Life as an English Teacher

Hello,

Recently, I have been considering changing professions. I find English teaching Japan exciting and I really enjoy my students. However, I feel that I am at a point in my life where my daily activities are becoming too repetitive  for my liking..

Maybe it isn`t the profession itself but my current company. However, I have started to look for a new job more profusely now.


If you are interested in coming to Japan as an English teacher, I would highly recommend it.

Short video about my trip to China

Here is a small video I made showing footage from my last trip to China.

What`s for dinner? Silkworms ( カイコ）

A couple of weeks ago I met up with my Chinese friend from Dalian. After talking for a couple of hours we decided to have dinner together. Knowing that I love Chinese food, he decided to take me to his favourite Chinese restaurant in Shinookubo. I have been to this place many times before but I have only feasted the average sweet and sour pork or Chinese style skewers.

Yet, this time we decided to try something different. He told me in his hometown it is quite common to eat silkworms. The reason they are popular is because they are rich in protein and they don`t taste bad.
Knowing that I like a good food challenge we decided to try them.... and to my surprise I really enjoyed eating these little suckers.

Not only were they prepared well but they did not taste bad at all. They tasted more like Japanese Sakura Ebi than anything else. If I have the opportunity in the future I would like to eat this dish again... 

We also enjoyed some fried kidneys.

And some Northern China style Sweet and Sour pork. Unlike Japanese and American style the Chinese one is breaded with Mochi not breadcrumbs.

Long time no update (Cooking class )

Hello, everyone

I am sorry for the late update. Over the last couple of weeks I have been busy with work and other projects I have been working on. However, I have some news. Today I was invited to a cooking class my friends attends and I decided to join. This being my first time attending a cooking class, I was a little nervous. None the less, the teacher was very friendly and helpful when it came to cooking. To my knowledge our teacher is well known in Japan for his method of cooking. He is very strict about the amount of salt in his dishes. Moreover, about the size of the portions.

Today we cooked two dishes and he treated us with dessert.

We started out cooking Foie Gras over Risotto rice.













Then we cooked hamburg steak with a homemade sauce (everything was from scratch)

Lastly, we were served dessert with homemade coconut ice cream.