Video recipe: Easy Chinese cucumber salad

This cucumber salad is very easy to make. I often make it as extra vegetable dish, when you need some veggie vitamins. I think it originates from China, since I learned it from my mother and adjusted it to my liking. Ingredients: 1 cucumber 1 spring onion 1 tsp salt Sauce: 1 tsp vinegar 3 […]

Local sushi experience in Japan – Yamani Sushi

Yamani Sushi was a a lovely sushi experience, so I made a movie: The food (Below is the food diary of the day we visited, so you might have already read this. “New” photos though…) Today we finally ate sushi. It was at a small store near Nijo castle. When we arrived no one was […]

How to: do what you always wanted to do

Step 1: Schedule a time slot to work on it. YOU HAVE TO WORK ON IT. YOU HAVE TO PRODUCE SOMETHING! Step 2: That’s it. Slowly you will get used to the schedule and work on ‘it’ naturally. Story time This blog started by taking the Friday off from work. I said to myself in […]

The Making of Saito’s movie

About 2 months ago I filmed at Saito’s restaurant with Lazy Penguin. I am planning to make a documentary about him and his awesome Japanese ramen. If you still don’t know who I am talking about: Yokohama Ramen Saito in Schiedam. Originally I planned to finish the Saito documentary in November (in order to have […]

Types of restaurants in Japan

I find it fascinating that restaurants have different service models. Service as in: (1) how to take a seat (2) how to order (3) how to get your food (4) how to pay In Japan I have experienced a lot of different types of restaurants. In this post I will give you an overview. Enjoy! […]