Curry Cheese Cup Noodles by Nissin

Tips to achieving a positive BMI

 After almost a year residing in Japan, my BMI fell from 25.4 which is in the overweight category to 23.7 in the normal bracket. The positive result is due to my change in eating habits. I started to eat instead of 3 full meals a day to 1.5 a day. I avoid taking too much carbohydrates like rice, noodles, bread, sugar etc.

Over a span of less than a year I achieved the positive results. In terms of body weight I've lost 5 kilos during the same period. Below is the chart.

Cooking and eating Sayur Lodeh

 

Instead of using the Thai curry paste that I've got from Japan for Thai curry, I used it for my sayur lodeh. It is also known as Indonesian vegetable stew in coconut milk. In Singapore, the Chinese calls it curry vegetables. With this type of dish which I am able to cook in Japan, I don't really miss Singapore food.

Cabbages ready for harvesting

 

The cabbages are ready for harvesting. A few were harvested and given to our neighbors and relatives. Each cabbage costs about $1.20 in the supermarket. It's cheap because it's in season now and so are the Japanese radishes.

Growing Japanese radishes or Daikon

 

In the next few days, we should be able to harvest the daikon in our garden. We will be cooking them as veggie dishes and pickled some of them. At the moment, we are also growing onions, cabbages, lettuce etc.

Persimmons or kaki in Japanese

 

Our neighbors had a tree full of persimmons and gave us lots of them. We really have good neighbors who are generous. In return, we bought them gifts like Chinese dumplings aka Goyza in Japanese.

Nabe or Japanese steamboat lunch

 

Our lunch was nabe aka Japanese steamboat. We used the salmon parts which we bought yesterday plus a dozen chicken balls and vegetables. It was fitting to eat the steaming nabe on a chilly day like today when the outside temperature was about 14c (house temperature = 22c). The salmon parts and head was indeed very tasty. It was boiled together with the other stuff. As for the futomaki or Californian rolls, we left them for dinner.

At a foodcourt in Japan

 

Had our breakfast at a foodcourt near a wet market in Fukuoka, Japan. It was Friday and the stall holders gave their customers a hefty 10% discount on the food as well as groceries, seafoods etc.