Victoria de Gohan

moving

2010-03-19T15:06:00.002+09:00

I moved to
http://konagonna.blog51.fc2.com/

It's not quite English but if anybody ask me write in English, I will start to write both.

Thank you!

Creative Craft Fair

2009-11-16T15:21:00.004+09:00

I got this craft fair' pass yesterday and back today again to get some stuff.

My purpose was Golden Maples Farm's jams but I was still wondering this balsamic vinegar store.
Because I bake French baguette everyday, it will be good to have many kinds of balsamic even though I have one already.

It is $17.00 each.

They let you try their original balsamic, rosemary balsamic, and strawberry balsamic.
I got rosemary' because it tastes nice and sweet, but not too sweet as strawberry's, and I have plain one at home. But definitely others tastes good, too.

They sell some stuff in Victoria,

Ottavio's Deli
St Remo Deli
Niagara Grocery

Ok, now the jams. See this lady (called jam lady) has so many kinds of jams.
It was $5.00 each, 6 for $25.
She let me try and all were good. I also wanted to get their red pepper jam.

Jams looks nice with little X'mas lights.

I got...

Happy mint,
Lime curd,
Oh My God (which is marmalade),
Chardonnay,
Wine＋Roses,
Wild Crabapple

Greentea Opera

2009-10-16T00:47:00.003+09:00

I don't havework right now. All I do at home is being lazy.
I even don't want to do baking, but my hus works hard while I'm being lazy.
This is the desserts after dinner to have nice relax time with him.and some for friends...

Vista 18

2009-10-16T00:39:00.005+09:00

Queen Charlotte Halibut $26.00
~Lemon & Thyme Butter ~

Cortez Island Mussels and Clams $14.00

Sorry I have been in Japan

2009-10-16T00:36:00.002+09:00

9 and dine @Ardmore golf course

2009-08-01T12:57:00.007+09:00

35℃...

This is their 9 and dine menu ($29), you choose beef or teriyaki chiken burger, and you make your dish as you like, they are buffet style.

Their fries are awesome!!

and I like this course very much! hard to lose your ball (sigh) and big enough to enjoy.
today, their grass was so fast, though.

I want to come back.... to eat their fries.

cook st village food court

2009-07-15T16:36:00.006+09:00

Cook st village food court finally start getting bigger.
Originally, this food court has Thai, sushi, caffe fantastico and Ethiopian.
As summer has come, they get more food outside as kiosk style.

1 fish 2 fish (fish taco cones),
babble tea,
smoothie,
Ethiopian coffee...

and Jesse's grill, this hamburger shop, opened last week I believe. (July 10th?)
Here is their menu. (Sorry for my ugly pic. I took this with landscape mode by accident.)

Not only burgers, they does hot dogs and potato salad. I was waiting this casual hamburger shop opens.
Very friendly staff.
I ordered hamburger with cheese and mushrooms. ($7) Patty was really big! and soft as MOS burger (good burger chain in Japan), smell of the grill... I love it.

gochisousamadeshita!!

Changed the picture. Lure and Il terrazzo

2009-07-10T15:31:00.005+09:00

Yes, I changed the picture of my blog title.

This pasta is from Il terrazzo in downtown.
I don't remember the name but I remember it was lemon cream sauce and use prawn.
I always order same one.

This is from Lure restaurant in Delta hotel.
I love their view. It was my birthday (Xmas time), I think this place is really good for anniversary staff.

9 and Dine!! @Royal oak golf course

2009-07-04T15:43:00.006+09:00

I didn't expect such a good food for just a 9 and dine at 9 hole golf course considering how cheap they are.

The choice was
Stake,
Pork chop,
Chicken breast,
Salmon,
Prawn,
and Today's special (was Souvlaki)

I got stake and they were so soft and goood, came with the veggie stick. And you can have salad and bread as much as you want.

5th Street Bar & Wood Fired Grill

2009-06-20T09:01:00.005+09:00

Chipotle garlic rubbed pork loin chop $15.00

I wanted to go this pub for a long time but I didn't pick here just because... but I am really grad to be here this time.

Because of the location, I thought they are not very busy restaurant but once I opened the door I notice I was wrong.
It was different world! Full of young to old people, so busy, lively, smells so good!

Of course we had to wait to be seated. While we were waiting, we had beer at their bar counter. (That was the only seat we could stay.)

Mushroom cheese cake $5.00

I wish I could take their kitchen pictures. I just loved their opened wide kitchen. Running fired meats??

Fire-grilled buffalo burger (with Caesar) $10.00

Their foods are so cheap, I don't know how they can keep their food quality. Taste, presentation, quantity, everything is so good.
Gochisousamadeshita!

Japanese Izakaya Wann in Seattle

2009-06-20T03:27:00.011+09:00

American Kobe beef Tataki $8.25
(Japanese people hate to call fake Kobe beef as Kobe beef. It's totally different.)

Sorry for taking break to post Victoria restaurants for a month.

In Victoria, I don't know any good Japanese restaurant. If you are Japanese, your cooking is way better than Japanese restaurant in Victoria.

Oh I shouldn't say that, I have a few restaurants I haven't try yet.
Chikara sushi, in the strip mall, I heard so many people saying they make the best sushi in town.

We went to Wann Izakaya in Seattle at their happy hour. You get $2 beer (ジョッキで）, some dishes are just $4.

Cheese Tsukune $7.25

Crunchy Garlic Rock Shrimp $7.75

Tatsutaage $4.00

Jidori Kamameshi $9.00

some buns...

2009-06-13T15:36:00.004+09:00

Sorry, I haven't been to any restaurans, just baking.
I know it is boring.

Anyway,

Wednesday is gonna be my baking day. Also! golfing day...

"Saint Germain Tendresse", the bakery in Nagoya, I got a really really good brioche from this bakery.
They put custard and chocolate chips between the brioche dough.

I couldn't forget that... and I made it. It doesn't taste even close! I will try with defferent brioche dough.

This Wednesday, I got a friend came over to bake with.
It was the first time to bake buns for her but she did really good and I guess she liked it.

We made some cinnamon rolls and Japanese sweet bean paste buns.

Hamburger buns, Gratin buns

2009-05-31T14:46:00.011+09:00

Today was baking day.
I had some hamburger left overs from last night dinner and I made prawn gratin for my husband's lunch.
Sometime when I have dinner left overs, I use them for buns.

Here is direction how to shape left over buns.

Spread the dough and use cookie cutter just like the picture.

And you put anything you want to put inside on to the circle part of dough.

The other part, you spread and make long ring and twist it and make it double.

Now, just surround the left over.
Don't worry if the bottom part and the ring part doesn't touch each other, it will stick when it grow anyway.

This time, I put ketchup and cheese on the top of hamburger.

Canoe Brewpub

2009-05-21T13:59:00.009+09:00

I wish I had one of the keg.

I feel like I hired models to take that picture... They look good.

For my partner's birthday, we went to this pub.
It has nice harbour view, and totally nice and big inside.

As usual, I ordered a humburger. I don't know when I started to have humburger all the time. I used to not. Very tasty one.
And my husband, he ardered something different this time.

I tried to try, but I was full so I don't know but he really liked it.
I still like butter chicken from Sanuk (which already closed restaurant),
but you know, I am Japanese.
I don't know real Indian taste yet. I have to try real Indian butter chicken one day.

Ridge 9 holes Golf course

2009-05-21T12:05:00.002+09:00

This month, we've been to many 9 holes golf courses.
Ridge is one of our favorite small and cheap per3 course. I cannot count how many times we went to.
This is the view from 6th hole.

Lately, my score is getting worth and worth and worth and..... sigh

breakfast @floyd's diner

2009-05-19T13:58:00.007+09:00

I got a friend visitting from Vancouver but I had to work and didn't have time to hung out with her.
All I could do was going to breakfast before work.

I heard some good stuff about this restaurant so we tried.

First impression was it is way bigger than how it looks from outside.
and after that with no moment, I found this place is really funky.

For the breakfast, you can also have lunch menu.

Fishermans Wharf

2009-05-12T14:08:00.005+09:00

I start becoming like Canadian.

I love summer,
I love sunshine,
I don't use umbrella for sunshine anymore,
I don't use umbrella even for rain anymore as well...

To enjoy sun, and have some fishes, we went to Fishermans Wharf.

I got a fish burger @Barb's Place Fish and Chips.

Not only Fish and Chips, there are coffee shop, ice cream shop, hot dogs....
very nice! Now I want to live on the floating house!

I love fish. I used to not.

Baan Thai

2009-05-12T13:43:00.006+09:00

This was the first time to try Thai food in Canada except for my neighbour Thai food court King Thai.

I always eat Phad Thai so I wanted to order something different.

What we had today are...

Por Pya (spring rolls)

Kow Phad Goong

Moo Gratiem (front) and Phad Prig Phao Gai

All of them were so good but I really liked Moo Gratiem. It is just like Pork Karaage.

Gochisousama!

Tandoori Pork

2009-04-30T15:28:00.006+09:00

I was thinking.
I want to make a ham.
I have plain yogurt.
I miss tandoori chicken.
I have a pork, no chicken.

This is the combination of tandoori and Ham.

Here is my tandoori recipe.

200 g of plain yogurt
100 g of ketchup
1.5 tsp of salt
1 peace of garlic
2 tsp of curry powder
2 tsp of chili sauce
1 tsp of cumin
1 tsp of garam masara
some black pepper

all mix with pork in Ziploc and let them stay in fridge for all night.
Cook just outside with very hot pan to keep it juicy. Just outside.
ofter that, bake 25~30 min in the oven.

This time, I made roasted peppers, so I wrapped them and Cheddar cheese. You can also use asparagus, beans for green. I just forgot.

I marinated peppers because I roasted too many peppers.
To make this one plate dish takes about half hour.

Smith's Pub

2009-04-28T11:33:00.004+09:00

I have been there before and I remember I liked their "Smith's Burger".
This pub is one of the favorite pub for my friend couple we went with today.

This time, I picked Lamb Burger. It was good, I still like Smith's Burger better though.
I like the musi they plays, most of them are English Band.
But I hear Devil's Hair Cut today....

bagel works

2009-04-27T08:08:00.004+09:00

My husband loves bagels but he eats so fast.
My bagel recipe uses 250g of bread flour and make only four bagels. You know, I don't wanna bake every second days.

But good thing is making bagel doesn't take time, just about 1.5 hours.
I made twice today. just for him because I am not really bagel person.

I baked 4 kind of bagels today.
plain,
cinnamon,
raisin,
and sesame.

I like using gimp. It's so fun to play with pictures.

garricks head

2009-04-24T14:18:00.005+09:00

去年の4月21にちは雪が積もりましたが、今年はどうやらビクトリアにも夏がやってきそう。わーい。
今日は夫婦でオフなので、ミニゴルフ行ってきました。

さ、最悪。。。全９ホール、パー３のコースで５４でした…　本当のコース行ったらどうなることやら。

その後はＤＴのバスチョンスクエアにあるGarricks Head Pubにいきました。
アピタイザーにエビフライ。
頼んだハンバーガーにはパテ、チーズ、ベーコン、玉ねぎ、トマトのほかに目玉焼き、ビート、パイナップルが入ってました。大きかった～！！
ポテトは味つきで、私の好みの味、でも、少ない！
とはいっても、ハンバーガー全部食べられなかったけどね。

その後は歩いて図書館へいき、きのこ図鑑と『ゆらぎの不思議』という本を借りてきました。
返却日までに読めるかなあ。

fol epi ＋ fantastico @dockside green

2009-04-17T08:05:00.007+09:00

fol epi

朝の１０時半頃、Galloping Goose沿いのdockside greenのfantasticoへ行ってきました。もちろん馴染みのバリスタさんたちで、友達より先に着いたので、Vanilla latteを頂いていました。
今日の目当ては隣接のfol epiというベーカリー。友達Ｔがそこで働いているし。
Ｔが粉で真っ白の井出達でバゲットとクロワッサンをもってきてくれました。この気泡とクープはビクトリアでは見たことありません。ビクトリアでやっと見つけたプロの味です。
英語なんでよくわからんですが、使っているもの全てオーガニック、小麦粉は自家製、素晴らしいシーソルトを使っているとかなんちゃら。
もらってばかりではなんなので、サンドイッチと全粒紛のパンを買いましたよー。
サンドイッチはハマりました。ハム、チェダーチーズ、フライドオニオンがはさんであり、まあ、なんともいえんです。sooooooooooo goooooooodです。

２杯目に、いつものホットチョコレートを頂き、（いつもご馳走様です。）常連さんたちと仲良くなり、dockside greenに住んでいる方に部屋をみせてもらいました。

はぁ～。

いいです。

穏やかな一日でした。

Birthday Party

2009-04-14T05:03:00.006+09:00

昨日（イースター）はカフェファンタスティコのエリンちゃんの誕生日パーティーでした。
バックヤードでガーデンパーティーの予定があいにくの雨で、結局部屋でやったんですが。
写真はエリン特製サングリア。ワインとフルーツが混じってるもの。

これもエリン特製のタルト。
コンデンスミルクを３時間煮込んでりんごとイチゴと一緒に焼いたもの。

彼女のことなので、あんまり驚くこともないんですがバックヤードはかなり自給自足的な感じで、ニワトリが玉子を産んでいたり色んな野菜が植えてあったり。

ニワトリのエサは

←コレ

なんとなく、なんとな～くだけど、

共食いかな？なんて思った。

結構ツッコミ所満載なキッチンに、容赦なくツッコミすぎた自分、くどかった。

日本人は自分だけだし、もちろん英語なんだけど、キッズばっかなのでたっくさん悪い英語を植えつけられましたよ。

Ferris's Oyster Bar

2009-04-10T11:52:00.008+09:00

日本から帰国したばかりで、口が肥えてるので、高い金でイマイチなものより、安くてイマイチなものにしようと、結婚記念日にはオイスターバーに行ってきました。
前菜はおいしかったですよ～！！

パスタは。。。激○ズでした。写真はどこへ行っても頼むムール貝の白ワイン蒸し、左の写真はhoney garlic prawnです。

オイスターバーなのに二人ともオイスター食べてないですね、そういえば。

夫はこのお店かなり気に入ったようです。

あーおなかすいた。

Fuji ringo

2009-01-30T05:20:00.002+09:00

Why apples are so cute?

Vanilla roll cake

2009-01-30T05:03:00.007+09:00

Craving for roll cake which I never before.
It was 10:30 in the evening, also I had only 2 eggs left. (I need 4 eggs at least.)

"When I am craving I just make it" is my theory.

Blueberry Cheesecake

2008-08-08T06:11:00.003+09:00

We got blueberries from mom. What can we do with those?

1. Cheesecake
2. Cheesecake!?
3. Cheesecake!

I can't think about any other...
baka

This cheesecake is made with baked cheesecake and blueberry rare cheesecake.

China Beach

2008-07-16T04:10:00.004+09:00

There is a cute petit cafe on the way China Beach.

was tasty.

people were sitting and chatting outside, nice and slow.

Still windy

WREN Restaurant and Wine Bar

2008-07-04T12:40:00.011+09:00

Great location in Oak bay! Nice and Quiet. Very tiny place and relax with jazz.

This spring roll is from chef. For start.

Coastal Shellfish Bowl
Calamari
Handmade pasta with prawn
dessert

King Sejong Korean Restaurant

2008-06-27T14:12:00.005+09:00

Korean restaurant in downtown.

Food was really good!!

しかし、サーバー、それから汚さ、半端ないですよ。

水のジャーの下になにか、かすみたいなものが積もっています。

でも、非常に美味しい。

Japanese "Tea Sweets"

2008-06-23T12:26:00.008+09:00

やっぱり甘さとお茶の渋さのコンビネーションは、時々ほしくなります。仕方ないです。
しかし、あまったるいケーキじゃだめですね、やっぱり餡的なものがいいですね。

餡は赤いのなら探せばあるんですが、白餡は、売ってるの見たことないですね、仕方ない、作りましょう。
白あんの材料の豆もないので、Lima Beansという、エキゾチックな豆で、代用します。白餡を作るのには二日かかりますがね。

白あんさえ作っちゃえば、後は早いですよ。

"Nerikiri"

going out?

"Ukishima"

This sweets "Ukishima" is kind of sponge cake. I use yellow eggs, merenge, flour, rice flour and Ann. What is differnce? is just using bean paste (most of the dough is ann) and I steam to cook it.
That makes this cake really really moisture.

Tempra

2008-06-22T12:42:00.004+09:00

I got many Black Tigers from someone I know.
Why don't you make tempras!?

Here are some points to make good tempra.

・Try to use very cold beer instead of water.

・Until you start to fry, keep the dough in fridge.

・When you fry, pinch the tail of the prawn and swish it in the oil.

・The best temperature is 170℃.

glo

2008-06-21T01:53:00.005+09:00

Three Dip Flat Bread

今日は休みです、友達と一緒にgloへ飲みにいってきました。
このパン、いつも頼んじゃいます、なんだか、外せないんです、花はないですけど。
それからここのロケーションが好きなんです、海がすぐそこにあって、みなさん、カヤックをやっています。
Right to left, Roasted garlic, sundried tomato, olive tapenade.

Lemon Pepper Calamari

これも、毎回頼んでます。特別おいしいわけでもなんでもないんですが、ここへいって飲むときはお決まりの２種です。

HARO'S

2008-06-19T15:14:00.008+09:00

On our wedding aniversary, we went to HARO'S at Sidney Pier Hotel.

This is goine to be one of my favorite restaurant.

Steamed Gulf Island Mussels

8oz Rib Eye Delmonico Steak

This is the cake that I made for our aniversery.

deco de mode

2008-06-19T14:47:00.005+09:00

カナダに来てから、ネイルのケアを怠っています。
というのも、機会にめぐまれないことや、あまり受け入れられていない、材料もない、という環境。

カナダでは人気がないのかもしれません。

それでも、ダウンタウンに一件、日本人経営の"Deco de Mode"というネイルサロンがあります。とてもかわいい感じのお店。

たまちゃん、というお姉さんに、キレイな水色に仕上げてもらいました。

とても夏らしい色ですね、しかし、今年はビクトリアに夏は来るのでしょうか？？

Bon Rouge

2008-06-19T14:12:00.014+09:00

ここのお店はカナダではめずらしく、パスタをアルデンテで出してくれておいしかったですよ。

LINGUINE AUX PALOURDES

Pescatores

2008-06-19T13:08:00.006+09:00

Seafood for two

夫の誕生日にPescatoresへ行ってきました。夫のチョイスです。

アムエリアムの隣に座りました。

Caeser Salad と Crab Bisque と白ワインをスタートに注文して、メインは"Seafood dinner for two"を。

http://www.pescatores.com/