Nashi Pear.

The nashi pear, Pyrus pyrifolia, is sometimes called the Asian pear. It has been also called the Japanese pear, Korean pear or Taiwan Pear, as well as sand pear, apple pear, bapple, papple, and bae, from the Korean 배 or li (梨) in Chinese. In India is it called nashipati and in Bangladesh and Nepal it is called nashpati. Nashi pears are widely grown for their sweet fruit, a popular food in East Asia. They are sweet on the tree and are eaten crisp or else bletted.
Nashi pears generally are not baked in pies or made into jams because they have a high water content and a crisp, grainy texture, very different from the buttery European varieties. It is not a cross between apples and pears, as common names like apple pear may suggest, but its shape and crisp texture are reminiscent of apples. They are commonly served raw and peeled.

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summer veggies - NASU (eggplant)

Stir-fry EGGPLANT and topping the GRADED RADISH, KATSUOBOSHI(fish flakes) and add AJIPON(sauce made from citrus fruits, vinegar and soysauce).

Dekiagari! Ittadakimasu!

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Festival's Yakisoba.

It is prepared by stir-frying ramen-style noodles with bite-sized pork, vegetables (usually cabbage, onions or carrots) and flavoured with sosu, salt and pepper. It is served with a multitude of garnishes, such as aonori (seaweed powder), beni shoga (shredded pickled ginger), katsuobushi (fish flakes), and Japanese mayonnaise.

Yakisoba is most familiarly served on a plate either as a main dish or a side dish. Another popular way to prepare and serve yakisoba in Japan is to pile the noodles into a bun sliced down the middle in the style of a hot dog, and garnish the top with mayonnaise and shreds of pickled ginger. Called yakisoba-pan, pan meaning bread, it is commonly available at local matsuri (Japanese festivals) or conbini (convenience stores).

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Sōmen

Sōmen are usually served cold with a light flavored dipping broth or tsuyu, and noodles are dipped into the sauce, not poured over like other foods. The sauce is usually a katsuobushi based sauce that can be flavored with Welsh onion, ginger, or myoga. In the summer time sōmen chilled with ice is a popular meal to help stay cool. Sōmen served in hot soup is usually called "nyumen," and is frequently served in the winter much like soba or udon would be.

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Chinese Dish, Chinjao ro su.

Ingredients:
beef or pork
green pepper
bamboo shoots
sake
oyster sauce
salt
soysauce
sesame oil
garlic
cornstarch
vegetable oil

Directions:

1.Cut bamboo shoots, green pepper and pork lengthwise in 1/2 inch strips.

2.Heat oil in lg skillet.
3.Saute Garlic.
4.Fry pork a handful at a time only long enough to change color.
5.Remove pork from skillet.
6.Saute the green peppers and bamboo shoots.
7. Add 3.
8. Simmer for 1/2 hour.

9. Add sake, oyster sauce, salt soysauce.

10. Add cornstarch mixture and cook until just thickened.

Ittadakimasu!!!

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