Akakiko

If you frequent this blog and my other blog, you probably know who Kuya O is. If not, let me introduce him again. Kuya O was a highschool senior when I was a freshman, he was the head of the whole school, so to speak, he holds the position of Student Council Chairman. He was also the editor of our school paper to which I submitted my earliest articles as an aspiring writer. :) Mostly about school events that we had actually. We never met personally in highschool but I know his name, he was that famous. :)

Fastforward to 13 years, I learned that he is in Japan finishing his doctorate degree. He is also working at Osaka University as a researcher. Some time last year he messaged me to let me know that he is coming over for a research program...so came he did, I fetch him from the Vienna international airport and literally burdened him with his own baggage....lol. It doesn't matter that we never talked back when we were in the same school, we chatted like we know each other from our childhood days. The kids and I enjoyed being with him, strolling around the city and eating out during his 2-month stay.

If there is one thing I admire about Kuya O, it is his nonchalant attitude about things. For one, he sipped his ramen soup at the restaurant we dined in as a real Japanese would...The locals were looking, of course, but he just went ahead and finished his bowl. It's not only about food, there are a lot of things too that he is nonchalant about but I won't elaborate much.

Left: Miso Ramen bowl (Kuya O's bowl) - Miso soup bowl with Ramen noodles, spring onions, carrots, red and green paprika and soy sprouts. 

Right: Tofu Itame bowl (my bowl) - Soup bowl with fried tofu cubes, paprika, soy bean sprouts and carrots. Served with rice. 

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Akakiko is one of the many Japanese fastfood restaurants in Vienna. It's not exactly my favorite when it comes to Japanese dishes, it just happened that we were near the place that particular Thursday morning. (Kuya O arrived a day earlier). He took me here after he got his allowance from the bank. lol. That branch was at the middle of the city and frequented by tourists. He said the prices are much lower compared to what he usually had in Japan...I bet so since the freshest ingredients for ramen and other seafood of the finest sushi grade is the best there!

A must for pinoys: rice...

My tofu bowl was served real hot, it was good but a bit on the bland side, thanks to the soy sauce and other condiments provided. It was such a huge serving that I only ate half of it. One good thing about it is I am able to take home leftovers. The friendly Filipina server gave it to me in a plastic container at the same time asking us: "Hindi po kayo taga-dito ano?" (You're not from here, right?) Obviously referring to Kuya O sipping his bowl.

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this photo courtesy of Akakiko

Akakiko - Easy Japanese Dining

                Singerstrasse 4

              1010 Vienna

Phone: 057 333 140
http://www.akakiko.at/

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Doughnuts do nuts...

Dunkin donuts - Hubby's favorites!

Hubby has always been a Dunkin donut fanatic...too strong a word but boxes of them at home ever weekend would prove that. Back when there were just us we would munch on them rings. He; Bavarian and I; Butternut! When we left for Vienna, Krispy Kreme was unknown to us (and Mister Donut was never a competition). It is still an unknown chain in this late-about-trends-country.

Krispy Kreme to sweet!

My older brother loves food in general. When he learned that we've never had Krispy Kreme even during those earlier years that we would be home, he generously brought us a box to try. "Too sweet!" was the verdict. We wouldn't trade DD for KK...lol.

Anyway, back in Vienna, there are a very few choices for donuts here and the one we could buy from the nearest Pattiserie costs 1,60€ (2.50$), chocolate glazed with choco bits and not as soft as DD's dough. So what else to do but attempt to make our own? Click here for my recipe.

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Macarons (again)

I finally got the chance to make macarons at home. It is never always a success. I had to try a lot of times and had to experiment from a handful of recipes I gathered. There are a dozen tips and tricks given by those more experienced on perfecting macarons.                                                                                         

Matching up the filling for the macaron shells is somewhat not so easy. There are hundreds of flavors. So for today let me show you two, lemon and cherry-flavored macarons.

As you can see, the lemon-flavored turned out ok while my red/pink developed feet but didn't grow as much. Nevertheless still yummy.

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Ikea, haircut and food!

Two weeks ago I accompanied an aunt to buy a cake turner from Ikea. It is inevitable not to buy when one goes to Ikea. There's just so many things that you know will make every corner of your home beautiful. Red attracts me the most. We had one side of our living room walls painted with red so I would match the displays at home with red and white. Imagine my awe with this display of lamps.

I bought some flower, batteries, a pair of bowl and some plates and also seasoning dispensers. Some of them bought from spontaneity but I will surely make use of them well.

At the Ikea food shop, the little boys requested for some candies...photo below. They surely looks like spaghetti, raw and one as though it has been soaked in tomato sauce. These are candies that resembles gummy bears and the kids did enjoy them 

At home, I made use of the red bowl that I bought from a Japanese store months ago. I made bacon potato soup. Click here for my recipe. :) Pardon the title, I was supposed to write about some haircut too but I think I'll include that on my next post, I'm really sleepy....ZzzZZ

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