初ドリアン First experience of eating durian

19日からインドネシア出張～。
タイ旅行から帰って来ての連続東南アジアで少々お疲れです。

さて、果物の王様と名高いドリア！
しかし、ワシは今まで食べた事が無い。
噂では超旨いが、臭いがキツイ。
ホテル、飛行機には持ち込み禁止っつー果物だよね。

どんだけ旨いんか？？
と興味深々で頂きましたが・・・・。
ま、別にマズくは無いが・・・そんなビックリする程というか、果物王様って程は
旨いとは思わなかった。
食感は溶けかけのバターの様にネトっとした感じで、食べた事の無い味。
甘みは全然強くなく、ビビっていた臭いもほのかにする程度で別に臭くは無い。

中々日本で食べるチャンスは無いと思いますが、東南アジアに行った時には
試してみて！

I’ve visited Indonesia since 19^th Aug because of business trip.

As I introduced in this blog, I went to Bangkok as personal tour last week so I’m little tired because of coming South East Asia 2 week straight.

Anyway, you may know the name durian which is called “King of fruits”.

I haven’t eaten it in my life.

I’ve heard it is very tasty but smell is very strong so we cannot take into hotel and airplane, right?

I had big curiousness how delicious it is??? And ate it….

Yes, it is not bad but it is not surprisingly delicious.

I thought the taste is not as king of fruits.

Texture is like beginning of melting butter and the taste is new I’ve never tasted.

It is not so very sweet and smell is also not as strong which I worried.

It is really little smell and not stink.

It is hard to get chance eating it in Japan but if you visit South East Asia, try it!

タイ旅行！ Thailand tour

15～18日でバンコク旅行に行って来ましたよ～。
本場タイ料理は美味いし、お寺は立派、それにマッサージ～。
実際の滞在日数は2日間の弾丸ツアーでしたが内容の濃い旅行が
出来ました。

しかし、タイってのは油断禁物。
親切に話しかけて来る人の話は、聞いちゃ駄目ね。
俺も危うく騙される所でした。

朝、アットポー傍でタクシーを下車。入口行こうとしたら気さくに声を掛けて来るタイ人。
今日は、王室の儀式があってAMは閉鎖。午後にならないと開かないよ。って。
じゃ、ワットプラケオに行くよ。って言ったら、そこも同じAM閉鎖。
じゃ、カオサン通りに行くよ。って言ったら、あそこの商店街は12時頃にならないと
開かない。だからここが良い、あそこが良いって遠い所ばかり教えてくれる。
こいつ怪しい。って事で、色々有難う。とお礼を言い逆側の入口へ。
全然開いてるじゃねーかよっ！

この手口結構流行っているみたいで、歩いていると「今日はクローズだよ～！」って
やたらと声をかけられる。
みんなタクシー、トゥトゥク、バイクタクシーの運転手。
どんな商売やねん！

I went to Bangkok from 15 to 18^th Aug with my wife.

Food was nice, Temple is beautiful and massage is also good.

We could stay only 2days but I could enjoy a lot!

BUT! If you visit Thai, you have to take care.

If there are people who try to talk you very kind, you don’t need hear the people’s advice.

I was almost cheated.

This is the story.

In the morning in front of Wat Pho temple, we got off taxi and walked to entrance.

One guy was trying to talk me.

He said today there is royal family’s ceremony in here so Wat Pho is closed AM.

It will be open from PM.

I said OK if so, we will visit Temple of the Emerald Buddha.

The guy said it is also doing same ceremony so AM closed. I can go into there from PM.

I said Oh really! OK I will go to Khaosan road.

The guy said the area’s shops don’t open till around noon so even now I go there nothing I can see.

So the guy advised me many good places for tour but all of them are far.

At first I thought this guy is kind but it is unreliable all places I want to go are closed??

So I express him thank and went to opposite side entrance.

Wat Pho was perfectly open for everybody!

I could entry and take massage.

This kind of fraud is like popular in Bangkok because if we walked sidewalk, we will be spoken “Today Close!” from lots of people.

But the all speakers are taxi, mortar cycle taxi and Tuktuk drivers.

What a annoying people they are!

台風11号 Typhoon 11th

四国、九州方面では結構な被害が出ている様ですが、
今回の台風ルートは静岡を外れて雨は全然少ない。
しかし、風はそれなりに吹いてまっせ～。
その被害は思わぬ所に・・・・・。

Typhoon 11^th hits to Shikoku and Kyusyu islands and made big damage in there but it doesn’t come to Shizuoka and we don’t have rain a lot.

But you know it is Typhoon so strong wind is of cause coming to our area too.

And the damage is coming to my house too but it was I didn’t expected place.

グランドキリン Grand KIRIN

義理の妹が突然電話してきて
「今水戸に居るんだけど、今夜泊めてもらっていい？」って。
別に構わんが、今水戸って・・。既に夜の18時半ですが・・一体何時に着くんかね??
ワシは既に呑んでしまっているので、駅に迎えにいけまへんで、お嬢さん。
つーか、もう眠い・・・。

で、お土産に買って来てくれたのが、グランドキリン！
う～ん、見た事あるぞ、これ！高い奴や。
最近流行りのプレミアムビール。
サッポロ　エビス、サントリー　プレミアムとか有るのは知ってるよね？
サントリーは旨いとは思わなかったけど、シルクエビスってのは旨いんよ。
メチャクチャ滑らか、柔らかい舌触りのビール。

ではでは、グランドキリンは如何なもんか???
正直言って、ワシはこれ好き！味が濃い！
これ飲んだ後に一番搾り飲んだら一番搾りが発泡酒か？って思うくらいよ～。
値段も330mlで￥235らしい。普通のビールよりは高いけど、でもビックリする程では無いよね。
タマの贅沢には良いと思いました。
是非お試しあれっ！

My sister in low was suddenly made us phone call and she said “Now I’m in Mito city so can I stay your house tonight?”.

Yah, it is no problem but… now you are at Mito, right?

Time is about 18:30 so I think it takes over 3hours…when can you get my house???

You know, I’ve already drunk so I cannot go to station for pick you up and already feel sleepy.

Then she brought this Grand KIRIN as souvenir.

Yes, I know this is expensive beer!

Nowadays premium beer is kind of boom.

Sapporo Yebisu and Suntory Premium are well known, right?

I’ve tried both but I don’t think Suntory Premium is good but Silk Yebisu is very nice.

The taste is very mild and the feeling of touching tongue is very soft.

You may curious about how about Grand KIRIN, right???

Honestly say I like this! The taste is very deep.

After drinking this, if you taste KIRIN Ichibanshibori which is very famous in Japan as good beer, you will feel it very light taste like a Budweiser.

The price is JPY235 330ml so it is little more expensive than normal beer but it is not surprising price.

I think this is good for occasionally extravagance.

Let’s try this!

塩ホル Salt gut

いやぁ～、今日から8月ですな。
大分暑くなって来ましたが、我が家は、まだエアコン入れてませんぜ！
3階だからか、静岡だからかは解りまへんが、まだ全然いけます。
さてさて、本日紹介したいのは、旭川では超ポピュラーな塩ホルモン！

これ、こっちでは売って無いんだよね～。美味しいのに。
でも、そこはワシの実家からの贈り物。
モヤシと一緒に炒めていただきまぁ～す！

Hello! Aug is starting from today.

Getting hot but we haven’t been using air conditioner in my house yet.

I don’t know because my house is third floor or in Shizuoka prefecture but somehow I haven’t needed air conditioner at all.

Anyway, today what I want to introduce you is Salt gut which is very popular in my home town Asahikawa city.

This is very delicious but not sold in Shizuoka.

BUT!!! My Mom sends me this some time.

I always cook this with beansprout and eat with my wife.