December 2008
3 posts
Rememberance Of Things Past: A Fistfull of Sushi
Looking at these small portions of carefully prepared food, it is hard to guess that they can fully satisfy the larger appetites. One thing I found about this sort of cuisine is that the small portions of compressed rice really do make your stomach feel full for quite a while, more than most dishes I know of. This particular batch of sushi was delivered to my own door, being composed of...
Trouble in Toyland
There seems to be something wrong with one of the automatons at the local depiction of Santa’s workshop. Though the video is a little dark – the hut was but dimly lit – one can still see how this midget-sized carpenter has got his right arm stuck in some strange position when in fact he should be swinging it back and forth to hammer that wooden barrel. The fact that something is clearly...
In the beginning, there was Arare
Consisting of glutinous rice and soy sauce, Arare is still one the favourite rice snacks in Japan and Eastern Asia (under different names). These small and multi-shaped crackers were originally eaten during the famous Doll Festival or Hina-Matsuri, an age-old Japanese institution. To preserve the tradition, the colored mixture of Arare are only produced during the Hina Festival, as it is not...