Friday, May 28, 2010

NYT's The Minimalist



One of my favorite podcasts.

If they'd rather feature basic traditional recipes than 'interesting' or 'creative' ones, this would be way better though.


Some of my favorite recipes

; Water Soup
: More-vegetable-than-egg frittata
; Fish wrapped in romaine lettuce
: Fennel and Celery Salad
: Asparagus & Prosciutto Roll-Up Appetizer
; Agua Fresca
; Simple Sorbet

etc.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Casillero del Diablo CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2008



My personal tasting note ;

I feel this wine has two different layers.

One in the heavy tannin layer.
But it's not so heavy as Jacobs Creek Shiraz Cabernet which is one of my favorite wines.

This heaviness makes this wine good with the red meat and black pepper. Like Sirloin Steak.

The other is the fruity, sour, sweet and light layer.
But it's not too much and very delicate.

The combination of these two different layers makes it well-balanced and complexed.

Now it's one of my favorite wines.

And one more thing.

It's cheap, easy to find and you can this in small bottles. Very handy.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

1GBP = 127 JPY now.

1 GBP used to be around 230 JPY 2 years ago.

Almost half now.

They may be printing a lot of GBP notes to create inflation or to reduce the debt on purpose.

They create huge profit and power to manipulate the currency exchange rates without real labor.


http://www.tomabechi.jp/archives/50985467.html

Sunday, May 16, 2010

BBC iPlayer / 4oD with subtitle!

So convenient and this is close to the ideal situation.





And the great thing is 4oD has the subtitle function!

Absolutely amazing!