A Package From My Mother-In-Law |
This is soba noodles. This month, I bought men tsuyu, noodle soup, at Japanese supermarket. I will make hikkoshi soba this week. :)
Soba Noodles そば |
This is somen (素麺), Ibonoito (揖保乃糸). Somen is Japanese very thin noodles. When I was child, my family often had cold somen noodles during hot summer days. This Ibonoito is the most famous brand of somen noodle in Japan.
Ibonoito 揖保乃糸 |
This is instant ramen noodles, Marutai Kurume Tonkotsu Ramen. This is local ramen noodles in Fukuoka prefecture. :)
Marutai Kurume Tonkotsu Ramen マルタイ 久留米 とんこつラーメン |
This is dried seaweed, wakame. I will add a small amount of wakame into my miso soup.
Wakame わかめ |
This is shredded dried kombu. I will make cucumber pickles with this.
Shredded Dried Kelp きざみ昆布 |
This is dried sea vegetable, hijiki. When I lived in Osaka, I always put a small amount of simmered hijiki and vegetables in my lunch box because it's healthy and perfect with a bento box. :) I will make takikomigohan (炊き込みご飯) this time.
Dried Sea Vegetable ひじき |
These are Japanese fruit jellies. One of them is blueberry in it and the other is loquat, biwa, in it. These look so delicious. :)
Japanese Fruit Jellies |
This is shio ame, salt candies. People in Japan eat salt candies when they get sweaty on a hot summer day. They drink a plenty of water and replace salt lost in sweat by eating salt candies.
Slat Candies 塩あめ |
This is Kanten Kokuto Kombu. They are chewy candies made from kelp and brown sugar.
Chewy Kelp Candies 寒天 黒糖 昆布 |
I had never had it before, so I was interested in how it tastes.
Chewy Kelp Candies 寒天 黒糖 昆布 |
I also gave one to him, and we tried them for our first time. It was really new taste to us. It tasted like sweet kelp, and frankly we didn't really like them. We still have a plenty of kelp candies left. What should we do...
Chewy Kelp Candies 寒天 黒糖 昆布 |
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