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

Where in the world is Fuji Mama?

My parents arrived here in Tokyo on Wednesday evening, and we did what any self-respecting hosts would do and fed them a proper meal. We took them to one of my most favorite restaurants in the whole world, Kaikaya’s. If you ever get to go to this little gem of a restaurant, EVERYTHING is good, […]

Enjoying Edo

We have had gloriously beautiful weather so far this week. Squirrel likes to go outside an walk around. She doesn’t appear to have any specific agenda except walking. No destination, nothing she’s particularly interested in, just walking. She did show an interest in some flowers this afternoon though. Yesterday I went with some friends to […]

The Incredible Edible Egg–Boiled Quail’s Eggs With Toast

Okay, I know, I know, the title is a little cheesy, but it was what came to mind when I started thinking about this post! What can I say? I'm a cheesy gal. I love eggs. I love them boiled, poached, scrambled, fried, and any other way you could think up to serve them to […]

Hinamatsuri—Part Deux

It has been one of those weeks where it seems that hours disappear each time I blink. So here I am finally telling you what we did to celebrate Hinamatsuri! As I explained before, Hinamatsuri is celebrated on March 3rd. Families with young daughters celebrate this event at home to ensure their daughter’s future happiness. […]

Happy Hinamatsuri!

Do you wish for your daughter’s happiness? Well today is the day to do it here in Japan. Today is Hinamatsuri (雛祭り), the Japanese Doll Festival , or Girls’ Day, held every year on March 3, the third day of the third month. I’ll be telling you a little bit more about my celebration of […]

Channeling My Inner Julia

D is for Daring–Daring Bakers that is. Not only am I a daring eater, but now I am attempting to be a Daring Baker. What is a Daring Baker you ask? Well, she/he is a person who loves anything having to do with flour, butter, sugar, yeast and the opportunity to better their baking […]

A Room with a View

I know I always mention our great view of Fuji-san from outside our frontdoor, but we have a pretty spectacular view from the balcony off of our living room as well. Not a bad way to end the day, is it? © Copyright 2007-2009 La Fuji Mama, all rights reserved

Calling all cukes! Sunomono (Japanese Cucumber Salad)

If you give me a choice between your regular garden variety cucumber and a Japanese cucumber, I will choose the Japanese cucumber every time, hands down. I love cucumbers, but for me, the Japanese cucumber is the empress of them all. It does not need to be peeled or seeded and the flavor is mild […]

The Innovation of Young Minds

Look at Squirrel sitting there oh so quietly. This is a rare occurrence, very rare indeed. But wait, what is she sitting on? A Fisher Price school bus of course! “Duh Mom! It’s the most logical thing in the world to be sitting on.”Even Squirrel is proud of her innovation. © Copyright 2007-2009 La Fuji […]

Attack!

“What do we mean by the defeat of the enemy? Simply the destruction of his forces, whether by death, injury, or any other means — either completely or enough to make him stop fighting. . . . The complete or partial destruction of the enemy must be regarded as the sole object of all engagements. […]

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