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Kua Aina

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Today I went to a Hawaiian hamburger restaurant chain called Kua Aina with some friends from the Chinese class. We were trying to find a place where we could eat and at the same time, plan our trip to Nagano. When we were heading towards a restaurant near our University, we came across this hamburger shop and opted for this place instead of sticking to the original plan.  I ordered a hamburger with avocado and some French fries on the side. You could choose the bread for the buns, so I went for a bread with poppy seeds. After a few minutes our burgers arrived and we were stunned by its volume. It was massive! It was very difficult to eat it and it got very messy, but it was worth it. This hamburger was nothing like McDonalds hamburger where everything tastes the same. You could enjoy the flavor and texture of each component and the patty was actual meat! The shop was a bit small but it had a big window so it was not claustrophobic. There were counter seats too so its accessible for...
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Restaurant Review

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This  Monday, I went to “Koutei Gyozabou” for lunch.  It’s a Chinese restaurant located in Suginami district, one minute from Shimotakaido Station. Being the restaurant at the end of a Shotengai, a local market street, you just have to walk through the Shotengai and you will find the restaurant on your right, just in front of a huge grocery store. Plus, as the entrance is all red, it’s very visible and easy to find. This is what it looks like from the outside! The entrance is on the first floor, but the actual restaurant is on the second, so as soon as you enter, you have to climb up a flight of stairs. Unfortunately there is no elevator, which means that it is not accessible for wheelchairs and strollers.  When I arrived on the second floor, I was greeted by an old lady who is probably the owner and the only staff of the restaurant beside her husband who is the cook.  As you can expect from the outside, this restaurant is not one of those fancy and elegant Chinese r...
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IVE project

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Good evening! Since second semester is going to end soon, I thought it might be good to understand if my experience on the IVE project was positive or not.  First of all, the IVE project is a virtual exchange with students from around the world. I participated in this project as part of an activity proposed in one of the english courses I am currently taking. At the beginning, I found difficult to navigate the site and it took me two or three times to fully understand how the site worked. Once you get used to the site it’s quite simple and well structured. My first post was about cooking shows, I got two or three replies but I hoped to receive more. I thought that maybe a more “important” topic would get more replies, so my second post was about fruitarian diet. Sadly, I got only one reply. I guess the topic was too difficult. One thing I noticed through these two initial experiences is that students on the site are not very fluent in English so it is difficult to have a satisfying...
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Analysis of the restaurant review

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 Good afternoon. It’s been two weeks since I analyzed a video review of a Vegan restaurant. I’ve been analyzing reviews both written and recorded to write my own review. The reviewers went to a Vegan Restaurant and recorded their experience. I didn’t think their review was useful because of four main reasons: 1) The quality of the video was very low, so the viewer could not have a clear image of how the food looked like in reality. The point of making a video review is to show how good or bad the food is, or to show the atmosphere of the place but if the quality is not satisfactory then the whole purpose of creating a video vanishes. 2) Instead of giving their opinions while showing how the place looked, the video consisted in them talking to the camera. Honestly I was more interested in watching with my own eyes the atmosphere of the restaurant instead of watching their faces throuought the whole review. 3) I think their review was biased by the fact that they were both vegan for ...
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Hungry Planet

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Hi everyone! I hope you are having a good day.  Have you ever wondered how is an ordinary day for a family living in another country? Well I have,  multiple times. Recently I came across a book called “Hungry Planet” that presents how and what families all around the world eat daily. In this post I will talk about the Dong family from China. The Dong family is composed by: Dong Li (father), Yong Mei (mother), Dong Yan (son), Zhang Li (Dong Li’s mother) They live in a small apartment Chinese food culture characteristics: 1) Stocks a week worth of food 2) Enjoys a combination of international cuisine and traditional cuisine 3) “Will eat anything with four legs except for table and anything with two wings except an airplane Food Expenditure: Chinese families spend a lot on beverages as they have to buy drinkable water.
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Ode to Salt

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  Ode to Salt In the salt mines I saw the salt  in this shaker. I know you won’t believe me, but there it sings, the salt sings, the skin of the salt mines sings with a mouth choking  on dirt. Alone when I heard  the voice of salt, I trembled  in the empty desert. Near Antofagasta the whole  salted plain  shouts out in its  cracked voice a pitiful  song. Then in its caverns jewels of rock salt, a mountain of light buried under earth, transparent cathedral, crystal of the sea, oblivion of the waves. And now on each table  of the world  your agile essence, salt, spreading a vital luster on  our food.  Preserver of the ancient  stores in the holds of ships, you were  the explorer of the seas, matter  foretold in the secret, half-open trails of foam. Dust of water, the tongue receives through you a kiss from the marine night: taste melds your oceanity into each rich morsel and thus the least wave of the salt sha...
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Sweet Potato Gnocchi

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  Sweet potato gnocchi   Today I am going to share with you a sweet potato version of gnocchi I made some weeks ago. It’s super simple and time-saving! Directions :    Directions for the gnocchi. 1)     Peel the baked potato and mash it in a bowl 2)     Add the flour little by little 3)     Create ropes by rolling the dough and cut them into little pieces 4)     Slide each piece on the back of a fork 5)     Put your gnocchi in the boiling water 6)     When they start floating they are ready Directions for the sauce. 7)     Put some milk in the pan and heat it 8)     Add some cheese 9)     Add some tomato sauce and black pepper 10)Put your gnocchi in the sauce and stir a little bit Serving suggestions: To prevent them from becoming too hard or dry, serve them as soon as possible.     Brief Description :   Let’s start fro...
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