Sunday

Yesterday, we went grocery shopping at Seiyu (a bit of a walk from our house, but they're a bit cheaper with a great selection). We did a little meal planning and picked up stuff for a few meals: pork curry donburi (rice bowl), yakisoba, and tofu meatballs. 

The pork curry was delicious. The Japanese love their curry! We hope to get some more authentic Japanese curry at a restaurant sometime, hopefully soon! It's really different from Indian or Thai curry (we super duper love Thai curries!), it's a darker thicker sauce with (what I think) was a strong white pepper flavor. Here's a short wikipedia article on Japanese curry. 

And the link to the recipe we followed is here: http://justonecookbook.com/recipes/pork-curry-donburi/

That website is a great source of not only recipes, but info about Japanese cooking. Check out the extensive explanations in the pantry section! It's been a lifesaver and helped us a lot to buy the right stuff! 

We picked up some strawberries. They were pretty expensive but just so juicy looking that we decided to treat ourselves. Treat yo' self!

(for those that missed it, it's a Parks and Recreation thing! ;)) 

Thanks to our ice cream challenge, we were able to pick up this box:

I've been studying some hiragana in my free time, so I can with 99% certainty say that it says adzuki on the box. Meaning the red bean that they use in sweets here (like the daifuku!).
The ice cream was really more of a popsicle. It was good but I didn't think it was great. I was hoping it'd be more red bean ice cream type of dessert. Kevin liked it a lot though.

We rounded out the day on skype, walking to what I thought was a grocery store that we haven't been to (it was a drug store), and finally by eating leftovers for dinner. 

The common room was busy last night, we talked a lot with some folks and had a great time! 

Elisabeth is such a popular little muffin here, everyone wanted her to come to them or smile or something! But with a face like this, I can't blame them. I'd be doing the same thing!

A great end to a great weekend! :)

Sunnuntaina kävimme ruokakaupassa. Laitettiin japanilaista curry-possua, oli hyvää!
Ostettiin kalliita, mutta hyviä mansikoita. 
Myös adzuki-papu jäätelötikut mahtuivat kärryyn. 
Skypetettiin, käytiin iltakävelyllä apteekkiin (luulin, että se oli uusi ruokakauppa), syötiin loput curry-possusta ja hengailtiin naapureiden kanssa alakerrassa. Kaikki halusi Elisabethin huomion, mutta ymmärrän et noi kasvot on aika vastustamattoman suloisia! :)