100 Yen store called "Can Do"

 

"Can Do" is a 100 Yen ($1.20) shop, something like Daiso. This outlet is newly opened and so it is interesting to pay it a visit.

Since winter is approaching, I went shopping at a store next to Can Do and bought myself a few pairs of warm clothing etc.

Thai Green Curry (cooking & eating)

I cooked the Thai green curry this morning and had it for lunch. I used the paste which can easily be obtained from the local supermarket. It is cheap and conveinent. All I did was to fry some garlic and ginger with some cooking oil and add the coconut milk (250 ml) and 2 tablespoonful of the curry paste. After a few minutes, I placed about 6 pieces of small chicken meat and some vegetables into the mixture in the frying pan. Stirred the mixture and add a little fish sauce and sugar. Boiled the curry for about 5 to 8 minutes and was ready to be eaten with rice.

Eat till you drop for S$13

 

We had a lunch buffet today at a Western food restaurant (Cowboy) in Fukuoka, Japan. There was so much to eat and was too busy that I did not snap many photos of the food. The picture below was the dessert. In case you are wondering what was the brown liquid in one of the cups, it was the yummy Japanese beef curry. The other cup was filled with creamy corn soup.

                                         The cost per person was $$13 inclusive of 10% tax

The poor can survive quite comfortably in Japan

 

Hot dog yes but naan dog?

 

The Japanese call this "Naan-dog". Instead of buns they used naan a type of bread eaten by the Indians. The meat, can be chicken, pork etc. are wrapped by the naan. The naan-dog comes with salad and a cup of cream of mushroom soup. It's pretty good I must say.

Chicken BBQ

 

Did a little BBQ in our garden. It's chicken or yakitori and some vegetables from our garden. The autumn weather was suitable for the BBQ. Day temperature around 22c with light breeze.

Nasi Lemak in Japan

 

My wife made the nasi lemak accompanied by the fishes that I caught from the jetty. The sambal was brought in from SG. The coconut milk was purchased from a Japanese supermarket. The nasi lemak was delicious but could have been better if we had used Thai rice instead of Japanese rice which was a little sticky.

A superb dinner at home

 

The 3 types of meat (yakiniku) was offered at a 50% discount of its UP of S$24. Discount was given because it has one day to go before the expiry date. There is fierce competition between the various supermarkets here and each is trying its best to woo the consumers. 

We bought the yakiniku in the morning and had them for dinner. It was a superb meal!

Stingray, a rare sight among Japanese people

 

A few days ago, a Japanese man caught the above stingray at a fishing pier. Everyone panic as most have not seen a stingray before. Someone shouted a warning that the barb (can really hurt if you touch it) is dangerous and sting people. Stingray is rare in Japan but to me a Singaporean, it is quite common. No one knew how to get rid of the barb. I volunteered to do the job. The process of breaking the barb is easy meat for me as I used to catch stingrays off the water in Bedok and rendered them harmless. I drove a sharp instrument between the barb and the tail and broke it. The Japanese were relieved. The guy who caught the ray wanted to throw it back into the sea. Before he could do that I asked whether I could have the ray. He was surprised that I wanted the ray. I told him it is a good eating fish if he knows how to cook it. He shook his head and said he didn't want it. I gladly cleaned it and brought it home for our meal.

"Take" chan the pet goat in Japan

"Take" chan (pronounced as "Ta-kay") is a 3 year old male goat kept as a pet by our neighbor's friend. We paid him a visit with a load of okra leaves, stems and branches which he dearly loves.