Japanese Food Obsession

This week wearysister has made herself weary, but happy, by making lots of asian goodies!!

I have it all to blame on cooking with dog.

I made red bean paste, and then that moved onto hamburg steak (which has the tastiest onion gravy I have ever tasted in my life!), and today I made tofu dango. I thought I'd share with you my cooking adventure. Now it's not quite as profy as smitten kitchen, but heck, I still hope it inspires you to get into the kitchen!

Tofu Dango ~ Japanese Sweet Dumplings (Note: I halved the recipe given by Cooking with Dog)

Once they are cold, place them onto a bamboo skewer, one of each colour. For the toppings I made crushed black sesame and sugar and a sauce for the one on the middle that is made from gently boiling equal parts of mirin and soy sauce, with a teaspoon of sugar and a little water.

Verdict ~ they are an incredible textual experience!! They have a slight tofu taste, but the toppings are what determines it's main flavour. I really enjoyed these and would love to try making them again, this time with maccha green tea powder to flavour and colour the green dumplings. If you're at all into asian sweets, daifuku and the like, you should give these a go!!

~WearySister

I saved too many snails walking home tonight...!

And I didn't even realise it until the street light bounced off the pavement and there they were...a small army of them! Let's just say the rest of the walk home required a longer than normal stop at the door mat before I entered the house!!

In other news ~ I MADE MY FIRST SALE ON ETSY!! [you can tell I'm excited about it].

A lovely lady from Slovenia [yes, Slovenia], purchased this tasty kaftan from WearySister!

It was really hard to part with this one. I was given it by my sister, it was a lot longer and had super tight elastic in the cuffs. It also had a ridiculously low neckline. I took it up, took out the elastic and hand stitched up the neckline a little...it's still boobilicous without being too silly. The colours are amazing and it's proper vintage, not a copy this one [only the best and cutest in my shop, thanks].

Speaking of cute, I was looking for inspiration for my Dad's birthday and came across this gorgeous thing from SeaGlassDesigns

I love art created out of found objects, it gives me a good feeling [not to sound dodgy, but you know what I mean - yay saving the planet!].

Anyways, probably time I had a cuppa tea [inspired by Sophie]. Lemongrass and Ginger...T2 thanks very much!

♥Han