Yay! Fish and Chips Dinner!! XD

Fish and Chips with Red Gurnard, Oysters, Scallops, and Mussels!

Yummy!! XD

Big fried Scallop!!

Big fried Oyster!!

Dragon Beard Candy (Chinese cotton candy)

Dragon Beard Candy is a sweet which dates back thousands of years to Ancient China.

The candy has to be handmade, which requires specialized skill, making its availability limited and very expensive.

Dragon beard candy is made of sugary threads densely wrapped around a sweet centre filling. It is very susceptible to moisture, just like cotton candy, and has a short shelf life.

Looks like a Silkworm cocoon doesn’t it~~

The most common filling is a combination of peanuts and sesame.

It is one of my favourite confectionery, so I do recommend trying some if you ever get the chance to!! (^-^)

Food exchange programme

Some times I wish I have friends from all different parts of the world, so we can send each others yummy food products which are exclusively available to the area.

Here is a list of some food products which I want to try, but haven’t had the chance to yet.

• Twinkie
• Glico almond chocolate
• Angel pie (Japanese)
• Milka Chocolate – actually Milka is available in New Zealand duty-free shops, but the range is very limited.

And of course the list goes on~~~~~

Please if anyone knows of any New Zealand company which can supply any of the listed products, I would really appreciate it if you can leave me a message regarding it! (^-^)

Any help would be wonderful!!

If there is any product you would like me to review, also feel welcome to leave me a message about it!

By the way, would anyone be interested to take part in a food exchange programme?

I would really like to know your feedback, so here is a poll to help simplify the answering process~~  (^-^)

http://poll.fm/3jtfg

What the heck is this?????

I found this on a tree in the front yard.

What the heck is this thing?? Is it a fruit? Is it a seed pod?

And the most important question: Can I eat it????? :O

 

*****UPDATE!!*****

After asking almost everyone at work, with fruitless result (Aha! I used a pun!), I showed my mother the photos and immediately she told me it is a Camellia fruit, and unfortunately it is not for eating~~  -_-”

Damn Agapanthus!!!!!

Was doing gardening today, chopping off the flowers from some Agapanthus “Lily of the Nile” plants in the backyard, to prevent them from popping their seeds about and spreading like herpes, but didn’t think too much of it until Pippa and Chip started licking the sap off my arms while I was playing with them.

Being the paranoid person I am, I decided to do some research into whether Agapanthus is poisonous to dogs or not, and it turns out all parts of the plant are poisonous to dogs!!

Agapanthus bulbs are especially poisonous and causes kidney failures (ie death) in cats and dogs.

In fact, they are also poisonous to humans, just the sap is known to cause rash and skin irritation on people.

DAMN YOU AGAPANTHUS!!!!! Lily of the Nile my @$$! You are not even an actual Lily! I don’t care how overgrown you are, I am going to eradicate your every single plant down to the roots.

I will not let the dogs run loose in the yard until all the poisonous plants, all which are left by the previous property owner, are completely destroyed.

We even have a Brugmansia tree in the backyard, which is highly toxic to both humans and our canine companions.

Brugmansia are also known as Angel’s Trumpets, which to me sounds like a stupid joke. Yeah~~ Whoever ingests the plant will die and hear the Angel’s trumpets alright~~~

WHY WOULD ANYONE GROW POISONOUS PLANTS ON THEIR PROPERTY FULL STOP!!

Agapanthus

Brugmansia

One fine day~~

Mine

Mum’s

Pretty flowers~~

Happy Pippa got some bits of the yummy Carrot Cake~~

Chip’s first time on a leash~~

The Ants on the ground were more interesting than the walk itself!! (^-^)

Japanese goodies

All the way from Japan~~

Beautiful Kyogashi

Yummy Japanese Rice Crackers

Lunch at Nishiki~~

Lunch photos:

Joe’s Rainbow set

Mary’s Japanese BBQ Pork noodle

My Sashimi on flavoured Sushi rice and Soba noodles (^-^)

Mmm~~ Lychee drink

Pups’

 

Friday Lunch Tradition~~

Some times, when working, I like to go out and have lunch by myself.

Especially on a Friday~~

Lunch at Narita

Finished~~~~~ (^-^)

Monarch caterpillars and swan plant~~ (Part4)

Monarch butterfly eggs!! (^-^)

So little~~