My Birthday Resolution

It has been an entire year since I came to Las Vegas; I have recently turned 37 years old this month. Do women age 37 sound old? It is the average age of our women members, can you believe it? I decided to try something new, so I started this WEBLOG instead of “What’s New?” simply updated information from our Japan site mostly, my opinions, and experiences through my American life. , I would like you to share this BLOG, and write to me your wonderful stories and experiences with Japanese ladies. Today, one of my friends baked a birthday cake for me. He put 37 candles on the cake and I puffed out the candles I was very impressed because I have never had such a warm hearted birthday. I had never experienced a man bake a cake for me in Japan. he decorated it with my name in Chinese characters! WOW!) Can all American men bake a cake? It was more of a pleasant feeling than being given a expensive gift as they do in Japan. Thinking about my Birthday Resolution, I would also like to reach the goal that many of our members desire, as I enjoy supporting our member’s happiness, and also enjoy my American life.

Avocado and WASABI plus soy source

If you eat avocado with soy source and WASABI, it tastes like MAGURO (tuna). You could feel as if you were eating at a SUSHI restaurant. My friend taught me this way to eat avocado and I tried to tasting it. "Well, that's not bad!" Since then, I have always eaten avocado with soy source and WASABI. I taught some American friends about this, and they all liked it. Before then, they hadn't kept soy source and WASABI in their refrigerator. Soy source and WASABI collaborate with the different countries' food and create a new taste. I am proud of Japanese food culture, however, the price of WASABI in the US is very expensive. It costs about 3 dollars for just a small tube, whereas it is less than one dollar in Japan. Whenever my friends visit, from Japan, and ask if I'd like something from home, I say "WASABI please!"

NIKU JAGA

Have you ever had a chance to eat something cooked by a Japanese girl friend? If not, please request her to cook "NIKU JAGA". (I am sorry if you haven't found any Japanese girls who take care of you!)

"NIKU" JAGA is one of the traditional Japanese foods which a mother teaches her daughter, and the grandmother taught the mother, before that. It is Mom's home cooking. It is simple recipe with potatoes, carrots, and chopped beef, but it is important for her to inherit their original family tastes.

It is believed that if the wife can cook NIKU JAGA perfectly, the wife is accepted as a family member. So, cooking NIKU JAGA is the first examination for a Japanese lady after marriage.