PBW---Blissful Weekend!

After my MIL was discharged from the hospital, we always find time to visit the bukid of tralala ( I guess you all know where the place is ) to tend and help her around every weekend. She's doing fine ( thank you my friends for all the prayers ) but she cannot walk really well unlike before.

During our visit to my PIL, my kids went to do what they love to do every summer and that is harvesting time! My MIL and kids went to pick up blueberries again ( just like of last year ) at their grannies blueberry farm and not only that, lots of corn and summer veggies like eggplants, pumpkins, cucumbers were harvested during our stay there. It seems like that they've been waiting for us ready to be picked up ( and to be eaten lol ). My kids Great Granny is the one whose doing the regular picking and sometimes she would send us a package full of veggies available at her garden. Now I'm looking forward for another tasty veggies to harvest next season ^_^

---My MIL, Haruka and Wakaba picking up fresh blueberries at the farm---
---Blueberries------Bonding time errr kulitan time -------Cutie cousin Ayana chan------Daddy wishing for another baby girl?------Our lil baby at the bukid of tralala---
---Haruka harvesting some sweetcorn together with Okibachan ( Great Granny )---
---Wakaba doing her part---

---Eggplants---
---Haruka gladly poses for me---
---So happy together---
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Have a nice week ahead to everybody!!^_^

Food Trip Friday--Sansai

One of the highlights of our Golden Week is the Sansai Matsuri held at my Mother-In-Law's ramen shop--- Sansai by the way is the Japanese wild vegetables, a seasonal, organic and has low-calorie. We went early ( before everybody else does ) to the mountain ( a secret place )to gather wild goodies from nature and yes, we're called as the 'sansai hunters' ^_^ There are lots of sansai found everywhere at the mountain ( some from inaccessible places ) during spring and this year the growth of it is somehow late but was glad that we had harvested all kinds of edible grasses and get them ready for selling for the sansai matsuri. Some city folks went their way all the way here just to buy these wild vegetable delicacies and I tell yah, they all taste good! I had a hard time of harvesting the taranome coz of the thorn that's hurting me whenever I grabbed the branch. Sansai goodies is best to eat as tempura ( sprinkled only with salt is highly recommended), ohitashi ( it is boiled, added sesame paste and soysauce), pickles, etc. You can buy anywhere this seasonal goodies from supermarket or order them at a Japanese restaurant but definetely at a highest price! It's luxurious to to have a feast with all these fresh, wild veggies from nature! And again, another fun and new experience for me!! ^_^
---Kogomi------Zenmai------Warabi--- ---The heavenly Taranome, best for tempura---
---Yama Udo---
---My lunch, Sansai Soba topped with sansai tempura, never mind my beer lol!---
---Sansai, packed and ready for selling---
---Mixed Sansai Tempura, just sprinkle a little bit of salt or you can add directly the salt to the tempura batter. That's how my MIL's way of making her sansai tempura---
---My MIL's Sansai Okowa, it's a seasonal sticky rice with all sorts of sansai mountain vegetables. Not much with savory dashi but more on the natural flavor of sansai and is healthy ---

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Golden Week Episode---Sansai Matsuri

It is a tradition at my MIL's ramen shop to held a Sansai Matsuri ( sansai means Japanese wild vegetables and if you don't have any idea of it, you must go back here for my Food Trip Friday entry) during Golden Week ( longest holiday here in Japan ) and just like of last year we went to their place to help and not only us, my Sister and Brother-In-Law are also present. We had our tent set and displayed all sorts of fresh, wild sansai goodies from nature and was packed and ready for selling. Some are tempura-ed and given to costumers who ordered at the omice ( shop ) as service and some are for free tasting. It's a great feeling to see costumers with a smile on their faces! As usual and as expected, tiring but F-U-N!!

Sansai is a seasonal wild vegetables found at the mountainside( that's our bukid of tralala ) and that's why some city folks come over yearly to buy sansai at my MIL's omice. The Sansai Matsuri lasted for 5 days but we helped for 3 days coz we also have to treat the kids since it's a holiday. You can also read our Golden Week Episodes here. ---Kabu, Japanese turnip---
---Kabocha Manju, a Japanese steamed cake ( pumpkin dough ) with anko ( red bean paste ) filling---
---Fresh and large asparagus, from my Great Granny's backyard---
---My dear husband is packing some sansai tempura, deep fried by my Mother-In-Law---
---Our lil helper, Wakaba tried to do her part to help---
---My SIL and myself, during breaktime---
---My kids plus the cousins------Our kiddie costumers waiting for their order with SIL---

---My MIL is fooling me up coz I'm drunk already and it's still noon lol!---
---Breaktime---
---Just having so much fun!---
---How envious lol!

Have a nice day to everybody!