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.

Karuizawa Trip

About one month ago I went on a company trip to the small tourist town of Karuizawa. This being my first time out of a major city in Japan, I was a little excited.

Karuizawa is a beautiful place to visit. While staying there I was able to view a lot of nature. Karuizawa reminded me a lot of my hometown in Colorado. Small town surrounded by nature. If I have the opportunity to visit again I will.

She who screams

Today I was at the gym. After a hard workout all I want to do is leave and go home to relax. While walking out of the locker room, I accidentally ran into a Japanese woman. She screamed loud as if I was about to attack her. The reason we had run into each other was because the men and women locker doors are right next to each other .  Which in the end caused use to collide with each other.


From now on I will try to be more careful when I leave the locker room...

I need to lose weight

Many foreigners who come to Japan often talk about how they lose weight so easily.

This was also the case for me my first two years in Japan. Maybe it was walking everywhere and eating smaller portions but over the last couple of years I have gained nearly 15kgs. There are many factors to my weight loss but I think the main reason being eating late at night.


I have started to excise more and eat a healthier diet as well as eat well before 10pm.


Wish me luck !!!

Homemade Spicy Chinese noodles 手作り担々麺

As many people might know I love to cook and I also love China. 

So I decided to try cooking Tan Tan men

It came out quite nice 

僕は結構料理をすることが好きなので担々麺を作ってみようと思い

うまくできた　イェイ

Follow your dreams

Hello Everyone,

Sorry for the late entry but I have been busy with work. I have recently been super busy at work as well as some personal life things.. I will talk about the other stuff in a later blog.

Either way, I have decided to write a blog entry about following your dreams. I often get a lot of questions from readers asking how I got to Japan and if I could give them any advice. All I can say is never give up on your dreams. Although it might be impossible to achieve them or you might think that you do not have the opporunity at hand. Never give up.

Enjoy life everyday and enjoy reaching your goals no matter how big or small they may be. I have learned this over the last couple of weeks. Many people around me have lost loved ones to sickness and other unforeseen outcomes over the last week. Thus, I have decided to live the way I feel appropriate for me.

Sometimes positive things can come from bad outcomes... who knows


Just remember to be yourself ...