Fun Branch on Sat!

My colleague "Stephanie" invited me to the party last Sat. She and her friend "Eric" who love to cook prepared many(Really Many!) dishes for their friends, and every dishes were so good! The party was started from 1:00 PM and 15 or more guests were in and out. Fabulous foods and nice people, I could enjoyed the party a lot! Here are the menu I had on Sat.

Mini Asparagus & Cream Cheese wrapped in Parma Ham

 Rosemary & Lemon Baked Brie wrapped in Puff Pastry
Honey & Mulling Spices Baked Brie wrapped in Puff Pastry

Roasted Vegetables

Parmesan Bread Pudding with Broccoli Rabe and Pancetta

Cheese Platter(Two types of Blue, Camembert and Monterey Jack)

The white Blue was really good, and I could not stop eating.

 Curried Lentils, Olive Tapenade, Tomato Bruschetta
(served with crostini)

Braised Pomegranate Pulled Pork on Soft Rolls
Roasted Garlic(behind)

The pork was amazingly good! I should get the recipe:)

Sweet Spiced Roast Beef on Baguette with choice of Chipotle Mayonnaise or Blue Cheese Mayonnaise

(I love blue cheese and this mayo was really good one!)

Layered Biscuit(Scone)

Brownies

Snickerdoodler

(It's my favorite cookie she bakes! Yum!)

Raspberry Jam

Vanilla Honey Butter(w/ cinnamon)

(It was also really good! I forgot it is butter and I spread it A lot on a cracker :p)

Spinach Quiche
Bacon & Onion Quiche
I was too full to eat them, so I could not taste them...gee.

"Mushroom & Peppercorn Bake" was also on the table, but I forgot to take a picture...it was really good, too.
French breads, buns, croissants were on the table, too. We kept drinking and eating until late night. I don't know how much I ate...I usually don't drink alcohol, but I guess I drank 4 or 5 glasses of bubbles...

Thanks inviting me to the party, Stephanie and Eric!
You two are really great chefs!

Remodeled Kabukiza Theater

Remodeled "Kabuki-za" opened on April 2nd. The construction was started in 2010, and it completed in March this year. The Gallary on the fifth floor of the building behind the Kabukiza, and we can see the costumens, stage properties, and the things related to Kabuki.

 I didn't see a Kabuki the day I visited there, so I could not look inside the theather.

Many people like me were there and took a picture outside of the theater.

                                 "Kabukiza Inari"                        Many barrels of Sake with the word
                                                                                     "大人"(Oiri=full house)

There are some shops on the second floor of the basement, and it was packed full of people because of the weekend. I just got the "Kabuki" bread which has the Kabuki face's stamp on it.

Real Life Mario Kart

I found Mario was stopped his kart in front of the convinience store across my aprtment. It seems he and his buddies was shooting the movie on the street.

 It's difficult to see, but Mario has a banana in his hand.

When he started the game again, he throwed a banana peels on the street. (I saw his boddy ate it and handed it to Mario before he started the engine...Funny J) The kart behind Mario, the driver picked the peel from the street.