V day post

Actually its not :p....... everyone was showing off their bouquet of flowers, fancy dinners on fb. Here I am in my bedroom accompanying baby to sleep lol... thought title will be eye catching hehe...

Uguys can show off, I also can do the same. Even better!! S can easily whipped up a feast comparable to eating out! He cooks everyday and makes bento for me continuously 5 years and 7 months...

Best husband I can ever ask for, cooks for us... helps take care baby (when required), helps out in chores, laundry, washes up dishes when I am occupied. 

Thank you S! 

P.s: All these compliments but you still have a mean mouth and I still feel like kicking you every now and then.

Year end party 2018 for Japanese class in Hachinohe

Stopped going for Japanese class in 2018 as I had baby.... No time and energy anymore. Were at the mall and coincidentally met my sensei. She invited us to the end year party hence we went. This year they had lucky draw. I was not expecting to win anything, while S was mumbling beside me hoping to get the rice lol... seconds after I replied and said it won’t be us, don’t think about it... They announced 76!..... Wasn’t that me?! Stunned!

The teachers contributed the lucky draw items and it turned out my teacher (the one that invited us) gave the rice. Her family are rice farmers. 

I guess I have 偏财运, my best prize to date is an ipad. 

Littlecafeporta @ Hachinohe

Tiny, charming cafe with only 3 choices of lunch menu and able to accommodate 9

people. The location was not difficult to drive to but google map had it in wrong location. First time we went, we were driving in circles only to realise it was wrong. Thereafter, it was closed! Closed without notice! 

This time I went with S and tried the lunch set. The food was tasty but it was not enough for S (it was sufficient for me though. We realized that you can top up the rice for 100 yen. 

We left and went to shrine, only when i stepped out of the car freezing, did i discovered my neck muffler was left in the cafe. Sigh... nowadays my memory cmi..

Lunch: 11-2pm  Cafe: 2-4pm

Closed on Sunday and public holiday (check instagram for sudden notice)

https://instagram.com/littlecafeporta?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=1mxiah0opvs34

Ch’iao Rope Rescue Competition 2018 @ Kaohsiung

S was invited to join ARA (Aomori Research Activities) as team translator which he readily accepted. I was roped in as the competition will be held in Taiwan and none of them knew Chinese. Therefore I could assist in logistics and hotel etc...

A chance to be away from baby and to eat local food, oh ya! Taiwan here I come! Did months of research to ensure lodging, transportation, hotel, compeition locations to ensure no hiccups.

Took budget air line (Peach) from Sendai Airport and it was not easy to get there. Drove go Hachinohe to board bus (3-4 hours) to Sendai main area, board train (20 minutes) to airport. S was concerned about me during the long bus journey. Like he was expecting me to complain about the ride. Eh.... how many times I have to take hours of bus ride to Malaysia (custom jam, bus brokedown) stuck don’t know how long...To be frank, i was dozing off majority of the time, like usual lol.

Dinner @ BISTRO Ahiru(Duck) 食堂 (Oirase)

Only open for dinner, closed on Tue.

 https://g.co/kgs/MWYq8Z

Awarded (by me haha) best gastronomic discovery of 2018. Took me 5 years to discover a hidden gem! Everything we ate was good... so good! Its was a girl’s night out on a Monday night.  Many restaurants in Misawa was closed (thankfully! I would not have found here otherwise).

All the menu was written on the board, it was difficult to understand the handwriting and we squinting and frowning what it would be. No pictures for reference and we tried showing past dishes appeared in google but the staff said it was seasonal. So half we left it up to them. 

Delighted that the suspense was worth it. Must bring S here!! Must go for date night!

When the staff recommended this as salad, we assumed (since no picture to refer) that its with greenies. To our surprise, came peach with bayonne ham as salad?! Quite apprehensive yet it lingered in our mouth and complimented other dishes. Became my must order “salad”

Farm Cafe Orta @ Towada

Saw their cafe in the magazine and been wanting to go. this cafe has fheir own cafe so certain months they only opened during weekends. I usually go on weekdays to discover they were closed.

 We were early and was asked to wait since we did not make reservations. However while we were waiting for 10-15 minutes outside, we saw 2 pairs of customers went in and got seated (they did not looked like they had reservations). We decided to go in and sat in the last empty table (luckily we did that as next couple customers were waiting for a long while outside).

Lunch set only 2 choices available with different sauce of spaghetti. Nothing much to rave about.

  

Overall was not impressed by them, be it food or service.

Maybe dinner might be better since they are always featured in local magazines.

ビストロポンドリゼール (Pont de L‘isere @ Hachinohe

Located in Hachinohe. Splendid spread and serving with homemade dessert! Kid friendly (confirmed with the owner). Slightly on pricy side around 1500yen - 1600 yen for lunch set however its well worth the price. Might be too much for small eaters.

Need to wait slightly long for the food but time flies when there are a good conversation partner 

Open from:11.30 -2.00pm, 5.30- 10pm (9.30pm last order).

Closed on Wednesday.

https://www.google.co.jp/amp/s/s.tabelog.com/aomori/A0203/A020301/2007474/top_amp/

Daily lunch set

My fish lunch set