Month: July 2010
31
Jul
French Cuisine: Shizuoka Organic Tomato Appetizer at Pissenlit
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Service: excellent and very friendly Facilities: great washroom, great cleanliness overall Prices: reasonable, good value. Strong points: Interesting wine list. Great use of local products....
30
Jul
Shizuoka Sake Rice: “Azekura Ishin” by Sugii Brewery
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“Sakamai/酒米”, or sake rice in Japanese is a variety of riice only exclusively in the making of Japanese sake. You will never find it on...
29
Jul
Egg Farm in Shizuoka City: Bi-Ou-Ran (Part 2)
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Mr. Shigeru Shimizu/清水茂 As explained in my previous article I was back on the bicycle trail on Saturday with the difference was that I reached...
29
Jul
Shizuoka Agricultural Products: The Yamaguchis’ Benihoppe Strawberry Fields (end of July)
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“Benihoppe” or “Red Cheeks” strawberries is a cultivar which was successfully developped no later than in 2002 in Shizuoka Prefecture. It has since been voted...
28
Jul
Bryan Baird’s Newsletter (2010/07/28)
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Baird Beer & Taproom Events Bulletin Latest Seasonal Releases; Harajuku Taproom 1-Year Anniversary Party Dear Taproom Friend & Baird Beer Enthusiast: Our summer beat-the-heat beer...
28
Jul
Vegan Japanese Cuisine: Nasu Somen/Egg-plant Somen
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I’m neither vegan or vegetarian, but I can tell you that the present scorching weather might convince me to become one! LOL Egg-plants or aubergines...
27
Jul
Shizuoka Agriculture Portal: Agrigraph
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AgriGraph Japan is an enterprise commissioned by Shizuoka Prefecture. It is a project aiming at making the agriculture (and also tourism, esppecially green tourism) in...
27
Jul
Today’s Lunch Box/Bento (’10/55): Indian Sushi Bento
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Most Indian people have to devise their food according to a somewhat harsh climate (at times. Of course people living at the foot of the...
26
Jul
Today’s Lunch Box/Bento (’10/54): Neverending (Heat) Story Bento
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-“I hate this place! It must be 50 degress (C) in this kitchen!” The Missus has been badgering me for some time with moving to...
23
Jul
Fruit Cocktails by Wataru Matsumoto 11: grapefruit
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Service: very professional and friendly. Facilities: great washroom, great cleanliness overall. Prices: reasonable, good value. Strong points: Fruit cocktails. Cozy and a comfortable, for ladies...
23
Jul
Egg Farm in Shizuoka City: Bi-Ou-Ran (Part 1)
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Eggs do come in many shapes, don’t they? The Japanese have always eaten of lot of eggs. Not so long ago, in the Edo period,they...
22
Jul
Vegan Italian Cuisine: Appetizer at Il Paladino
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Service: Excellent and very friendly Facilities: great and very large washroom, great cleanliness overall Prices: reasonable to expensive. Specialty:Sicilian Cuisine. Top-class Italian wines and great...
21
Jul
Learning Agricultural Skills at an Early Age at Shizuoka City Ryunan Primary School
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From time to time I go coaching the game of cricket in some local primary schools in Shizuoka City. It is a good break from...
21
Jul
French Cuisine: Summer Lunch at Pissenlit (2010)
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Service: excellent and very friendly Facilities: great washroom, great cleanliness overall Prices: reasonable, good value. Strong points: Interesting wine list. Great use of local products....
20
Jul
Today’s Lunch Box/Bento (’10/53): Maze Sushi Bento
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There was no bento to write about yesterday as it was a National Holiday! Instead we spent most of the day lazying about at home...