Welcome to Hirochan's World

Duke's is one of the best seafood restaurants in Seattle area. Ronnie always orders his favorite dish, halibut macadamia, which is voted best new seafood entree in Seattle. Oh, Your Highness, no wonder it tastes fabulous. I have tried their award winning chowder sampler, dungeness crab & prawn gnocchi, stuffed halibut, pan seared wild salmon, and of course, burnt cream so far. Oh, Your Majesty, I guarantee it is worth your money. The clock on interior wall saying "It is time for meal." in Japanese. We found it at Lake Union Chowder House location. How cool!  I posted more photos on Flickr .                   

Ronnie makes stamina pancakes every Saturday morning. He mixes Bisquick and buckwheat flour, and adds eggs, milk, and protein powder. That is why we call it stamina pancake. The pancakes hold our stomach for hours. We have yogurt and some fruits such as berries and banana, almond butter, and honey as a topping. I was surprised using peanut butter or almond butter for pancake first. But Ronnie explained it is very common for Americans. Ronnie is a pretty good weekend chef. Matter of fact, he is quite lively in the kitchen. What a lucky wife I am! I greatly appreciate your work, Ronnie-kun. 

It is our tradition to eat out at Kiku Sushi in Bellevue on Sunday night. During happy hour, Kiku provides some appetizers for half price. We usually share several dishes such as ohitashi, boiled spinach; agedashi tofu, deep fried tofu; vegetable tempura; tori karaage, Japanese style fried chicken; and geso karaage, deep fried squid legs. Don't be scared of a squid leg. It is a little bit chewy, but delicious ;) My favorite is ikura oroshi which contains salmon roe with grated radish. Ronnie's favorite is spicy tuna hand roll. What a big smile he makes! Thank you, Hara-san. We will be back.     

I make lunch for Ronnie every weekday. Typically, a Japanese wife makes quite a beautiful looking lunch box, but mine is a little bit lazy one because I just use leftovers from supper the night before. When there is no leftover, then it is the time for fixing an omelet. It needs two eggs, a slice of bacon, cheese, and sometimes spinach. This omelet lunch is easy, quick, but delicious according to Ronnie-kun.

Almost all photos in this blog have gone :( It happened while I had not managed enough time to update my blog for months...and I have not kept those photos copied in any other places. I completely lost them. So before I resume updating a new post, I need to replace the photos in the existing posts as much as possible. Good grief, Charlie Brown!