I have a wasabi plant 5 NO MORE
Posted by harvey in About, Food on 30. Jan, 2008 | 12 Comments
Well on JapanNewbie, you ask, and you receive. My poor wasabi plant. Finished. Rotten too. He’s stinky. He’s outta here. Really. It rotted at the core. In fact. The picture looks greener than it actually is. If you’re gonna buy me a present. Don’t buy me a plant. Unless it’s a virtual plant. I’m sorry [...]
Kinkan. Just eat the peel.
Posted by harvey in Humor on 29. Jan, 2008 | 6 Comments
At the same sushi shop where I acquired the famed wasabi plant, the sushi master also pulled out this interesting fruit known as “kinkan” (金柑). My dictionary says that’s a kumquat. He told us to eat the peel. My wife’s mom told me to place them by a box of tabacco that “dad” was smoking [...]
JLPT Audio Study Tools
Posted by harvey in Language on 27. Jan, 2008 | 5 Comments
Heads up for more study tools to fill your Japanese needs! The Japan Shop now offers mp3 files you can use with your iPod or other mp3 player for studying the JLPT vocabulary sections. PlaySay JLPT 1, 2, 3 and 4 Core Vocabulary Audio Download Bundle at The Japan Shop You can also purchase them [...]
Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary at The Japan Shop
Posted by harvey in Books, Gadgets, Language on 26. Jan, 2008 | 2 Comments
Just a quick heads up! To all you Kanji geeks out there. The Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary is available on TheJapanShop.com now. Kanji whee! In addition, for those of you who have the incredible GW9600 Sharp electronic dictionary (like me) you can get the same Kanji Learner’s Dictionary on an SD card to load into [...]
I have a wasabi plant 4 CRISIS
Posted by harvey in About, Food on 24. Jan, 2008 | 10 Comments
Wasabi crisis alert!!! This is what the water looks like after one day. To attempt to revive Mr. Wasabi we pulled it off the peg that holds it in this water dish and washed out the hole. Apparently it was getting sort of… rotten… in there. That can’t be good. I’ll have to take Kitty’s [...]
I have a wasabi plant 3
Posted by harvey in About, Food on 24. Jan, 2008 | 5 Comments
Hey I still have a wasabi plant! After just 1 day of sitting in it’s water, the water gets this greasy looking film on top of it. It almost looks like someone has spilled vegetable oil into the water or something. I’ll try to get a picture of that gunk for next time. Do any [...]
Yuba. The film on top.
Posted by harvey in Food on 23. Jan, 2008 | 11 Comments
The Yuba experience. The rectangular metal plan below contains a very fluid (having low viscosity if you will) liquid made from nigari (苦汁) and soybean milk, the same stuff that Tofu is made from. The yellow citrus on the right is a Yuzu. The hotplate is heated slowly so that the liquid does not boil [...]
Japanese Tea Shop in Shiga
Posted by harvey in Food, Travel on 20. Jan, 2008 | 9 Comments
I went to a tea shop in Shiga-ken, in the Shigaraki area last month. We went by car from the station after a failed attempt to visit the Miho Museum. (It was closed! ARGH!) I couldn’t tell you how to get here off the top of my head, but if anyone really wants to know, [...]
