Remember when I teased you all by telling you I went to Thailand and then didn’t say anything else about it? (Let’s be real, Mom visited, I “work” – a term I use loosely – and we were still experiencing cold weather and writing about warm-weathered times just seems like CRUELTY.) Anyway, do you remember? If not, read part one here.
Well now that the weather has warmed up here, I can fondly recall for you my favourite day spent in Thailand. Read on readers…
Despite a difficult journey of cancelled and missed flights, mom finally made it to Matsuyama on Saturday April 27th. I had many plans to show her a traditional Japanese experience. This is her adventure…
This is the story of how 3 blonde girls (or possibly the same person 3 times) left their tiny apartments in Japan and traveled afar for a week long escape to paradise.
Today I would like to introduce you to a Japanese dish you may have never heard of. It is not as popular as sushi or tempura, and most people think it’s not as delicious. It is a stringly, salty snack made of fermented soy beans and it is called なっとう(Natto). At first taste, I hated it. I spit it out, which is difficult to do due to its sticky nature. But its constant re-occurrence in school lunches have allowed me to acquire the taste for it, and it is rapidly becoming my favourite Japanese snack. For only 1 dollar for 3 small packaged servings, I cannot get enough…
