over the river and through the woods …

sometimes randomly while in Seattle i want to sing “over the river and through the woods ” because the scenery reminds me of it.  then i remember it is actually “over the river and through the woods to target we go.  thats how i felt last night. you can be walking in the neighborhood and all of a sudden you are in the woods and next you are at a shopping center.

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uwagimaya whaaa?

So today for lunch, my cousin took me to the International part of town which is not too far from the office. 

We went to Uwagimaya (which has a big food court of all types of asian food) and it was awesome.  What can I say I went for Chinese since my cousin doesn’t like it and I will probably only have it when I pick it for myself.  So, after we got to look through the grocery store and my cousin bought pockys!

We devoured these little snacks! She also bought mochi ice cream …

This is ice cream that is like a pocket in rice flour which is very gooey.  At first when you eat this it feels weird, but its yummy.  I tried Kona Coffee flavour and my cousin bought mango, so that’s next.  Yumm.

I can’t wait to go again and look around Uwajimaya.  This is the website : www.uwajimaya.com.

If ever in Seattle, surrounding cities or Beaverton, OR don’t hesitate to stop and look.  The one downtown has a bookstore and cooking school!  It even has a “Uwajimaya Village.” 

Next trip, I’m trying hawaiin food 🙂

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fried rice<3

so my cousin, a lovely cook, made fried rice this weekend.

I really don’t know too much about cooking  but I love to do it.  I was excited when I’d heard she’d make fried rice.  Turns out it is really easy here’s my version of the recipe  :

What you’ll need :

soy sauce

a bag of frozen veggies

an egg or two

& week old or leftover white/sticky rice

What you’ll do:

Get the leftover rice and put in on a medium hot pan, i guess you’d also need a smidge of olive oil.  Add your egg (or two haha) and cook for about 5 min.  While you are doing this put water to boil.  As soon as the water is boiling add the frozen veggies for a few seconds and run them though a strainer and add them to your rice and egg. Continue to fry for about 5/7 minutes more.  At the very end add in soy sauce to taste and voila !

You should be able to eye everything because it has to do with how much rice you have in the beginning 🙂

So much better than any chinese restaurant !

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