一力でランチ Lunch at Ichiriki

先月のことになりますが・・・
お友達と一力でランチ。
美味しいと評判で、数年前にオープンしたこのお店。
実はこれが私にとっての初ランチでした。
I went to Ichiriki restaurant for lunch with my friend
last month. This place has been open for a few years by
now, and people have been telling me that the food is
good, so I've always been wanting to try it out.
I was glad that I finally got to try it.

このランチセットがなんと＄10.95。
美味しいお肉と野菜がたっぷりでおなかが一杯の満足ランチ。
This lunch set is merely $10.95. With this much meat
and veggies, it is sure to fill you up. I was
very satisfied with the lunchy.



この日のデザートはお友達のお陰でサービスしていただきました。
We were treated to a complimentary desert on this day.



濃厚な宇治金時。こちらも美味。
Green tea shave ice with azuki beans and mochi.
It was very yummy.

また是非ランチに行きたいです。
I'd love to go bach there again.

ちちだんご Chichi Dango

先月知人より戴いた「ちちだんご」
数年前まで、会社に月一度立ち寄るお客さんが
手土産にいつも持って来てくれていた美味しい和菓子。
始めのうちは20個入りくらいの箱を一つくれていたのに
しばらくすると一箱はスタッフ皆へともう一箱は私の
家族にと毎月二箱差し入れしてくれていた。
One of my friends gave us a pack of Chichi Dango last
month. For the longest time, one of the customers who
regularly visited our office used to bring these in
for us. At first, he was bringing in one box, but soon
started giving us two boxes; one for the staff and
the other for my family.



当時息子がまだ3歳くらいで、「ちちだんご」を持って帰ると
すごく喜んで食べていた。そして未だにコチラは息子のお気に入り。
Our son was about 3 years old at that time and loved
these chichi dango, and he still loves it till this day.


ブレブレ写真になってしまった。
Such a blurry shot...

それにしてもこの名前の由来は何なんだろう？
ネットではChichi＝Milkと書いてあったので
このお菓子にミルク(ココナツミルク？）でも使われて
いるのかな？とにかく甘くて柔らかいロコにも人気の和菓子です。
I'm not too sure how the name of this product came about.
I read it some place on the web that chichi in this
product's name stands for "milk." Does this mean that they
use milk (coconut milk?) as one of the ingredients?
Anyhow, it's super soft and sweet and is one
of the local favorte sweets.

結膜炎・・・ Pink Eye

先週の日曜からひどい咳だったので月曜日プリスクールを
休ませた我が家の娘。でも月曜日の午後にはぴんぴんしていた
ので火曜日にまた学校に行かせたものの、水曜日の夜
やけに目やにがでているのが気になり、木曜日
小児科へ連れて行ったら、案の定　結膜炎と診断されました。
Our daughter had pretty bad coughs on Sunday, so we kept
her home on Monday. But by the end of that day, she was
up and running as usual, like she's never had any problems.
So we sent her to school from Tuesday, but I noticed some
clumps of mucus forming on both of her eyes on Wednesday
evening, so we ended up taking to the doctor on Thursday.
It turns out that she's got pink eye--one of the nastiest
common illness among the kids.

目の充血が目立たなかったので、風邪のせいで
喉や鼻のほうから目やにがでるようになったのかな〜と
淡い期待をしていたのですが、的外れ。
I was hoping that it was something else since there was
no redness on her eyes, but I was wrong.

なので昨日と今日もプリスクールを休み、
私と旦那が一日交代で娘をみることに。
急遽のお休みなので、仕事の進み具合のスケジュールが
変ったりしてしまうのが、ちょっと大変なんだけど
まあそれは共働き家族の宿命ですよね。
So my husband and I took turns staying home and watched
her the past two days. It's always a bit hard to take
an unexpected day off, but as working parents, things
like this cannot be avoided.

そして「病人」である娘本人はいたって元気・・・
息子が小さかったころにくらべ、この子は
風邪を引く頻度も少ないし、かかってもとにかく
回復力が早い。やっぱりいつもバタバタしている
アクティブなのが健康の秘密なのかも。
As for the "sick" girl at home, she acts as if
she's absolutely healthy. We noticed that she
hasn't gotten sick as often as our son did when
he was little, and even if she does get sick,
she tends to get over it a lot quiker. Is it
because she's so much more active than he was?

ちなみに結膜炎は今のところ私たちにもうつって
いないようなので、このまま完治することを願っています。
So far, none of us has caught her pink eye, and
we're keeping our fingers crossed that it stays
that way, and are hoping that she gets better soon.

変な顔 Funny Face

我が家の娘は誰に似たのかとってもひょうきん・・・。
I don't know who she takes after, but our daughter
is such a clown.

性格の強さやささいなことですぐに怒って泣くところは
どうやら私似だとの意見もあるのですが（汗）
物怖じしない人懐っこさは親の私でも驚かされることがあるほど。
Some say that her head strong personality and her
drama-queeness come from me, but I have no clue
where her friendliness really comes from. She is
pretty bold when it comes to communicating with others.


先月息子の発表会を観にいったとき、待つのに飽きてきた
娘の気を引こうとおもい「おかしい顔して」と頼んだら
こんな表情をしてくれた。
When we went to see our son's performance last month at
his elementary school, our was getting restless from
being bored, so I asked her to make some funny faces
for me. Here're some of the shots of her expressions.









徐々にカメラに近づいてるし・・・
このキャラいつまでも保ってほしい。
She got closer to the camera for each
pose. Hope she stays carefree for
many more years to come.

Broadway Oyster & Seafood Bar

先日久々にお友達と一緒にガールズランチ。
場所はケアモクのマクドナルドの向かいに
できたレストランBroadway Oyster & Seafood Bar。
Had girls' lunch the other day at a new restaurant
on Keeamoku Ave called Broadway Oyster & Seafood Bar.

この日私たちが頼んだメニューは・・・
We ordered...


オイスターフライ　Fried oysters


シーフードドリア　
Seafood doria

メインディッシュにサラダかスープ付きで各＄9なり。
お財布にとっても優しいお値段です。
Each dish came with a choice of soup or salad.
At $9 each, it's a pretty good deal.

ドリアはチーズとシーフードがたっぷりで
超濃厚な味！思いっきり日本のドリアで
と〜っても美味！！クリームソースと
チーズが大好きなのでとても気に入りました。
Doria was super cheesy and full of huge pieces of
seafood. I love white sauce and cheese, so it
was really good. I must say that their doria
really tasted "Japanese" and was super yummy.

オイスターフライもからっと揚げたてで美味しかったです。
Fried oysters were very crispy, and the pices were large.
This was also good.

女性のランチにお勧めです。
A place like this would probably appeal to many women.