饅頭とおやき Steamed buns and Oyaki

こちらは私の田舎、安曇野界隈でよく食べられている七夕まんじゅうとおやき。先日お友達のお家での集まりに持っていったら喜んでくれて、作り方を教えて欲しいと言う事で、今日はお料理教室。

These are the Tanabata steamed buns and Oyaki, local foods commonly eaten in my hometown,  Azumino region.  Last week, I brought some buns to the gethering at my friend's house and people really liked them.  And they asked me if I could teach how to make them.  So, we had a cooking class today.

 

今回は母のレシピを使いました。こちらにいくつかレシピが載っています。

I used my mom's recipe.  You can find one here in English.

上手に蒸し上がりましたー！

Nicely steamed!

こちらは私が昨日作ったもの。中身はお野菜やあんこ。一番人気は茄子のみそ味。
These are the ones I made yesterday.  The fillings are veggies and red beans.  Everybody's favorite is eggplant with Miso paste.

ニンジン Carrots

こちらは最近見つけた私の「お気に入り」なもの。

This is my "LIKE" stuff I recently found.

 こんなに沢山の色の人参が一つの袋に入ってくるんですよ。綺麗でしょー！

Carrots in many colors come in one bag.  Aren't they beautiful!!

 カラフルな野菜の酢漬けはとても可愛くて食欲をそそりますねー。

The colorful pickled veggies look very pretty and appetizing.

鼎泰豐(ティンタイフォン） Din Tai Fung

 土曜日によしあアパートで降ろす前に、ちょっと早い晩ご飯をここ鼎泰豐で食べました。ちなみに、鼎泰豐は小龍包で有名な台湾のお店。
We had an early dinner at this Din Tai Fung on Saturday before dropping off Joshua at his apartment.  FYI, Din Tai Fung is a Taiwanese restaurant and very famous for steamed dumplings.

私達はお昼の混雑を避ける為に午後３時位にお店に到着。ところがまだ人が大勢待っていて、私達は５０分待ってやっとテーブルにつけました。
We got there around 3pm. to avoid the lunch hour crowd, but there were still many people waiting and we waited for 50 min. before we got a table.

 半年ぶりの鼎泰豐での食事に大満足。やっぱりここの小龍包は美味しいです。
We were so satisfied with the fist dinner at Din Tai Fung in half a year.  The steamed pork dumplings here were very good indeed.

こちらはデザートの小豆入り小龍包。お腹いっぱい食べました。

These were desserts, red bean dumplings.  We really stuffed ourselves.

新学期 New Semester

今週から学校が始まるので、土曜日によしあをロスのアパートに送っていきました。ちゃんと充分な食料を確保。
Schools are starting this week, so we took Joshua back to his apartment in Los Angeles on Saturday.  I had to make sure that he had enough food.

 洗濯も完了。布団も剣道防具も天日干し済み。

 Laundries were done.  A blanket and Kendo gears were sundried.

 散髪もしてあげた。I gave him a haircut.

アパート到着。この次は３月末の春休みに会えるかな。

Arrived at apartment.  We will probably see each other at the end of March during the spring break. 

理輝１９歳！ Riki is 19!!

 理輝ちゃんが１９歳になりましたー！！長野の実家で従姉妹ちゃん達にお祝いしてもらいましたー！！あかねちゃん、ひいちゃん、理輝のお誕生日を盛り上げてくれてありがとう！！！
Riki turned 19!!  He celebrated his birthday with his cousins at his grandparents' house in Nagano.  Thanks to Akane and Hikaru for making his birthday special!!

手作りケーキに手作りカード！

A homemade birthday cake and a handmade birthday card!

スキーも楽しんだそうです。

He told us that he had a great time skiing.

私の弟家族とりき〜！
My brother's family and Riki~!

2014年明けましておめでとうございます！ A Happy New Year 2014!!

ではお節の中身公開〜〜！！

Now, it's time to open the OSECHI box~!!

一の段　First Box

 二の段　Second Box

 三の段　Third Box

本当に素晴らしいでしょう？！お友達のお母様に感謝感謝です。

皆さんの2014年が素晴らしい年となりますように！

Isn't this amazing?!  Great thanks to my friend's mother.

Wishing you all a fabulous new year 2014!

２０１３年１２月３１日 Dec. 31, 2013

これが２０１３年最後の投稿になります。今年も皆さんチャンファミリーのブログを訪問してくださってありがとうございました。今年最後の今日は、お友達のお母様にお節料理を教えて頂きました。中身は明日公開！
This will be the last post of year 2013.  Thank you all for visiting Chan Family blog this year.  Today, the last day of this year,  I spent all day learning how to make OSECHIRYORI, Japanese New Year food from my friend's mom.  I will open the box to show you what's inside tomorrow!