Pray for Japan from San Diego

I started the Pray for Japan from San Diego project about one month ago.

Please visit our website.
Pray for Japan from San Diego

I believe my little country is strong. I hope everything recovers as quickly as possible, but there is a lot of damage. It will take a long time to recover. It was really scary for me too. I can't do anything from here. I only pray for my family, friends and my little country. That's why I started this project.

People forget about big problems very fast. We think Japan earthquake and
Pacific tsunami relief needs to be a long term support effort.

Thank you.
Blue sky, we pray for Japan from San Diego

Osekihan (Red beans with sweet rice)

Osekihan (Red beans with sweet rice) is Japanese traditional food. Actually I cooked it for the first time today! It was much easier than I thought. The red color is from the red beans. The natural color is very beautiful! Of course That was so delicious :)

New Years Day Lunch

I cooked Ozoni.　This is Japanese traditional new years dish.
Every family has their own zoni recipe.

My family recipe is very simple.
Fish broth, soy sauce, salt, daikon radish, carrot and chicken.
garnish with seri or mitsuba. I couldn't get either so I used Italian parsley.
Ha! of course Mochi! The mochi is hiding in the bowl.

You have to be careful when eating mochi. I read in the Japanese news that already 4 people died by choking on mochi. (mostly old people...)

Kiriboshi Daikon (Dried Daikon radish)

Reconstitute the dried daikon radish in water for 10 min.
Squeeze out excess water. Stew with fish broth, soy sauce, sugar and Aburaage(deep fried tofu) until liquid is absorbed.

Parkhouse Eatery

We went to Parkhouse Eatery for brunch.
I ate house smoked salmon, cream cheese & green onion EGG ES SCRAMBLES. This was so delicious!

I will definitely come back this place.

Satsumaimo ( Japanese sweet potato )

Japanese Turnip and Deep fried Tofu