La Fuji Mama — Bringing world flavors to the family dinner table.

Pierre Hermé Chocolate Eclair induced nostalgia

This month's Daring Bakers challenge was hosted by hosted by Meeta of What's for Lunch Honey? and Tony of Tony Tahhan. I've been pretty tired and stressed this month from our move and hadn't even looked at what this month's challenge until about a week and a half ago. I had been contemplating forgoing the […]

Who’s your Papa? Beard Papa’s Cream Puffs

No, I’m not back in Tokyo to go to my favorite Beard Papa’s in Shibuya station (I wish!), and no, I didn’t drive back to the Costa Mesa Marukai to check out the Beard Papa’s there either. When I discovered that Beard Papa’s had made its way to the US, I looked up the different […]

Summer Spice–Tom Khai Gai

Tom Khai Gai (Thai Coconut Chicken Soup) Makes 6 servings Adapted from Coconut Chicken Soup recipe on Epicurious.com 2 14-ounce cans light unsweetened coconut milk 3 cups chicken broth 2 cups thinly sliced crimini mushrooms (or whatever mushrooms you prefer) 6 tablespoons finely chopped lemongrass 1/4 cup fish sauce (nam pla) 2 tablespoons minced fresh […]

Ginger Chicken

Saturday night was our first night in the new house. We spent Saturday moving out of our temporary apartment in Irvine. We are still waiting for our things to arrive that were in storage, and hope they arrive soon. My mom, bless her heart, spent her morning helping us move and then her afternoon babysitting […]

Team Fuji Goes for Gold

I love the Olympics and have so many good memories associated with watching them. This Olympics has been no exception as I have found myself swept up in the Michael Phelps mania, watching anxiously as our gymnasts rocketed and whirled their bodies around as if gravity didn’t apply to them, cheered on our runners and […]

Dreaming

I had a dream last night that we had moved back to Japan and I was trying to find us a car. In my dream I spent hours and hours looking for the perfect car for our family, becoming increasingly more frustrated in the process. I finally had a zing of inspiration and realized that, […]

More "Marketing"

We’re on a roll here in the Fuji household. As a family activity last night we went to the other market on my list of Japanese markets. This time we went to Marukai in Costa Mesa. There are Marukai stores all around Southern California, one of which has a 98¢ store (like a hyaku en […]

Moving and Mitsuwa

We are finally back in California and started moving into our house on Saturday! We are only partially moved in however, because all of our stuff that was left in storage when we moved to Japan has not yet arrived. We were told about 3 months ago that it had already been moved out to […]

Tribute

Mr. Fuji’s grandmother passed away yesterday. This comes with a mix of emotions. Sadness because of the loss, but gratitude that things didn’t drag out and she didn’t have to suffer very long. It has been an honor and a privilege to get to know this incredible woman. Eleanor, or Ellie as she was called, […]

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

On Friday I went in for a bit of a chop, 13 inches to be exact. Bye bye Rapunzel hair! Hello lightheadedness! It’s been awhile since I’ve cut off that much hair. This time around it’s going to Locks of Love which actually made the cut way more fun since I know that all that […]

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