Parfait Obsession

I had a few obsessions while I was in Japan. Ramen, Bento, and parfait. Cat's cafe was a particularly awesome parfait shop in the Aeon/Jusco mall 15 minutes from my dorm.

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Shiho and a tiramisu parfait.

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Yuuki and some more Cat's Cafe parfait.

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A parfait from the now extinct Skylark's (now just Gusto).

What's not to like about them? Sometimes me and some other exchange students would fantasize about opening up a parfait shop in America like one in Japan... when we magically have money... when we're real people.

Sometimes though they had really bitter coffee jelly in them. I dunno about that. I really did like the "Wafuu" or traditional Japanese style of parfait with green tea icecream, mochi, and azuki beans. Mmmm... I'm making myself hungry for things I can't have.

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I am going to post pictures of all the things I eat and make, especially the delicious ones. I think this will reveal who I am because I'm all about food. :D

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This is the first thing I took a picture of in Japan. It's a cold soba with an egg and little nori seaweed strips. I actually remember it being pretty gross because the egg had a foamy-texture, but my "guardian" Shiho picked me up from the airport and took me out to eat. She wound up doing lots of wonderful things for me, and this was the beginning of my attempts to be fearless when dining.

I'm going to be double posting something old and something new a lot, I think.

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This is my roommate, Romina. She's from Germany. Her birthday just passed, and I baked her a cake and we went on a picnic.

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It's a simple yellow cake with a buttercream glaze and a blackberry filling.

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These are her pictures, but it was my cooking. We have a botanical garden here, so a group of us went and made traditional bento food for hanami, or flower viewing festival. We made chirashizushi and makizushi. It was a pretty great day. Everyone really enjoyed it.

And that's it! For now. :)