Happy Birthday to ME!

chopped carrot and yam for tempura...forgot to take a photo of them

avocado, cucumber, smoked salmon, tuna, steamed rice and nori seaweed,

now ready to make..

sushi rolls! displayed on dessert plate.

  

heavenly indulgent chocolate cake!!

The party finished late at night..

Aromatherapy

pesticide, pollution, radiation

 - we are unconsciously sorrounded toxic substances everyday.

Let's detoxify us with essential oils' power

Handmade salt scrub, massage oil and cray mask

Japanese air

Learned about history, making process and health benefits of green tea

at Japanese Canadian Culture Centre

Tasting Gyokuro - more flavorful than expected, slightly sweet

Perfect combination with nerikiri!

French air

macarons, chocolats, gateaux.. can't choose one!

wandering, considering, having a second, thirtd and fourth thought...

Flan au framboise

juicy framboise and light-flavored flan

escargot au chocolat for next morning

the display of baguette and all the interior elements are perfectly French.

Le Thobors boulangerie-patisserie: 627 Mt. Pleasant Rd., Toronto

Happy Birthday!

My host mother's birthday party

Lots of international foods - Filipino, Thai, Western..

cupcakes and bite-sized cakes

The most important - birthday cake!

Lunch @ Peter Pan Bistro

fluffy omelette with green pepper, but a little too simple.

need richer flavor, e.g. add more butter

Enjoying the meal under trees is a kind of priviledge in busy and noisy downtown,

besides roses contribute to create elegant atmosphere.

Peter Pan Bistro: 373 Queen St. W., Toronto

Charity concert

"Rising Like the Sun" - Japanese Earthquake Relief Fundraising Concert

at Christ Church Deer Park

At the beginning, screening of 'Road to Recovery,'

a documentary film shot in Tohoku area in June

Peformances by Janapese and Canadian musicians.

Beautiful voice and music healed and united us.