Mr Tofu

Mr Tofu is a very different Korean restaurant.  They are known for their Hot Pot  (soup) but have a lot of other interesting menu selections. They bring 16 banchan dished to your table which is the most I have ever seen.  I had to try the bibimbap as that is my go to dish.  Next time I would stick with the pork or try one of the hot pots.  Well worth a visit if you want to break away from the Korean BBQ scene.

BTW, the original Hwaro that burned down last year just reopened on Spring Mountain Rd.

Banchan!!! A ton of small side dishes to mix in with your main course.
Hot Pot with tofu and dumpling
Seafood bibimbap

 

Fugetsu

We were really excited to try Fugetsu.  They have Okonomiyaki on the menu.  This is not seen often in the US.  We had some wonderful Hiroshima style okonomiyaki in Nara last year.   They have an ‘All you can eat’ option but that is the last thing I need.  They have a ton of things on the menu but we kept it simple for a change. The atmosphere is nice but the music was horrible.  They had a loud Kpop/rap thing going which made us leave as soon as possible.

The Okonomiyaki + noodles = Modanyaki looked really good but was burned on the bottom and soggy in the middle. I think this location just opened and they are probably still have some kinks to work out.  Hope to see progress someday in the next visit.

Dragon Roll: Shrimp, Crab, Unagi, and Avocado.
Seafood Modanyaki: Noodle base with seafood on top.
Pork Modanyaki: Pork belly on top

Update

Sorry for not posting for a few months – had some technical difficulties.  I could ping the server and ssh into the little guy, but could not get any html to generate.   It uses a little SD card as a hard drive so I guessed that was corrupted and reimaged to the latest backup.  That didnt work so I thought there was something wrong with the NIC on the raspberry pi itself so replaced that unit with a new one.  That didn’t work so I rebuilt from scratch using backup files.  Thanks to stackexchange.com for the search forums.

 

Lighthouse Restaurant

Jeanie and I ventured out to try a new restaurant in town – Lighthouse Restaurant.

The menu is very simple yet practical for the area, senior residential area, a motel, and Hemenway Park near-by.

We both liked our sandwiches 😊

Next time, I’m taking Rob out to try the steaks!

Canada, eh

We snuck out of the 100+ degree heat to go up to chilly Canada.   Flew to Vancouver and drove up to Whistler the first night.  I have always wanted to go to Whistler after watching hundreds of mountain bike videos filmed there.  We did not have time to bike this trip but need to go back and spend a week at the lower village.

We took the ferry to Victoria island from Horseshoe bay to Nanaimo and drove 2 hours down to the city center.  We had a few nights at the Pendray Inn.  It is an old mansion on the water that is famous for their traditional afternoon tea service. We took a 4 hour whale watching tour and were successful in seeing Orcas, Humpbacks, Sea Lions, a deer and thousands of birds.

We then took the ferry back to the mainland and drove around Stanley park before flying out.   All in all, Vancouver is like a clean expensive Seattle before drug culture took over.

Slideshow and video of whales are here over on bitchute.

Shutterfly album is here.

Dockside dining in Victoria
Totem poles everywhere
City Center from Stanley Park

Indiana

We have not been posting recently – Just super busy every single day!

New and exciting change to me – and had a chance to visit in South Bend, Indiana!

Met with great people there.  Very green and humid, I even saw fog in the morning – what a change of weather!

My hair was just so puffed up everyday!

Away from home was pretty lonely – yet it made me appreciate my loving husband and my cutest kitty at home even more!

St. Joseph River
St. Joseph River
St. Joseph River and downtown buildings
1st Source Bank and my hotel I stayed
Fog in the morning
Park near-by
Theater in downtown – Quiet Sunday Evening
Very Excited to work at 1st Source Bank
1st Source Bank Corporate Office in South Bend, IN

Birthday at Office

This year, I had to go to office for work on my birthday.

Co-workers made it very special with a cake, bagels, chicken wings, Spanish baked goods, and handmade l’ai from Joyce! 🙂

Noney, Joyce, Tomoko, and Sunshine
Jolly Rancher L’ai
Fresh L’ai