first guest

Lots of shopping for my kitchen. Pots and pans, steamer, wok, table for photo shooting, cutting board, bowls, plates, silver ware, trash can, etc. Have to like whatever I buy and luckily, I'm easy to get lost and happen to find something I've been looking for wherever I go ;)
After running around all over the city for a week, macro kitchen kitty is almost ready and I did the first photo shooting!
Right after I finished taking photos and ready to eat, my roommate called me and asked if I had dinner already, so I invited her...

greenmarket vegetable penne with cilantro pesto sauce
香草ペストソースのペンネ・グリーンマーケット風

We enjoyed the pasta and the flowers from Greenmarket.
It was a nice early dinner.
If you happen to be in NYC, please let me know.
You might be my next guest ♥

back to basics

いただきます！itadaki-masu (a Japanese phrase before meals, which shows appreciation for the cook, food, farmers, the sun, etc. )

This is a simple breakfast - soft grain, veg and shiitake miso soup, water sauteed greens and an umeboshi plum. Haven't had this kind of breakfast for such a long time... Working as a chef for 3 and 1/2 years, didn't care much about the food for myself. Now is the time to get back to the basics!
After eating this, I felt sooooo energized and almost flew into the sky ;)

 "VIVA MACRO"
Thank you :D

sun and moon

After sleeping for a few hours in my airplane, I suddenly woke up and saw this lovely sky and the moon. 15 minutes later, I met the sun. The sun and the moon are always with us. 
It's a new beginning and I'm not alone because I've got you and you've got me :)