tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30502475910900846042024-02-19T17:14:08.585+01:00Koushi-chanVariety is the spice for life!bocihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161690769367717000noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050247591090084604.post-38672807483342983362013-06-01T16:02:00.002+02:002013-06-01T16:02:11.938+02:00American strawberry cakeI found a nice <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=269340459878689&set=a.219976751481727.1073741828.219972558148813&type=1&theater" target="_blank">recipe </a>by a new Facebook friend, and because I'm a strawberry-addict person, I felt an urgent pressure to make it :)<br />
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I warn you: it's American, so it is not a wellness thing, really heavy stuff for the stomach.<br />
I changed the frosting, because it was already too much calorie without the butter :D<br />
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<li><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">0.5</span></span> tsp salt</span></span></li>
<li><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"></span></span><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">0.5 t</span></span></span></span>sp baking powder</span></span><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">0.5 </span></span></span></span>tsp baking soda </span></span></li>
<li><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">2 cups sugar</span></span><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"></span></span></li>
<li><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">2/3 cup unsalted butter, room temperature </span></span></li>
<li><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">4 eggs</span></span></li>
<li><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">1 piece of vanilla</span></span><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">2/3</span></span> cup sour cream </span></span></li>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">Mix the flour with the salt, baking powder and baking soda. Set aside.</span></span><br />
<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">Mix the sugar and the butter (I used margarine, and melted a bit). Add the eggs, one piece at a time and stir it well. Add the vanilla and the sour cream.</span></span><br />
<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">At the end mix the flour mix to the cream.</span></span><br />
<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">In a preheated over bake for 60 minutes on 170 ˙C (I have a crap oven, needed much longer time)</span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">Meanwhile make the <u>frosting</u> (I made it up during processing, so taste it and add ingredients according to your taste):</span></span><br />
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<li><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">2 pieces Camping cheese :)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">sweetened whipped cream (approx. 2 cups)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">strawberry jam (approx. 0.5 cup)</span></span></li>
<li><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">strawberry liquor (according to your taste ;))</span></span></li>
<li><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">strawberry pulp or fresh strawberries (approx. 0.75 cup)</span></span></li>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">Mix all well and put into the fridge.</span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">The rest is super-easy, however, I can never make a nice frosting form creams :D</span></span><br />
<span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show">When the cake cooled down, cut it into 3 or 4 pieces horizontally and spread the frosting between the layers. Make a nice decoration, if you feel so (I watered it with strawberry puree not too nicely :))</span></span><br />
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Kobe is really very lively, 賑やかです. Full of people and looks really expensive, in some areas like I am walking on a business or diplomat district.<br />
The only famous building I knew, was that red port tower, so I chose a hotel next to it. My most expensive stay so far, however the hotel hadn't got really elegant rooms :(<br />
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The first shrine I visited was a shinto temple, called Ikuta. Beautifully equipped and that orange red color was so vibrant! And I was lucky to watch the miko dance - there were 4 priest girls practicing with live music. Has anyone seen Brave10? My first PS manipulated manga/anime <a href="http://koushichan.blogspot.hu/2013/01/little-blue-girl.html">drawing </a>was the lovely blue-hair girl, Isanami, who was a miko. <br />
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Here it is my recording, and just for the reference, <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xo1qu8_akf-148_shortfilms#.UZE0Acqo27w">Isanami</a>:<br />
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I found two big shopping area in the city: the Kobe Motomachi and the Chinese town :) Surprisingly the latter one was full of steam bun stands.<br />
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On my way back to the hotel I accidentally found a lovely jazz cafe, exactly the type I was looking for and imagined in many Murakami novels. Got my first Japanese curry and a local beer (and some nice twinkle from a very tall Japanese guy - not on the picture ;)):<br />
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That orange sun-shape thing is raw egg. The waiter was so lovely, that after I ordered this curry, in some minutes he run to me with his mobile phone and showed a translator with "raw egg", whether I can eat it or not :) The whole curry was sprinkled with cheese, it was really very yummy!</div>
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And here we go, the typical Kobe night shoots about the harbour, the Ferris wheel and my hotel.</div>
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In the morning I got this panorama from my hotel room:<br />
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And finally some foods from the stations (I was in a hurry) and my newest favourite drink: the Matcha Frappuccino from Starbucks!!!!<br />
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<br />bocihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161690769367717000noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050247591090084604.post-87344331630151653842013-05-12T16:58:00.000+02:002013-05-13T21:15:36.877+02:00Japan 2013 - HiroshimaOn my second day I had a small and adventurous trip on the countryside to find a glass museum - <a href="http://www.garasunosato.net/english/">Garaso no sato</a>. The trick was to get off at the right bus stop - with some help of a local lady, who seated me next to the bus driver and asked him to tell me, when I have to leave the bus. They offered different workshops, but I did not chose any. They had a museum and a small castle for kids - I enjoyed the different distorted mirrors which made me a dwarf or a thin princess :)<br />
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Back to <u><b>Hiroshima </b></u>and visiting the Peace Memorial Park.<br />
The only building which left standing after the atomic bombing in the hypocentre, is the<b> Atomic Bomb Dome</b>. Previously it was a prefectural exhibition hall and designed by a Czech architecture.<br />
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The Park is on an island and has various building, statues for promoting peace and remember the people who died or suffered from diseases after the war.<br />
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Everyday at 8:15 it chimes.</div>
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Yes, I tolled the bell.<br />
Lotus seeds were planted in the pond surrounding the bell and every
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All around the world people send 1000-crave origami sets, which became the symbol of the children - based on the sad story of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_origami_cranes">Sadako Sasaki</a>.</div>
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<b>Fire of Peace </b></div>
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<b>Memorial Monument</b> for the people who died</div>
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If you look through it you can see the fire and the Dome</div>
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<b>Inside the memorial room.</b></div>
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140.000 bricks for the approximate number of people who died during and after the bombing. </div>
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The picture from bricks shows a photo of Hiroshima after the bombing. If you go closer, the districts of the city is written on some of them. </div>
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After this sad location at evening I went to the <span class="st"><a href="http://www.h-shimizu.com/gekijo/">Shimizu Gekijo</a> </span>theater. I love Japanese style, it is so unique!</div>
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I think I was the youngest one in the room, which was full of pensioners :) When the time has come, some disco music started with vibrant lights... I was shocked that I'm on the wrong place, maybe on a house party for old people :)</div>
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The actors came out to show themselves, danced for the music, posed, flirted... I felt in love with a gray hair guy immediately... who turned out to be a woman in the second act :D That's my luck...<br />
The style was really unique, there were lots of dancing, some singing, normal stage act, but also interactive play with us. </div>
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And finally some food, the typical <b>okonomiyaki </b>Hiroshima style. Delicious, but half portion is more than enough :) This white plate is very small, like the one used for tea cups.</div>
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bocihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161690769367717000noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050247591090084604.post-13691647664372245562013-05-11T11:24:00.000+02:002013-05-13T21:15:36.874+02:00Japan 2013 - MiyajimaHere we go again - by myself, in Japan again <3<br />
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This time I chose 4 main cities and their surroundings, and had a hidden homework to find out whether I could live in Japan, or just adore it from a distance. There are so many beautiful places in this country, it was really difficult to push everything into 11 days not to miss out anything. Of course, it was impossible. So after months of consideration I chose Hiroshima, Kobe, Sendai and Tokyo.<br />
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Arriving to Narita wasn't as easy as last time, there was a huge queue by the passport counters, lots of Asian people in front of me (Indonesian, Chinese, Indian etc). When I got out, my package was the last one already taken out form the conveyor and examined by an officer. Luckily this time I got a female security personnel, who wasn't interested to drop out everything from my sacks :)<br />
After a long waiting time for the Japan Rail Pass, finally I got onto the Narita Express (was continuously praying to reach it, because I had an appointment at the Tokyo Station). And now the weird thing came: I did not feel, I'm in Japan. No sensation, no wows, it seemed like any other country. The only difference was that big, white-topped mountain, which popped up every now and then, showing us her beauty. Now imagine people on the right side of the train, taking pictures with mobile phone :)<br />
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After a 15-hour flight and 6-hour train ride finally I arrived to Hiroshima. Got a really nice Japanese style room, very close to the Hiroshima castle - actually I could see it from my window. And of course I had to eat a MOS hamburger with a bizarre green drink (melon).<br />
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And next morning with a fresh mind and body I headed to <u><b>Miyajima</b></u>. This island is famous of its beautiful colors in autumn. Have you ever seen those orange/red gate which is one of the symbols of Japan? Yes, it belongs to Miyajima.<br />
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When I arrived, the hanami season was nearly over, so only a few half-full trees could be seen with cherry blossoms. Surprisingly I found deers on this island! And you won't believe it, but they ate the felt blossoms!<br />
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The gate belongs to the <b>Itsukushima Shrine</b>. And surprisingly it was out of the water, so we could walk around it. There were many locals shoveling oysters from the wet ground. Yes, I tasted some, grilled with a sweet sauce. Actually this was my only food on this day :)<br />
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And here I reached the point of return - but I did not: I would call it the gate of hell :D The entry point of climbing up to Mount Misen. There are several routes how to reach the top, I chose the <span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Daishoin Course. Which was full of rock steps and literally breathe taking, but beautiful scenic panorama occasionally. </span></span><br />
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The first one is multicolor baked pasta with a Bolognese-like sauce, sprinkled with Parmesan.<br />
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The second one is baked rice, but... I made many layers! The rice is cooked with tomato sauce and basil, oregano. The first layer is wild garlic, the second is flatfish, the third one is previously grilled eggplant (covered with garlic oil and thyme, basil), my favourite is the roasted bacon :) And covered with rice and Parmesan. It should have been an amazing food, but I would have needed more spices unfortunately. Or maybe tomorrow I'll taste the rest :)<br />
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Today I went to <b>Shichigahama </b>(it means 7 beaches in Japanese) to meet some fantastic ladies. They are survivors of the tsunami and earthquake, happened on 11th of March 2011 on the eastern coast of Japan. Most of them are still living in temporary houses :(<br />
A very inspirational lady, Teddy Sawka started a group for knitting and created a wonderful activity for getting together the ladies and giving them happy times. I heard fantastic stories and also very sad ones, but it is amazing how strong and positive these women are!<br />
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I bought some beautiful knitted stuff from them: the flowers are made by a lady, who lost her neighbours. She said she loves knitting these flowers, it makes her so happy.<br />
That colorful coral-like thingie is for dishwashing - no way! It will be my stress ball!<br />
And how soft the pink scarf is, isn't it?<br />
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They are creating admirable stuffs, please visit their website and have a look:<br />
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or their facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Yarn-Alive/415734178488553">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Yarn-Alive/415734178488553</a><br />
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And if you feel so, donate :)<br />
Thank you!<br />
<br />bocihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161690769367717000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050247591090084604.post-10464451345632975982013-03-31T14:17:00.001+02:002013-03-31T14:17:07.035+02:00Viva México!Invited some friends for a Mexican night yesterday! I had a blast, it was so cool!<br />
Enjoyed a bunch of tortilla chips with guacamole, enchilladas, almond cookies and tequila with Corona to wash down the tastes :)<br />
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The enchilladas was very easy to make, just needed beef mixture (Corona beer, garlic, salt, pepper, ketchup, tomato) and a chili bean sauce :) Optionally topped with Chorizo, Serrano ham and cheddar.<br />
Here are the steps for wrapping - with pictures:<br />
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bocihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161690769367717000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050247591090084604.post-26934572015006042162013-03-17T21:49:00.000+01:002013-03-16T22:09:40.572+01:00Birthday cakeWhen <span style="color: #c27ba0;"><b>spring </b></span>comes, I always feel a call to bake a marzipan birthday cake for someone.<br />
This year it is a virtual gift ^-^<br />
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The pastry is a simple, not too sweet cocoa base.<br />
For the cream I searched the whole internet (back and forth), finally mixed a Martha Stewart vanilla cream with pecan nut and golden syrup.<br />
The coat is from marzipan, and because of the hopefully coming spring and the Someone, I baked it for, I chose a Japanese theme: cherry blossoms.<br />
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お誕生日おめでとうございます<br />
そしていただきます!</div>
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Let's cook something delicious!<br />
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<li>Catch a <b>rabbit </b>- supermarkets are the best for lazy people, like me</li>
<li>Grab a carton of <b>Guinness</b>, cool it down baby</li>
<li>Open a bottle: half into a bowl, half into a glass. Taste it, just in case ;)</li>
<li>Throw some spices into the bowl - great game for practicing basketball!<br />My selection was <b>whole green pepper, juniper and bay leaves</b>. I also added <b>mushrooms</b>.</li>
<li>Put the rabbit into the beer mix (don't throw please, every drop is precious) and place into the fridge and...</li>
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<li>TIME IS OVER! Get the rabbit out from the beer mix</li>
<li>Spice the rabbit with <b>salt and pepper</b> and roast on both sides - I prefer butter</li>
<li>Wrap it with <b>bacon </b>and place some <b>veggies </b>next to it (carrots and the Guinness mushrooms)</li>
<li>Cover it and roast it in the oven (180 °C, 1 hour approx)</li>
<li>Wait... smoke a cigarette or three... taste a pálinka... open a Corona... make a Bloody Mary... use a kitchen towel when you wanna check what's going on in the oven!!! Or just don't drink and you won't forget it :)</li>
<li>Remove the lid </li>
<li>Roast some<b> potatoes and green peas</b></li>
<li>Aaaaaand READY!!!!</li>
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bocihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161690769367717000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050247591090084604.post-82254010121298456432013-03-10T18:40:00.002+01:002013-03-10T18:40:41.535+01:00Crunchy PecaNutYesterday Szamos' Poppyseed mousse, Starbuck's Strawberry and Cream Frappuccino and the Strawberry cheesecake wasn't enough sugar rush, I was starving for sweet food. I thought I am sweet enough, but maybe not on this weekend :)<br />
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So continuing the creative cooking/baking period I came up with the following idea:<br />
cheesecake crust, poured with hot, fluid Nutella and covered with pecan nut and maple syrup cream (with butter, eggs blabla). Aaah, so hot! Now I feel like entering the heaven.<br />
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In December I visited it with a friend, and the whole market turned out to be a small shop, tinier than my living room, and with unfriendly sellers! But if I was already there, bought some fishes seemed exciting. One of them was the grey mullet. And because it is Sunday, also Hinamatsuri in Japan (girl's day), it is a great time to cook something healthy after eating Poutine and "gesztenyepüré" (sweet chestnut puree with lots of whipped cream).. O.o<br />
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Here it is, a very easy recipe found on a forum, and transformed it a little bit according to my taste and fridge:<br />
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<li>200 g grey mullet</li>
<li>2 tbs freshly pressed red orange juice</li>
<li>pepper mix </li>
<li>6 leaves ramsons (bear garlic or bear leek)</li>
<li>2 big long slides of bacon - baked and cut into small pieces</li>
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This is also the order, how to place it into a pot and bake it for about 20 minutes on 175 °C.<br />
One of the most deliscious fish I have ever eaten!<br />
Note to self: breadcrumb could be roasted a bit before.<br />
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<br />bocihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161690769367717000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050247591090084604.post-77202036099723924182013-03-02T15:49:00.000+01:002013-03-02T15:49:16.142+01:00Putin try :)Found an interesting food on Twitter (see, professional growing sometimes has additional advantages): a Canadian one, called "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine">poutine</a>".<br />
The base recipe is very simple: fried potato, curd cheese and brown gravy. From the 3 main ingredients which one can be bought in my country? Potato :D Zzzzzzzz... nothing similar to curd cheese, so had to improvise and bought Bulgarian goat cheese. And cooked <a href="http://americanfood.about.com/od/saucesdipsanddressings/r/browngravy.htm">brown gravy</a>, which turned out to be caramel brown, so I added artificial coloring.<br />
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Because of my own strict rules, be consequent, I cannot call it poutine (however I found a "Greek poutine" recipe with feta cheese). So how to name the baby? Goutine!? :)<br />
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bocihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161690769367717000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050247591090084604.post-26320520581501871212013-01-11T20:06:00.000+01:002013-01-11T20:06:41.918+01:00The world of monochrome - part 1.Found a nice video <a href="http://paintwithlen.com/learn-painting/">tutorial </a>for painting. I tried to follow the instructions, more or less with success.<br />
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This is a monochrome winter picture, only 2 colors were used: white and burnt umber.<br />
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<br />bocihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161690769367717000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050247591090084604.post-63638331254623434412013-01-11T19:52:00.003+01:002013-01-11T19:52:25.695+01:00Little Blue GirlPractising this Photoshop stuff. Grrr... After trying to paint everything by mouse, I made a decision: hurt for a digital tablet! So the finishing touches have been already done by my <a href="http://www.wacom.eu/index2.asp?pid=0&lang=en">Wacom</a>.<br />
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The drawing were created with pencil and later inked with artistic pen.<br />
Scanned and transferred to PS.<br />
Coloring, coloring, coloring, drinking, shit what happened, eraser... better to go to bed... new day, new life, coloring, coloring... something similar was the process. :)<br />
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The little blue girl is Isanami from Brave10.<br />
The background was downloaded from the net and I applied wind effect on it to make it more blurry.<br />
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Enjoy it with some nice jazz music by Diana Krall:<br />
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Made it also for a friend of mine, and I'm really happy that she liked it:<br />
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Slowly I should find out how to paint a signo on it :)<br />
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bocihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161690769367717000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050247591090084604.post-75181892844089009672013-01-03T22:38:00.000+01:002013-01-03T22:38:07.142+01:00Upside down drawingI am reading the book <i>Drawing on the right side of the brain</i> by Betty Edwards and doing the drawing tasks.<br />
A very interesting example is if you turn a picture upside down, your left brain gets confused and refuses the participation. So your right brain can be the leader and finally you are in R-mode (Right brain mode), your imagination is free, you will care only about the curves, lines, angles and portions; and do not care anymore what you are drawing.<br />
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I made two drawings today. The first is the way how I draw it, the second when I turned it.<br />
Picasso's Igor Stravinsky:<br />
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She loves African stuffs, so I decided to create a savanna scene in sunset:<br />
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Once I read a quote from someone, that you are on the good path when you know, your knowledge is far from perfect :) Yeah, great to discover the faults and take care of them next time ;) There is a Japanese word, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizen">kaizen </a>- meaning lifetime learning, developing your skills continuously It is pretty worthy to remember of it - improves my patience as well :Dbocihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161690769367717000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050247591090084604.post-72037334542170666522012-12-31T00:09:00.001+01:002012-12-31T00:09:30.613+01:00Again something Japanesish to shovel into the belly :)Might be a bit boring, but today's dinner was again something rather Japanese style.<br />
A friend of mine just got bored and wanted to eat with someone, so I "used him out" a bit and sent for shopping :D Unfortunately the main ingredient, maple syrup was out of stock everywhere, but don't panic, I solved the problem - somehow.<br />
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The <b>soup </b>was very easy to cook from chicken neck, carrot and leek with miso paste:<br />
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The<b> main dish</b> was a kind of Japanese-Italian-Canadian for me, but what a wonderful taste!<br />
Some days ago I saw a maple syrup marinated beef steak somewhere and tried to find the recipe. Used <a href="http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Grilled-Marinated-Sirloin-Flap-Steaks-350252">this </a>one: easy: soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, maple syrup and garlic for the marinate. Here came my trick: instead of maple syrup I used chopped walnut and Golden syrup. Not the same taste of course, but really delicious!<br />
You only have to put the beef into this mixture for 15 minutes and then grill for 15 minutes as well. The surface should be a bit crunchy, but inside it is beautifully rose and raw <3 Oishiiiii!<br />
Just need a sharper knife to slice it thinner.<br />
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The <b>dessert </b>needed the maple syrup again, the substitution was Golden syrup and a special sugar mixture what I received from a friend of mine for Xmas ^-^ Let's say it was an American pancake's happy marriage with a waffle :) Topped with sour cherry in the above mentioned sugar rush and whipped cream.<br />
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bocihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161690769367717000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050247591090084604.post-42059882433854134352012-12-29T00:07:00.001+01:002012-12-29T00:07:48.248+01:00The Japanese blog dinner I organize blogdinners every once in a while and today we had Japanese day :)<br />
I tried to find different dishes from different areas of Japan.<br />
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The main dishes are from <u>Osaka:</u> <b>okonomiyaki and takoyaki</b> (just a quick Japanese lesson: <i>yaki</i> means grilled). Okonomiyaki is my favorite and served the purpose of "life bouy", if something goes wrong tonight :) And the dish which had quite big chance to destroy the evening is... the takoyaki. It is very simple pancake based balls filled with octopus. The problem is in Japan they use a special baking form made from heavy iron. I tried to buy it last year, but I could not lift it with one hand, that's why decided to buy just a small baking form. Nah, I have to say takoyaki cannot (CANNOT) be baked in oven :( Even 220 degree was not enough. I tried a fried egg Tefal form to make some small flat pieces, and also to transform the little ugly shapeless somethings from the oven into an eatable but still ugly "takoyaki". </div>
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bocihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161690769367717000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050247591090084604.post-15965449225792766362012-12-21T00:30:00.001+01:002012-12-21T00:30:45.325+01:00My first oil paintingI started an oil painting course some weeks ago. I loved drawing when I was kid (Als das Kind Kind war.. :)), but sucked at ratio and aquarell.<br />
Now bought the famous Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain instruction book by Betty Edwards and let's see how I proceed...<br />
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This is my first oil painting: an empty bottle with a candle inside, put in front of black bunting:<br />
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And to increase my creativity I painted today (it is not allowed to spit on it, I have a sensitive mood today). The <a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/244345_281630585279334_1711545960_o.jpg" target="_blank">original picture</a> was found on facebook.</div>
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bocihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161690769367717000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050247591090084604.post-4131278935657045622012-11-30T21:49:00.000+01:002012-12-10T14:51:40.248+01:00The Indian tasteRecently a very dear friend of mine visited me and she cooked marvelous Indian food. I had a desire today for something similar.<br />
I tried to use double extent from spices as I would put in, just remembering her operance in my kitchen, but still it was half so spicy :) However even the curry bottle committed suicide and jumped into the pan (hallelujah for Paris and my laziness: I should have not prepare the spice, but could finally open the one I bought 2 years ago).<br />
After I unfroze the big whitish something, it turned out not to be chicken thighs, but chicken skin. Why on Earth did I freeze something, I would never eat? Remains a riddle forever. So liver was the choice.<br />
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I braised an onion on lot of oil (maybe 4 tbs), dropped half piece of hot paprika and 4 small cocktail (pronounced as "cock tail") tomato, poured some water on it. At this phase the curry bottle dove :D (Curry Madras), and I added more red paprika, pepper, chili and salt. Oh and a garlic (German one, it is much bigger than the Hungarian ... I can say this only about garlic, have no other data :))<br />
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About Indian food - similar to Hungarian - always the book "Shogun" came into my mind, where the Japanese explained to Anjin-san why it is important to have a separate house for the kitchen :D<br />
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bocihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161690769367717000noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050247591090084604.post-44702054207232404832012-11-29T23:29:00.000+01:002012-12-25T13:16:18.597+01:00My childhood drawings, paintingsI was speaking with a dear Indian friend of mine about paintings and winter sceneries, and it popped out that when I was a child (Als das Kind Kind war...) I painted a lot of snowy village scenes, because my mom loved it so much. And I grabbed my portfolio. If you could know what kind of childhood treasures are hidden inside and how much memories! Now you will know them :)<br />
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The oldest pictures I found was exactly the snowy ones from my 9-11-year-old period. No, I wasn't a genius, but I liked doing it.<br />
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Nah and from now on please don't ask me where does my love towards Japan come from... because it is so old, I even can't remember :) These pictures are copies from ukiyo-e in my book "Snow, moon, cherry blossom". Ooops, now I have opened it and a draft felt out, together with a graphics bought in Paris :D The pictures are from my 14-16 yo age and done with colorpencils.<br />
Well, yes, even such an early age I had no patience to finish things.<br />
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And now comes the adult content from 16-20 yo period maybe :)<br />
That awkward skull made with brushpen stuck to really dark memories :(<br />
The guys are created with pencil - the first one was coming from a Chippendale calendar that I received as a birthday present from a friend of mine. Handsome blondie with green eyes (L)<br />
The abstracts again made with brushpen.<br />
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And finally a painting from my grandfather. Unfortunately we did not share the same blood, so i could not inherit his talent :(<br />
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<b>Salmon misosoup</b>, I used a modified version of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOZ-2C4iJ0E&feature=g-hist" target="_blank">kasu-jiro</a> from runnyrunny999: instead of the fried tofu I used original one and had not got the salmon cream. Open-eyed readers have already observed on the previous picture, that the 2 soups look differently: my mum received leek, and I got wakame - dried algae.<br />
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Its name refers to its "exterior", has nothing to do with melon taste. It is not easy to make it: you need two kinds of dough: a short pastry and a batter. The batter has to be knead and flapped, really good exercise to get rid of stress, I could hardly stop myself :)<br />
I mixed the base batter with macha powder (green tea), that's why the lower layer is a bit greenish. Two pieces of them is sprinkled with poppyseed. The melonpan is sometimes filled with different delicious creams. Unfortunately this was the first and last occasion that I baked it: we are not compatible with the little pat :(<br />
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<b>Itadakimasu!</b></div>
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<br />bocihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161690769367717000noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3050247591090084604.post-62869198563655460172012-11-16T14:45:00.000+01:002012-12-25T13:16:18.599+01:00MushipanI'll go to Japan in spring! And I had to celebrate it. Recently found a new <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPumdHnW7f4" target="_blank">video </a>by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/cookingwithdog/videos?view=0" target="_blank">cookingwithdog </a>and a new idea for the next celebration too (do I need a reason for it? No, I don't!)<br />
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<b><u>Mushipan</u></b><br />
You can translate it to steamed bun, and can be flavored according to your taste. The base dough consists of flour, sugar, water and baking powder. It is sprinkled with sweet potato and raisin.<br />
Because I had cinnamon-sugar for long, I used that one.<br />
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