Tenshi no pankēki Google Maps Maruyama Pancake — one of Sapporo’s finest establishments for getting your souffle pancake fix!
Avocado Cheeseburger Google Maps Brooklyn Parlor, one of my favorite casual not-cheap but not-expensive food spots.
Sukiyaki This portable gas stove that I received as a wedding gift from a former superior has been a true gem! We use it almost every day. Even for sukiyaki!
New Year’s Lunch With The Folks Visiting the folks in Ebetsu for New Year’s lunch. KFCMore sashimiOyaki
Hot Cake Otherwise known as ‘pancake’ in America (and pretty much everywhere else) New Year’s breakfast 🙂
Amazake My favorite drink of the new year is hands down, amazake. It’s basically a taste of gentle rice porridgy goodness with a sake kick to it. Keimei had a little. His reaction was priceless…
Kagami Mochi In the spirit of Japanese New Year’s, my wife bought three of these things. Apparently, it’s a tradition to place these in the house. Then when New Year’s is over, we’d eat it. Kagami mochi, made of rice harvested in fall of the same year, is thought to contain the pure spirit of rice and thus be possessed with toshigami, a yearly deity that is said to visit during the New Year’s period, bringing a good harvest and the blessing of ancestors, and the power of life, according to the Japan Kagami Mochi Association.Japan Times
Hot Cafe Mocha Google Maps Decided to switch up my choice of both cafe and coffee selection today. Key’s Cafe is located in the upper floors of Sapporo ESTA, 9th floor to be exact. At any rate, this was quite delicious.
