIST
Butter, Cheese, Sweets, Yoghurt
Pudding (purin プリン)
Ice cream (aisu アイス) Eiscreme
Chocolate チョコレート chocoreeto



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Chopsticks (hashi, ohashi, o-hashi お箸) waribashi

somurie ソムリエ sommelier for wine, fruits, vegetables and other food
fuudo somurie フードソムリエ - food sommelier

kattobashi カットバシ / カット箸 / かっとばし
chopsticks made from broken baseball clubs


Chopping board (manaita まな板 / 俎板)

mimiudon, mimi-udon 耳うどん "Udon noodles like ears" Sano town, Tochigi

iwashi no kezuribushi 蒲原いわし削りぶし shredded dried sardines
from Kanbara, Shizuoka

Presents during all seasons

Dorayaki (どら焼き, どらやき, 銅鑼焼き, ドラ焼き) bean-jam pancake

Sukiyaki (鋤焼 / すき焼き meat hot pot "Japanese steamboat"

yudeboshi daikon ゆで干し大根 cooked, dried radish stripes from Nagasaki prefecture

shin yasai, shinyasai 新野菜 new types of vegetables
Not native to Japan. a long LIST

dentoo yasai 伝統野菜 traditional vegetables
heritage vegetables. a LIST

Restaurants and Menues

Tsukimi dango 月見団子 Dumplings for Moon Viewing and other kinds of DANGO

gyoojana 行者菜 Gyojana, "green chives for mountain ascetics" Yamagata

Milk and milk products LIST
Butter, Cheese, Sweets, Yoghurt
Pudding (purin プリン)
Ice cream (aisu アイス) Eiscreme
Chocolate チョコレート chocoreeto

Sho-Chiku-Bai shoochikubai 松竹梅  and the Menu ranking Pine Bamboo Plum

piiman ピーマン green sweet pepper, pimiento, pimento bell pepper. Paprika

okura オクラ Okra Abelmoschus esculentus. Gombofrucht

Aloe vera (aroe アロエベラ)

aisukuriimu アイスクリーム ice cream aisu: soft cream, ice candy, soft ice. Speiseeis, Eis

Cha 茶 O-Cha. tea, chai Tee

Imodango 芋だんごdumplings with sweet potatoes as base

Kagoshima local dishes


Naniwa yasai なにわ野菜 local vegetables from Naniwa (Osaka area) 浪花野菜

Suita kuwai 吹田くわい arrowhead from Suita town, Osaka

chanpuru チャンプル Champuru "mixed ingredients" and other dishes from Okinawa

Umeboshi 梅干 dried pickled salty plums
Salzpflaumen

Nara Prefecture 奈良県
Asukanabe 飛鳥鍋 hodgepodge from Asuka, with milk
so 蘇(そ)酥 / 蘇 milk products of old、Asuka no So 飛鳥の蘇
Miwa soomen 三輪そうめん somen from Miwa
kuzu ryoori 葛料理 dishes made from arrowroot starch
chagayu 大和の茶がゆ rice gruel cooked with tea


Karashi 芥子 mustard, the plant and the condiment

Himiko, Yamataikoku and Yoshinogari 卑弥呼 / 邪馬台国 / 吉野ヶ里 in Saga, Kyushu
Himiko senbei 卑弥呼せんべい
Himiko manju 卑弥呼饅頭
Yamataikoku manjuu 邪馬台国饅頭
noodles the old style 吉野ヶ里古代麺
Sablee from Yoshinogari 吉野ヶ里 サブレー and more

Saga prefecture 佐賀県 Local specialities

Watarikaki 渡利牡蠣(わたりかき)Oysters from Mie prefecture

Mukimono むきもの Vegetables cut to artistic figures

Sesame street セサミストリート cookies and lunchboxes

Akagai 赤貝 "red clam", arc clam
Edo wazurai 江戸患い "the Illness of Edo", and Kagurazaka 神楽坂

Bernd Siefert ベアンド ・ ジーフェルトPatisserie, Von Michelstadt nach Japan

Yufuin Hot Spring 湯布院 Specialities Oita, Kyushu.

Ariakekai 有明海 Ariake Sea Kyushu. Ariake Dishes 有明料理

Daikotaki 大根焚きDaikotaki Cooking Radishes for Saint Nichiren
and Yuzumeshi, yuzu gohan ゆず御飯

Kokerazushi こけら寿司 / 柿寿司 / こけら鮨 layered sushi from Okayama

Shusseuo, shusse uo 出世魚 "career fish"

Kyoto obanzai 京のおばんざい home-cooking from Kyoto (omawari おまわり, お雑用 ozayoo). obansai

Maguro 鮪 (まぐろ) tuna, tunafish, Thunfisch

Matsuura zuke, Matsuurazuke 松浦漬け whale pickles from Matsuura

Kintaro 金太郎 .. a sardine and a candy

mozuku もずく(水雲/海蘊) seaweed, Nemacystis decipiens

mokuzugani 藻屑蟹 / モクズガニ Japanese mitten crab

Food safety in Japan

Kabocha 南瓜 (かぼちゃ) pumpkin, squash

Unzen yusenpei ゆせんぺい senbei from hot sprint water Nagasaki, Mount Unzen

Gion doofu 祇園豆腐 Gion Tofu From Niken Chaya 二軒茶屋, Kyoto

Kanda Daruma 神田のたい焼き屋 達磨 with Daruma Taiyaki waffles in the form of a sea bream and Fudo yaki 不動焼き from the temple Sayama Fudoji 狭山不動寺.

Hatoyama apples 鳩山 リンゴ
and
政権交代紅白まんじゅう seiken kootai koohaku manjuu

yakiboshi 焼き干し "grilled and dried" small sardines

Hyogo Prefecture Dishes

horumon udon ホルモンうどん udon noodles with innards Tsuyama town, Okayama

Saitama Prefecture Dishes

Tochigi Santaka 栃木三鷹
"three hawk talons" from Tochigi
chilli peppers

kachidokimeshi (かちどき飯)"rice to win the battle" in memory of Uesugi Kenshin

unagi manjuu うなぎ饅頭 bun with eel filling Mishima, Shizuoka.

Kurashiki specialities, Okayama prefecture Kurashiki Sushi.

shagiri manjuu しゃぎり饅頭 buns in the form of cart wheels Murakami, Niigata

Yokai nabe 妖怪鍋 Monster Soup and other monster dishes

Kiru 切る cutting food

Komaijiru 氷下魚汁(こまいじる)soup with saffron cod
hoshi komai 乾氷下魚(ほしこまい)dried saffron cod

niken chaya mochi 二軒茶屋餅(にけんちゃやもち) from Ise, Kakuya 角屋

Izushi 飯寿司 and hatahata ハタハタ dishes from Akita shottsuru しょっつる【塩汁】

Buri 鰤 (ぶり) yellowtail, Gelbschwanz Seriola quinqueradiata

mashumaro マシュマロ marshmallow and Guimauve, gimoobu ギモーブ.

Chinowagayu, chinowa-gayu 茅の輪粥 rice porridge
chi no wa kayu, served on the last day of the sixth month.

Yahataimo, Yahata-imo やはたいも taro from Yahata Yamanashi prefecture

Mamori, omamori, o-mamori お守り Talismans, amuletts and food

Akagai and Matsuo Basho at the Temple Kanman-Ji, Kisakata

Japanese Table Manner 和食作法 Ishimura Kanae 石邨可奈江, Okayama Grace Finishing School グレースフィニッシングスクール. Table manners

bubuzuke ぶぶづけ/ ぶぶ漬け ochazuke from Kyoto お茶漬け and furikake 振り掛け

Kanpyoo 干瓢calabash . Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida. Kampyo, Kanpyo.

Shishigatani kabocha 鹿ヶ谷かぼちゃ pumpkin from Shishigatani, Kyoto

Kyuusu teapot 急須 (kyusu) for green tea

Kokubun-ji Daifuku 国分寺大福 Kokubunji-Dumpling From Temple Kokubun-Ji, Shizuoka

mentaiko 明太子 marinated roe of pollock and
Banana Fair in Mojiko Retro 門司港レトロ / バナナフェア. Fukuoka dishes. Yanagibashi Coop Market 柳橋市場

ikijime (活き締め) ikejime (いけじめ / 活けじめ) fast killing of a fish

Akita, Ugo Town and pretty girl sketches advertisements 秋田県羽後町 Aoi Nishimata 西又葵, rice Akita Komachi あきたこまち

Polititians and Food
Hatoyama Yukio Bisquits 鳩山民衆サブレー / 鳩山サブレー Hatoyama Sabure 鳩山由紀夫
Aso Taro 麻生太郎、Fujikawa Yuri 藤川ゆり, Ozawa Ichiro 小沢一郎 : Manju
Obama Manju

McDonald’s “Nippon All-Stars” series and Mr. James Mr.ジェームスの食べある記. 日本マクドナルド

Hooroku 焙烙 / 炮烙 / ホーロク / ほうろくearhten roasting pot and Hooroku Jizo ほうろく地蔵 and a kyogen play, 炮烙割り "smashing pots"

yudebishi 茹菱(ゆでびし)boiled water chestnuts hishi . water chestnut and related kigo

Shabushabu しゃぶしゃぶ, sukiyaki 鋤焼 (すきやき) and other beef dishes wagyuu, wagyu 和牛 Japanese beef

Japanisches Essen im Laufe der Geschichte
Ein historischer Abriss


Dishes from Tochigo Prefecture 栃木県
gyooza 餃子, Utsunomiya gyooza
shimotsukare しもつかれ Shimotsuke Family Dish
suiton すいとん(法度汁)dumpling soup
yuba ryoori 湯波料理 dishes with yuba soymilk skin and many mroe

ninjin shirishiri 人参しりしり chopped carrots from Okinawa

Sweets from Western Japan

arare ochazuke あられお茶漬 arare senbei with green tea from Mie prefecture 三重県

Sake no Hosomichi 酒のほそ道 "The Narrow Road of Ricewine"
Manga about food, with haiku, by ラズウェル細木 Rozwell Hosoki, Roswell Hosoki

Shibazuke しば漬け / 柴漬け Perilla pickles with eggplant Kyoto. and more tsukemono pickles.

menjitsuyu 綿実油 cotton seed oil

Kurofune monaka 黒船最中 Black Ship wafers

Cup Noodles with Gundam ガンダム カップヌードル GUNPLA CUP NOODLES

Daruma pan だるまパン Daruma bread

Monaka 最中  もなかwafers, waffles
Daruma monaka だるまもなか Daruma wafers

Shiro 城 Castle Burgen. and related food items

Bunraku and Joruri 文楽.浄瑠璃 and wasabi

kenkoo shokuhin 健康食品 health food

Orio Kashiwameshi 折尾駅  かしわめし Kitakyushu

Danshi Gohan 男子ごはん, 太一×ケンタロウ men are cooking !
. . . bentoo danshi 弁当男子 lunchbox men

mizunasu, mizu nasu 水なす "water-eggplant" from Southern Osaka

karee カレー curry and many curry dishes

tenpura てんぷら . 天婦羅 . 天麩羅 . 天ぷら Tenpura, Tempura


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ukiukidango, ukiuki dango うきうきだんご / ウキウキ団子
"dumplings swimming buyoantly"Kuji, Chiba

jamu ジャム jam
maamareedo マーマレード marmalade


omuraisu オムライス omelette with rice filling, omusoba オムソバ omelette with Chinese fried soba noodles

tokoroten 心太, 心天 (ところてん) gelidium jelly

yamanashi、yama-nashi 山梨 (やまなし) "mountain pear" Malus sieboldii

obansai おばんさい / お晩彩 small dishes from Kyoto

Yamato-ni 大和煮 simmering meat of wild animals and whale

Kujria bento くじら弁当 Whale meat bento from Tateyama/Chiba

odorigui 踊り食いeating "dancing" small life icefish (shirauo)

Kyoto - famous dishes
including Kaiseki Ryori 懐石料理, kappoo ryoori 割烹料理 kappo food, kawadoko ryoori 川床料理, hamo 鱧 (はも) pike conger pike, pike eel and the Gion Festival, hon moroko 本諸子, imoboo 芋棒(いもぼう) , itokojiru いとこ汁, sabazushi 鯖寿司, sasamaki, sasa-maki, chimaki 笹巻き / ちまき; senmaizuke せんまい漬け / 千枚漬 pickled trunips; tochimochi, tochi-mochi 栃もち; yatsuhashi, nama yatsuhashi 生八ッ橋

Tenzo 典座 the Zen Cook Tenzo kyokun by Dogen Eihei Zenji

funaryoori 船料理 (ふなりょうり) food served on board a ship or boat

tonsho mochi 屯所餅(とんしょもち)"garrison mochi" in memory of the Shinsengumi 新選組 in Kyoto

minazuki 水無月 (みなずき) Kyoto sweets for June

Sea bream (tai 鯛) sakuradai, ma-dai and many more

Gangu 郷土玩具 Folk Toys
manjuu kui ningyo 饅頭食い人形 doll eating a manju bun

うるしコーヒー urushi koohii, "laquer coffee" from the laquer tree fruit

Ubatama 鳥羽玉 /老玉 "Black Lily Seed"

JULY NEWSPAPER

Food and Games 野菜かるた Karuta games and other card games

Amanatto (amanattoo) 甘納豆 sugar-glazed beans and Hamanattoo 浜納豆

Fujisan 富士山 and food specialities

Ichigo bentoo いちご弁当 Lunchbox with uni and awabi, sea urchin eggs and abalone

Hoorensoo ほうれん草 / 菠薐草 spinach

Sweets from the KANTO region

haabu  ハーブ herbs, Gewürzkräuter

Togarashi,toogarashi 唐辛子 red hot pepper Shichimi Togarashi and more

Western vegetables used in Japan

Robots for Sushi and Okonomiyaki FOOMA (International Food Machinery & Technology Exhibition)

Ningyooyaki, ningyoyaki 人形焼 figure waffles

Daruma Daikon だるま大根 a radish named Daruma

Chokoreeto チョコレート chocolate with many tasts

Oyatsu お八つ . o-cha-uke 御茶請け afternoon snack

moyashi 萌やし、糵, もやし bean sprouts Bohnensprossen
moyashi udo もやし独活(もやしうど)sprouts of spikenard

Kobiru, cobiru, kobilu (こびる) 小昼  "small lunch", rural lunch
Takachiho, Miyazaki

. 葷酒山門(くんしゅさんもん)kunshu sanmon
Temple Gate, no garlic or liquor beyond this point!

Shookadoo Bentoo 松花堂弁当 Shokado Bento

karee raisu カレーライス curry rice Curryreis

Botamochi Jizo ぼた餅地蔵 Jizo Bosatsu, Botamochi rice cakes

Itoin Senbei, ito-in senbei いといんせんべい. 絲印煎餅 Senbei with a "stamp like a thread" . From Ise, Mie prefecture

gooya ゴーヤ bitter gourd Momordica charantia. Okinawa. karela in Hindi, India.

Cookies だるまクッキー
Daruma cookies sweets


satoimo, sato imo 里芋 taro roots Taro-Kartoffel

. . . . Zuiki matsuri ずいきまつり Taro and Vegetable Festival
and more about the Zen priest Muso Kokushi 夢窓国師 !

JUNE NEWSPAPER

Jagaimo 馬鈴薯 (じゃがいも) potato, potatoes
Kartoffeln

Red Beans, "small beans" , adzuki (azuki 小豆 )

udo 独活 (うど) udo Aralia cordata

Goheimochi 五平餅 and other food from Nagano

Dengaku 田楽 dance and food

Gyuuniku 牛肉 beef wagyuu, wagyu 和牛 Japanese beef

Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum
(インスタントラーメン発明記念館)


Ika Daruma Ika Surume だるまいか / いかだるま Daruma Cuttlefish

Tosa Nikki, Tosa Diary by Kin no Tsurayuki ... and some manju sweets

Vegetables from SPRING ... List

Myoga Ginger (myooga) 茗荷 (みょうが). Zingi-Ingwer

Miyajima Ekiben 宮島駅弁 Miyajima Stationlunch Anagomeshi あなごめし

Miso みそ or 味噌 Miso paste and miso soup and miso culture

Shimonoseki 下関駅 。gansoo fukumeshi 元祖ふくめしthe original puffer fish with rice EKIBEN

hamo 鱧 (はも) pike conger pike, pike eel Muraenesox cinereus. dragontooth

Horegusuri ほれぐすり(惚れ薬, 惚薬) love potion Liebestrunk

Hanakae Matsuri 花換祭 / 花換祭り Flower-exchanging festival at shrine Kanesaki-gu, Fukui prefecture, and the sakura cherry blossom cookies 桜クッキー

Fu, Wheat gluten (fu 麩) and FU products

Soba ryoori そば料理 dishes with soba Buckwheat noodles

Wagashi Sweets from Kanazawa 金沢に和菓子

Salty Sweets (shioaji suiitsu 塩味スイーツ)
sweets with a flavor of salt, Süßigkeiten mit Salz

Hanabatake Bokujoo 花畑牧場 in Hokkaido nama kyarameru ”生キャラメル”fresh caramels, weiche Karamellen

Kaki 柿 Persimmon Persimone. Sharon fruit.

Uiroo 外郎 ( ういろう) jelly sweet Aichi and Odawara

hooba miso, Hoba Miso ほうばみそ miso paste served on a hoba leaf hooba 朴葉 ... Magnolia obovata

Ebisu sama 恵比寿様. Deity of the Fishermen

"Frost Shrine" 霜神社 Shimo Jinja, Shimomiya at Mount Aso, KyushuThe legend of Kihachi 鬼八

Konnyaku plant and food (Amorphophallus konjac) . Elephant jam

Mandala Food Arrangements (hoshamori, hooshamori 放射盛り)

Gotoochi Gurume ご当地グルメ Cheap local specialities
kankoo gurume 観光グルメ, tourism gourmet
bii kyuu gurume B級グルメ B-class gourmet food

mamushi まむし (蝮 ) poisonous snake 日本蝮 (ニホンマムシ)

Morning Market (asa ichi, asa-ichi) Morgenmarkt

Wasabi 山葵 green horseradish . yamawasabi 山わさび white horseradish

Hirome seaweed (hirome (ひろめ) 広布 / ヒロメ) Oita prefecture

Sushi decorations and vocabulary 寿司の盛り方

corbicula from Seta (Seta shijimi) and the Big Bridge at Seta 瀬田の唐橋

Tenmusu 天むす rice balls with tempura

Roadside stations (michi no eki 道の駅) Highway Service Areas

Mottainai もったいない モッタイナイ Do not waste food !

Garlic (ninniku 蒜 (にんにく(ニンニク)) ) Knoblauch

Gyooza, gyoza  ギョーザ / 餃子 Jiaozi Chinese dumplings

Pan パン bread
toosuto トースト toast

Shark 鮫 (さめ) same Haifisch

Ninaibako 荷担箱 Box to carry sweets to the Shogun Kameyama sweets

Yakuzen, yaku-zen 薬膳 ( やくぜん) "Eating Medicine" medicinal food dishes and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

Edo Yasai, Edo dentoo yasai 江戸伝統野菜 Traditional vegetables of Edo

Umeboshi 梅干 dried pickled plums Salzpflaumen

Iwashi 鰯 (いわし) sardine Sardinen, Anchovy.
urume small herring

Regional Sashimi ... LIST

Regional and local sushi types ... a LIST only

Yamamori Goboo Festival 山盛りのゴボウ / ごぼう講 at Kuninaka in Echizen, Fukui. Eating lots of Burdock.

TEN GU jiru, tengujiru 十具汁 TENGU soup

Oomi Beef in the Edo period Ii Naosuke and Mito no Nariaki

Osaka Fugu Hakubutsukan ふぐ博物館 Osaka Blowfish Museum Pufferfisch, Kugelfisch

warabimochi 笑来美餅 mochi with bracken powder
Adlerfarn-Mochi

momiji tenpura もみじ天ぷら/ 紅葉の天ぷら sweet tempura from maple leaves from Mino town, Osaka
Tempura von roten Ahornblättern

"Tokyo Taste — the World Summit of Gastronomy 2009"

Ishimatsu manjuu 石松まんじゅう Manju in memory of Ishimatsu From Konpira-San, Kotohira Shrine in Kagawa, Shikoku

iburi いぶり, ibusu 燻す to smoke, smoking, smoked food kunsei 薫製
iburi gakko いぶりがっこ smoked radish pickles from Akita

Day of Meat (niku no hi) Febraruy 9, NI KU

Ehomaki Sushi Roll (ehoomaki) for February 3, Setsubun

Quail and quail eggs (uzura no tamago うずらの卵) Wachteleier

wasanbon 和三盆 Japanese sugar and other sweets from Shikoku

wasanbon 和三盆 Japanischer Zucker . All kinds of brown and black sugar. kurosato 黒砂糖

onimanjuu, oni manjuu 鬼饅頭 おにまんじゅう "devil's cakes" for Setsubun, February 03.

Kanbutsu 乾物 kambutsu dried food items Getrocknete Lebensmittel

Yakumi やくみ (薬味) spices and condiments Gewürze

warigo bentoo わりご弁当 lunchbox for the village kabuki ... Shodoshima, Kagawa

Juken fuuzu 受験フーズ  Juken Food for the Examination Hell

Shikoku Sweets 四国スイーツ Sweets from Shikoku

Gifu Prefecture ... Regional Dishes

katsuo no ipponzuri 鰹の一本釣り fishing for skipjack tuna in Kochi, Tosa, Shikoku
and related dishes

Museums, Food Museums and Food Theme Parks

Kyuushoku 給食 School Lunch Schulspeisung, Schulessen

Kyooyasai, kyoyasai, kyosai 京野菜 / 京菜 Vegetables from Kyoto.
Gemüse aus Kyoto, Kyoto-Gemüse

Rural Culture Association 農山漁村文化協会 農文協 The BEST online resources !

Shokuyoo no hana 食用の花 Edible blossoms, edible flowers

kushigaki 串柿 ( くしがき) dried persimmons on a stick
town of Shigo, Katsuragi, Wakayama

Collagen Nabe コラーゲン鍋 Hodgepodge with collagen ... for beautiful skin ?

anpanman アンパンマン Mister Anpan  

toshikoshi udon 年越しうどん udon noodles, eaten to "pass over into the new year"

Minamoto Kitchoan 源 吉兆庵 Seasonal Sweets and Daruma sweets, Kamakura

Daruma Senbei for the New Year 干支せんべい 2009

Daruma Manju だるま饅頭 (Daruma Manjuu)

Natural Ice for drinks ... declining
December 09, 2008

Samurai Cooking

Tsubaki abura 椿油) camellia oil

cha no hana 茶の花 (ちゃのはな) tea blossoms

Joodoo-E Ceremony 成道会 Daikodaki Cooking Radish Soup to ward off evil
December 8 at Shakado Temple in Kyoto

Yomogi よもぎ 蓬 mugwort Beifuss, Beifuß

Shigure no Matsu 時雨の松 Pine in icy rain, a Haiku Sweet

Ecotarian Food エコタリアン

Waseda Kankyo Juku 早稲田環境塾 Waseda School of Environment

Hachimitsu 蜂蜜 はちみつ Honey, Honig

Red Beans, "small beans" (azuki 小豆 ) and DARUMA

Tanada no Udonya 棚田のうどん屋 . まーちゃんうどん Ohaga no Tanada 大垪和の棚田


nonbee 呑兵衛 (のんべえ) Nonbei, nombei, drinker, alcoholic Trinker, Alkoholiker

yukishio, yuki shio, yukijio 雪塩 snow-salt from Miyakojima Island. Salt (shio)

McDonald's and Mr. James Mr.ジェームスのブログ

Takuan, takuanzuke 沢庵漬 (たくあんづけ) Takuan radish pickles and Priest Takuan Soho

Shiitake, maitake, matsutake, nameko and many other mushrooms Mushroom (ki no ko, kinoko), dobin mushi

Chuukanabe, wok 中華なべ 囲炉裏鍋, irori nabe, donabe earthen pot and more pots and pans

Mogura daikon もぐら大根 "mole radish" and other dishes from Gunma prefecture

Teppanyaki 鉄板焼き fried (or grilled) on an iron plate or pan and other fried or grilled food, yakiniku 焼き肉

oyaki, o-yaki おやき , お焼き, 御焼(き)grilled dumplings with vegetables
mit Gemüse gefüllte Reisküchlein

Italian food イタリアン料理 Spaghetti, Pizza, Pasta, Doria, Pesto

ramune ラムネ lemonade and other Summer Drinks

biiru ビール
beer : Bier
and local beer (jibiiru 地ビール)

budooshu ぶどうしゅ、葡萄酒 wine

shinsen 神饌(しんせん) Shinto - Food offerings

shirasu elvers . しらすの釜揚げ boiled shirasu from Shonan

Rakkasei 落花生 (らっかせい) Peanuts from Chiba

FAGI FOODS ファジフーズ Fagiano Okayama ファジアーノ岡山

Miele Guide of Asian Restaurants ミーレガイド
Miele KITCHEN(ミーレ・キッチン)

gekiyasu bentoo 激安弁当 extremely cheap lunchbox

Osaka no kui-daore くいだおれ kuidaore

hamakonabe, hamako nabe 浜子鍋 hodgepodge for the "beach children" Hiroshima

Shoochuu 焼酎 (しょうちゅう) Shochu
strong distilled liquor, Schnaps


Haneki shibori sake 撥ね木搾り(はねぎしぼり)酒

Yakimochi Fudoo Son 焼き餅不動尊in Gunma

"salt road" 塩の道 shio no michi
from Niigata to Matsumoto, Nagano

Firefly squid (hotaruika, hotaru ika ホタルイカ(蛍烏賊))

Squid, cuttlefish dishes (ika ryoori イカ料理, 烏賊料理)  

Chinmi and fish roe dishes

Bean curd (tofu, toofu, dofu 豆腐) and haiku

Mamakari ままかり Fish dishes from Okayama

Koohii 黒だるまコーヒー Black Daruma Coffee

kankoro かんころ 甘古呂 flower from sweet potatoes
kankoro dango かんころ団子
kankoro soba かんころそば

kinpira キンピラ simmered root vegetables

Uni 海胆 (うに) sea urchin and sea urchin roe (uni 雲丹)

Satsumaimo, satsuma imo 薩摩薯(さつまいも)sweet potatoes

Horse meat, baniku (ばにく/ 馬肉)

Kenchinjiru けんちんじる(巻繊汁) vegetable soup from temple Kenchoji, Kamakura

God of Cooking, Iwakamutsukari no Mikoto 磐鹿六雁命

History of Japanese Food Culture

Issunbooshi bentoo 一寸法師弁当 Issun-Boshi Bento for Tom Thumb

Gokuraku Onkei 極楽温鶏 whole steamed chicken from Oita 極楽温鶏

BUTA ... Pig and Pork (buta, ton 豚 ぶた)

Daietto ダイエット Diet and fasting ... the extreme : Sokushinbutsu 即身仏

Manga, Anime and Japanese Food Culture
料理漫画. 料理アニメ. グルメ漫画


Dishes from Tokyo 東京

Wrapping Paper Art / Food Art

Ramen, raamen ラーメン Chinese noodle soup

Hakata no shio 伯方の塩 salt from Hakata island

Sweets from Hokkaido 北海道スィーツ Hokkaido Sweets

Ainu Dishes, Hokkaido アイヌ料理

Tosa no Inaka Sushi 土佐の田舎寿司 sushi from the countryside of Tosa

Kagawa dishes 香川 Shikoku Takamatsu, Shodoshima

World Tasty Museum 世界食文化博物館 Imabari, Ehime. Nihon Shokken

Rokuben, Bento for a kabuki performance ろくべん, 大鹿歌舞伎 Nagano.

Famine and Hunger periods during the Edo period . kikin 飢饉

Sweets from Tohoku 東北の甘いもの

Tottori dishes 鳥取

Recycle, Reuse, Re-use Wiederverwendung von Lebensmitteln

Yam 長芋, Taro 里芋 and sweet potatoes 薩摩芋 Dioscorea japonica. Colocasia esculenta. Ipomoea batatas.

Shooyu purin 小豆島醤油プリン Soy Sauce Pudding from Shodoshima

Kani 蟹料理 CRAB dishes

Oiri, yomeiri おいり 嫁入り sweets for the bride

Kamaboko (蒲鉾, かまぼこ) Fish paste, fish cake, ground fish on boards

Cooking methods : yaku and ...yaki

Kitaoji Rosanjin (北大路魯山人)
UTSUWA うつわ【器】, vessel or dish
hassunzara, hassun sara 八寸皿 Hassun-plate for kaiseki
hirazara ひらざら【平皿】 flat dish
kakuzara かくざら【角皿】 plate with four corners
kareezara カレー皿 plate for curry rice
sara, ban さら 【皿・盤】 plate, dish, saucer, platter
kozara 小皿 small plate
torizara 取り皿 small plate
ukezara 受け皿 saucer
hachi はち【鉢】 bowls of all kinds
daibachi 大鉢 big bowl
fukabachi 深鉢 deep bowl
kakubachi 角鉢 square bowl
katakuchi bachi 片口鉢 bowl with a spout on one side
kobachi 小鉢 small bowl
mamebachi 豆鉢 very small bowl
meshiwan めしわん【飯椀/飯碗】 bowl for rice
tonsui とんすい small bowl with a handle
cups : kappu カップ cup
sakazuki 杯/ さかずき small cup for hot sake
yunomi 湯のみ(湯呑み) small tea cups.



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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Wednesday bookmarks, June 1

June already?! Spring went by so quickly this year - I guess it's because of the long winter. Anyway, june is here, and it starts off with a very long weekend that we're planning to spend in beautiful Dalarna. Can't wait!

I also have some very exciting news for the blog that I'll tell you about in a few weeks - I think you'll like it!

Now, to some bookmarks. Not that many - but a few. First, a very good-looking baguette from one of my favorite bread bloggers, Pain de Martin. (In Swedish.)

Joy the baker has made what might be the most decadent cupcakes I have ever, ever seen: Chocolate, Peanut Butter dough and Toasted Marshmallows.

After that, it's time for something healthy. How about a lentil salad for non-lentil lovers, with onions, peppers, raisins, parsley and corn. I think it sounds delicious, and am thankful to Kicki for posting it. (In Swedish.)

I keep all of my bookmarks here. For non-food-stuff, I've just started using Pinterest!

To my rapidly vanishing "Twenties"

Now I think I realize what Daphne Du Maurier meant when the Protagonist at the end of the book says rather wistfully I’ll Never Be Young Again. I found this poem while browsing some site last evening. I fell in love with it right at the first line though the very essence of it only came to me after two, three readings. I took a print out home and made my Mum read it. Every once in a while I find some poem which appeals to me or touches a chord somewhere and this one did as I approach the end of my twenties in a little over two years. Okay yes two years is a long time but even then I feel somehow me and a some of us were happier people a couple of years back. The World was going to be our oyster. I say it still will be but that joyous feeling seems to be absent. Now the realities somehow bite me more. Happiness as a state of mind has to be maintained and worked at. Such is life. Some myths have been shattered, dreams broken into fragments but trying to be rebuilt again. That passion and zeal almost vanished in the middle. We were silly, wild and happy 23,24 year olds and we thought the world was at our feet and we shall conquer it all. The follies of youth I tell you. To be 23 again. Sigh! Here’s to my rapidly vanishing “twenties” and maybe Cheers to the approaching "Thirties". Hope you maybe as interesting and in some ways a little less harsh.

To My Twenties

How lucky that I ran into you



When everything was possible


For my legs and arms, and with hope in my heart


And so happy to see any woman—


O woman! O my twentieth year!


Basking in you, you


Oasis from both growing and decay


Fantastic unheard of nine- or ten-year oasis


A palm tree, hey! And then another


And another—and water!


I’m still very impressed by you. Whither,


Midst falling decades, have you gone? Oh in what lucky fellow,


Unsure of himself, upset, and unemployable


For the moment in any case, do you live now?


From my window I drop a nickel


By mistake. With


You I race down to get it


But I find there on


The street instead, a good friend,


X— N—, who says to me


Kenneth do you have a minute?


And I say yes! I am in my twenties!


I have plenty of time! In you I marry,


In you I first go to France; I make my best friends


In you, and a few enemies. I


Write a lot and am living all the time


And thinking about living. I loved to frequent you


After my teens and before my thirties.


You three together in a bar


I always preferred you because you were midmost


Most lustrous apparently strongest


Although now that I look back on you


What part have you played?


You never, ever, were stingy.


What you gave me you gave whole


But as for telling


Me how best to use it


You weren’t a genius at that.


Twenties, my soul


Is yours for the asking


You know that, if you ever come back.

Kenneth Koch

Edolas Arc is (Y).



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EDOLAS IS COOL MAN!


A bit slow because I already watched the episode yesterday but only logged in to rave about it now. Triple Lucy!


Eh....... but I still don't like Juvia.


Firstly she likes my Gray-sama.
Secondly, she keeps sticking to my Gray-sama.
Thirdly, she bullies my Gray-sama because Edolas is reversed and it became that my Gray-sama likes her.


BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!



You have to find your own peace. You can’t let all this noise get to you.  All this is temporary. Even this feeling of upheaval is temporary. Don’t let this cloud your senses or your mind. This isn’t it and it was never going to be it. You are more than all this brouhaha. This doesn’t define you.  You are more, way more. You are not about to lose your identity with this. This is just a momentary state of mind and time like tide will change like it always has.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Ratatouille Chicken in Crock-Pot

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Still really loving the slowcooker! I need to try much more with it, but I haven't had that much time to plan or cook lately. I hope to get a lot done this summer though - it'll be nice to have some time off.

This was the first, but certainly not last, time cooking chicken. I decided I want something simple to go along with it, and settled on a kind-of-ratatouille. It turned out a little watery for my taste, but still very good. The chicken was awesome - very moist and flavorful.

Ratatouille Chicken in Crock-Pot
serves 4

1 1/2 yellow onion, coarsely chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 zucchini, diced
100 ml (a little less than 1/2 cup) fennel, finely sliced
1 red bellpepper, diced
1 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp salt
1 can (400 g) tomato "fillets", or regular crushed (or even whole) tomatoes
2 tbsp chunky salsa sauce
1 whole, fresh chicken
salt, lemon pepper

Prepare all the veggies, and mix with the salsa, the tinned tomatoes, and some salt and cumin in the crock-pot.

To prepare the chicken, remove as much skin as possible. (It won't be great slow-cooked.) Season with salt and lemon pepper. Place the chicken, breast down, on top of the veggies. Cover with the lid, and cook on high for four hours.

Serve with some sort of grain - we had bulgur wheat, which was great.

Recipe in Swedish:
Ratatouillekyckling i crock-pot

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Tutti Frutti in Reading - a Gem Tucked Away in Reading's Railway Station

Tutti Frutti in Reading Railway Station's concourse
Railway station food. Usually, at best, it's a couple of fatty rashers of floppy bacon in a pale doughy baguette. And I should know - I've spent years travelling up and down the country eating food from establishments in railway stations. You don't expect to find good, homemade food in the hustle and bustle of one of the busiest train stations in the south east. And yet, in Reading, huddled amongst some of the world's most famous fast food joints, here it is. Here, you've got AMT coffee kiosks, the Cornish Pasty shop, Burger King and Subway. And that's just a few of them. But before you instinctively line up amid all the flourescent signs and order your BK Whopper, turn around and take a look at Tutti Frutti.



They've been going for six months and already have a steady stream of customers enjoying coffee, cakes, ice creams, sandwiches and soup. And it's not difficult to see why. Jane, the owner of the store, welcomes me when I arrive with a spoonful of freshly made mushroom soup. "Do you want to try some?" she offers. The soup is rich, slightly peppery and has that unmistakable fresh woody taste of the mushrooms - there are no instant soup powders here.

Rows of sweets in glass jars line shelves and give a traditional feel


What struck me most about the place is that Jane genuinely cares about the food she makes, food that she describes as "comforting". The cafe has a homely, welcoming feel - she tells me that the chocolates are made by a friend, the ice creams are made by her and that it took them a year just to track down the right coffee beans.

The beautifully made chocolate selection includes chocolate bunnies, spaniels and sheep


And the coffee is without a doubt one of the silkiest, richest and most refreshing cups of coffee that I've ever had. And at £1.50 for an espresso, it's very reasonable too. A bowl of soup with bread costs just £2.95 and sandwiches are freshly made, costing around £2-3 each. There are no shortcuts with the sandwiches either - the king prawn sandwich is generously packed with with large, juicy prawns in a Marie Rose sauce - and the ham they use is crumbly 'real' ham too. None of that processed, plasticky, luminous pink stuff here.

Ice creams are all freshly made - flavours include Chocolate Brownie, Banoffee, Lemon Meringue (my favourite!) and Strawberry Sorbet - sold by the scoop in tubs or cones

As I sipped my coffee, surrounded by busy commuters hurtling around I glanced at the queues of people at the brightly-lit fast food restaurants in the station's concourse. And just for a second I can't blame them, in a way. Everyone is in too much of a rush here that they go into autopilot when they're hungry and exchange their cash for something they already know, something safe. Tutti Frutti is not only worth taking the risk - but once you do you might find that you're in there a lot more often than you think.

Tutti Frutti is a real gem at the heart of this busy railway station. You wouldn't always expect to find really good produce in the concourse of a train station but here it is. If you find yourself waiting at Reading station for your connection give them a try. I promise you will not be disappointed.