Out for a walk and a smoke with the old boy.
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Vienna Hotel room pic

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My son Maxi has spent almost half a year in Kyoto from October 2023 to March 2024. Mainly to learn Japanese in a language school and to learn more about Japanese life and culture. I picked him up in March and we spent a week in Kyoto together. When we returned home I already knew I would love to come back to Japan as soon as possible. In November we went back for two weeks and did a round trip Tokyo - Nagoya - Kyoto - Kanazawa area - Tokyo.
We did a bit of Tokyo sightseeing, stayed some time in a Buddhist Temple, explored Kyoto by bike, visited many temples, went to tea cermonies, hiked in the mountains around Kyoto, stayed in an Onsen Ryokan near Kaga, hiked through rural Japan countryside and mountains there... and of course lots of Japanese food.

I will add some pics of the trip the next couple of days.

Quick Hotel room mirror pic

Any denim nerds here?

Maxi went for a pair of Lewis Leather Boots

Lunch

The goodest boy turned 11 years today. Happy Birthday Chap!

14 oz broken twill in the house

Some of pictures from Kyoto. We were manly in the North driving around with the bikes to see temples, shrines and gardens.

Autumn foliage has started at many places all over Kyoto. (Maple leaves turning red)

First things first: Tsukiji Market in Tokyo, Seafood haven

@Giles said in What's your favourite wine?:

Are you sure, it's next to the helm..........?

But the SAKURA rule is no booze whilst driving.

But you know what they say about rules......

Rules on a boat are made by the skipper?

But you are right and I can agree with that rule. We just need to drop anchor from time to time…

@Giles said in What's your favourite wine?:

She has a dedicated booze fridge

Love her...

@Giles said in What's your favourite wine?:

Envious.....

I presume SAKURA has a pretty decent fridge to cool some bottles?

@Alex said in What's your favourite wine?:

And one you may remember, @Chap, depending on how "deep in conversation" you were with Josh at the time 

@Alex I remember all of them because they were exactly my kind of wine

@Giles We had two bottles from this winemaker when we had the Japanese dinner with Margarethe and Junichi. Green Dragonfly and Sail Swallowtail. This is their Chardonnay Fire Salamander..

Et voilà... La Quiche

Looks great!

@Giles said in Iron Chef WAYCT - What Are You Cooking Today:

Fresh mushrooms. This is the recipe I followed....

https://www.seriouseats.com/beef-bourguignon-red-wine-stew-recipe

I never used gelatin. I would use beef broth instead of chicken and no fish sauce or soy sauce this is

Quiche Lorraine in the making

Boeuf Bourguignon is on our list quite regularly. Beef looks great maybe a tad smaller chunks and I roast it very dark at the beginning, are these fresh or canned mushrooms? Shallots or fresh onions are ok I never used pearl onions... some flour to get a good texture for the gravy? Tomato paste?