Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/100 sec, ISO2500 “Yakitori” Cedar Park, 2019
こんばんは。How’s it going?
This evening we made yakitori on the grill. Was yummy! Mariko said the meat was a little overcooked because we kept it on too long to get a nice char, so next time we’ll up the flame a bit so the grill marks arrive earlier.
Besides the chicken, we added onion, and since we didn’t have any green onion in the fridge, we added jalapeño peppers for a bit of color. I guess these were Texas-style yakitori skewers. 😆
Oh, and another thing… we didn’t soak the skewers in water beforehand, so they burned pretty badly. Oh well, next time!
Hope you had a nice day.
またね～
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/100 sec, ISO800 “Yakitori on the Grill” Cedar Park, 2019Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/100 sec, ISO250 “Yakitori Basting” Cedar Park, 2019Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/100 sec, ISO640 “Yakitori on the Grill” Cedar Park, 2019
Photo info: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 50mm, f/6.3, 1/40 sec, ISO1000 “Omakase” Austin, 2019
Tonight we went to the soft opening of our friends’ new restaurant, Uroko. The restaurant has three distinct things: omakase dinner on the weekends, temaki hand roll sushi for lunch, and sushi classes on weekday evenings. The soft opening was omakase, and the sushi was wonderful! There were a total of 12 dishes served, and I enjoyed them all, but my favorite was the otoro – so buttery!
Photo info: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, 50mm, f/3.5, 1/50 sec, ISO640 “Otoro” Austin, 2019
I actually help with their websites, and sometimes photography too, and tonight I took a lot of photos for the new website. It was actually somewhat difficult because I don’t have lighting equipment (nor the skill to actually use them) so the photos weren’t the greatest. Still, I think most of them came out ok. You can see a few more photos at the main website, or the reservation site.
If you are in Austin and want a great sushi experience, check out Uroko!
Photo info: motorola moto g(6), 3.95mm, f/1.8, 1/30 sec, ISO206 “Severe Weather” Cedar Park, 2019
A severe storm rolled through our part of Texas today. Luckily, there wasn’t any damage to our house, just plenty of rain and anxiety!
Later on in the evening we enjoyed a yummy pot of chankonabe ゃんこ鍋. This is a hotpot that is popular with sumo wrestlers because it helps to bulk them up. We’ve never made it at home before, so this was a special treat. 😄
Photo info: FUJIFILM X-T10, 35mm, f/2, 1/105 sec, ISO400 “ちゃんこ鍋” Cedar Park, 2019
As the day ended, the skies cleared and we were treated to a nice sunset.
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/240 sec, ISO200 “Clearing Skies” Cedar Park, 2019
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.2, 1/35 sec, ISO800 “Black Tonkotsu Ramen” Cedar Park, 2019
こんばんは。How’s it going?
Tonight the boys and I went to a newly opened ramen restaurant that’s located near our house. EurAsia Ramen offers several different types of ramen, poké bowls, and sushi rolls. By looking at the website, I suspected that the restaurant wasn’t Japanese-owned so I wasn’t expecting a typical Japanese ramen experience, but I’m open-minded and willing to give a new restaurant a chance.
I decided on the Signature EurAsia Black Tonkotsu Ramen, while Koa got the Miso Ramen, and Bay tried the California Poké. The portions were a little on the small size for the price. I’d expect to pay about US $8.00 for the amount we received, but it wasn’t too unreasonable.
On to the important part, which is taste. I rate the ramen I had a 5 out of 10. It wasn’t bad, but not great. The flavor of the broth was a little bland, and the noodles were very thin. The noodles in Koa’s Miso ramen were thicker and eggier… not sure why. There was a good amount of charsiu pork in the bowl, which was nice, however, it had a generic “hammy” taste, almost like a spiral ham you might eat at Easter or Thanksgiving.
Meanwhile, Bay’s poké bowl was unimpressive, with the main ingredient “snow crab mix” being just a lot of surimi. Not great.
Of course, I want local restauranteurs to succeed, and I think EurAsia Ramen might do ok because the dishes are “good enough” for those who may not be as particular about ramen as I am, but I don’t think I’ll be back. There are simply better ramen offerings in Austin, such as Ramen Tatsu-Ya and Daruma Ramen.
またね～
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.2, 1/25 sec, ISO800 “Poké Bowl” Cedar Park, 2019
