Dinner in Japanese style

When I had an idea to have a dinner in Japanese style, my Japanese friend, Kaori, offered he house to be used as the place to do the dinner. Cool!!!

We did the dinner on the last Saturday night, after stretching our lazy muscles at 3 yoga classes. In the situation like this, our stomach deserved to be treated well with some delicious food.

Our first target was the Japanese supermarket called Papaya in Melawai area. When we arrived there, we found out that they didn’t have sushi anymore. So we only bought some fried food and sashimi. Kaori also did her monthly shopping for her kitchen and chatted with some of her Japanese friends. Some of the stuffs that she bought were a part of the food that she would cook that night. So Kaori would cook… Yeaaahhh!!!!

After finishing our shopping, we went to her house and started the cooking process.

Kaori started to cook the rice that she would use to make sushi. She mixed the Japanese rice, a bit of sugar and vinegar. It should be served cold so we can use it to make sushi.

While cooking mishosu shiru soup wit some vegetables, she heated the fried food, the grilled fish and also fried Hangpeng. Hangpeng is made from fish and flour. Hangpeng was fried with a bit of wijen oil.

She then cut the sashimi and placed them on top of some fresh vegetables.

And…. The dinner started……

After eating the mishosu shiru soup, we made our own sushi. That cold Japanese rice was placed on top of the seaweed sheet. We should press the rice so it would stick to the seaweed. After that, we can put anything on top of that. Anything like grilled fish, sashimi, or even the Japanese snack.

Besides all the food that I mentioned, there were also the Japanese tea made from rice, and the sake in the box.

The point is we enjoyed our dinner. We ate the food that Kaori cooked, and also chatted about anything that made us laugh. Happy belly, happy heart….

Below is some of the picture of the food from the dinner. Enjoy!!!

Makan malam ala Jepang

Ketika tiba-tiba punya ide untuk makan-makan ala Jepang di rumah sendiri, sahabatku yang berasal dari Jepang, Kaori, lalu menawarkan diri untuk memakai rumahnya sebagai tempat untuk makan-makan. Wow, asyiikkkk dong……

Akhirnya rencana ini dijalankan pada hari sabtu, setelah melaksanakan pengencangan otot-otot malas di 3 kelas yoga. Dalam keadaan seperti ini, perut rasanya berhak dimanjakan oleh makanan yang nikmat-nikmat.

Target pertama kita adalah supermarket jepang bernama Papaya di kawasan Melawai. Ketika kami sampai di tempat ini, ternyata stok sushi nya sudah habis. Yaahhhh….. Akhirnya kita hanya membeli makanan gorengan berbentuk kroket dan bakso, serta sashimi. Selebihnya, si Kaori melaksanakan aktifitas belanja bulanannya dan ngobrol-ngobrol dengan sesama kawan dari jepang. Beberapa bahan yang termasuk dalam daftar belanja bulanannya ternyata merupakan bahan-bahan yang akan ia masak untuk makan malam ini. Hmm… jadi si Kaori masak yaaaaa…… Yihaaa!!!!

Setelah selesai belanja, kami pun segera pergi ke rumah Kaori. Setelah sampai, acara masak-memasak pun dimulai.

Kaori mulai memasak nasi yang akan dipakai sebagai bahan utama untuk membuat sushi ala kita-kita. Bahannya adalah beras khusus dari jepang, sejumput gula dan cuka. Beras jepang yang sudah dimasak menjadi nasi di campur dengan gula dan cuka lalu di angin-anginkan sampai dingin. Nasi ini harus dihidangkan dingin agar bisa dipakai untuk membuat sushi.

Sambil memasak sup mishosu shiru yang ditambah dengan beberapa jenis sayuran, dia pun memanaskan beberapa gorengan yang kita beli di Papaya, ikan bakar dan juga sekalian menggoreng Hangpeng. Hangpeng ini adalah ikan yang diolah dengan tepung. Cara memasak Hangpeng ini adalah digoreng dengan sedikit minyak wijen sampai matang.

Kaori pun mengiris sashimi yang dihidangkan diatas beberapa lembaran sayuran hijau yang segar.

Akhirnya acara makan-makan pun tiba.

Setelah makan mishosu shiru, kami membuat sushi sendiri. Nasi khusus yang telah dingin ditaruh diatas selembar rumput laut sambil ditekan-tekan dengan sendok agar bisa menempel dan rata dengan rumput lautnya. Selanjutnya, ya terserah kita diatasnya mau di isi apa. Boleh di isi ikan bakar, sashimi, atau bahkan keripik jepang yan sudah tersedia di meja.

Selain makanan diatas, tersedia juga teh jepang yang terbuat dari beras, dan sake di box kertas.

Pokoknya nikmat deeehhh….. Sambil makan-makan masakan sendiri, juga ngobrol-ngobrol tentang berbagai hal yang membuat kami tertawa terbahak-bahak. Perut kenyang, hati pun senang.

Di bawah ini ada beberapa foto-foto makanannya. Silahkan menikmati !!!

Rumah Mode - Bandung

Tempat ini usahanya berjualan baju dan makanan, tapi pada mahal tuh jualannya.

Tapi ga apa-apa lah, paling tidak mata ini bisa terhibur ngeliat yang indah-indah.

Indah apanya ya? Ya liat aja sendiri disini.

Rumah Mode - Bandung

This place is very nice.

It sells clothes and food, but they are expensive. Never mind lah, at least I can entertain myself.

How did I entertain myself? Just check the picture and enjoy yourself, OK.

Bugil - the Naked Dog

Let me introduce you to Bugil, my neighbor's dog. She is so cute. Her hobbies are to run here and there, and bite any plastic bottle. She is big, and hard to handle. She only obeys and follows the command from the guys in the house (the Daddy and the Big Brother). Yeah, she is really flirt-lil-puppy.

Sometimes ago, I asked my neighbor, why her name is Bugil. The answer was just simple, because no matter what she does, she is naked. Yep, bugil is the Indonesian word for naked. Smart idea !!!

I just discovered something new, that she is also a model of her own hehehe. Honestly, these pictures were taken by my neighbor (the Big Brother), but no worries, I already have the rights to publish these.

Hmm... Let me tell this story behind the scene. When the pictures were taken, she was not really looking at the camera. She was looking desperately at the man behind the camera hehehe. (Sorry, Bro, hehehe).

So ladies and gangsters, do enjoy the PlayDog of the Year !!