Sunday, September 30, 2007

Boston 1 Day Trip


I went to Boston with my friend yesterday(Sep. 29). We met at 7:30AM on uptown campus and went by bus. We arrived at Boston about 10AM.At first, we went to Harvard University(http://www.harvard.edu/) by subway. Compared with New York City's subway, Boston's subway is cleaner and comfortable and I like it! Harvard University has huge area and a lot of green. There were many people to see campus. We wanted to see a statue of "John Harvard" who founded this university. I heard the story which "touching his left foot makes us happy", so I touched his left foot. After walking the campus, we went to "COOP" and bought some goods.
On lunch time, we went to "Porter Exchange Mall", where is famous Japanese restaurant and Japanese supermarket. We ate Sushi(http://kotobukiyamarket.com/sushi.htm) and it was so delicious, especially row fish was so tasty. After eating, we went to Japanese supermarket(http://kotobukiyamarket.com/tobukiyamarket.com/) and bought some Japanese groceries.


In afternoon, we went around "little Italy" and ate dessert at "Trani(http://tranibrand.com/)".
First we selected our pastry(we selected eclair and cup cake), then they put ice cream in pastry and finished the process by topping with warm chocolate. they were really delicious!!!

After went around "Little Italy", we went to "Qunicy Market(http://www.faneuilhallmarketplace.com/)" and bought some food for dinner. We bought Lobster's sandwich, boiled shrimp and clam chowder. We shared all of them and were full. We left Boston 7:30AM and arrived Albany about 10:30PM. I was soooo tired.




Thursday, September 27, 2007

Today's dinner


Today, I had a "JLCC(Japanese Language and Culture Club)"meeting at 6:00PM. After that, I went to "SUSHI-TEI" with my friend. I went there once in lunch time but I had a first time to go dinner time. There were many customers in this restaurant. We ordered Sushi-combo. In Sushi-combo, there were 3 kinds of sushi rolls. My combo was California roll, tuna roll and yellow tail roll. My friend's combo was California roll, JA roll and ...(I forgot the name). I did not know what JS roll is and asked the staff. JA roll means Japanese American roll and this roll contains eel and cream cheese! Strange combination!!!I could not image the taste. After tasting this roll, I still could not express whether this roll is delicious or not!!

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Mezzo Marketplace & Eatery (Deli&Cafe)


My husband and I went to buy our lunch at "Mezzo Marketplace & Eatery(http://www.mezzomarket.com/)" where is near the Washington park. In this shop, there are some sandwiches, soup and some kinds of meals. We bought 2 kinds of sandwiches and sesame chicken. The bread of sandwiches is so nice and I like this taste. Here is cooking class in this cafe and I am interested in it.
This cafe is selected "Best Gourmet Takeout" in 2007 by Metroland(http://metroland.net/).
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Mezzo Marketplace & Eatery
340 Hamilton Street,
Albany, NY 12210
TEL (518)463-6240
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Saturday, September 22, 2007

Birthday Party


Last Thursday was my Japanese friend birthday, so some of my friends came to my apartment and have a party today. I prepared some Japanese food and cake! We had lunch together. We had a good time to talk and eat. I was so satisfied today.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Apple Picking


Today, my husband and I went to "Indian ladder farm(http://www.indianladderfarms.com/cgi-bin/ilf.cgi)" for Apple picking. Last year, I went there with my classmates and enjoyed very much. We bought the bag($11 each) and started picked apples. There were three kinds of apples which we could pick today. "MacIntosh" is excellent for eating and sauce, "Cortland" is excellent for eating and pie and baking, and "Gala" is excellent for eating and salad. We can pick Japanese apples(Fuji and Mutsu) from end of October. We picked 71 apples in one bag! How will we eat such a lot of apples!!!

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Somen noodle


One of my friends invited us to come to her house and we had a somen noodle party. There are over 30 guests in her house and we ate and drank backyard. Some guests took homemade cakes, cookies and beer. That beer was so delicious. I was really surprised it. Today was little rainy and cold. I think it was last party in this summer and we will have a fall season soon.

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Indian Cuisine(Indian Restaurant)


My husband and I went to "Indian Cuisine(http://www.indiancuisinelatham.com/)" to eat lunch. I lunch time, we can eat Indian Buffet in this restaurant($7.95). Most other Indian buffet price is almost $6 but this restaurant meal are better than other Indian restaurant. There are salad, 6 kinds of Curry, dessert, rice, Tandoori Chicken and so on. Curry are so delicious. When I entered this restaurant and saw meals, I thought "there are not Naan here" and I depressed so much. But Naan and Poori were served just made to each customer! I was so impressed!! Of course, we can eat them as much as we eat.
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INDIAN CUISINE
571 Watervliet Shaker Rd.,
Latham, NY 12110
TEL (518)783-7838
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Saturday, September 8, 2007

Java Jazz Cafe & Bakery (Cafe)


My husband and I went to "Java Jazz Cafe & Bakery(http://javajazzcafe.net/javajazzcafe/)" to eat lunch. In this cafe, we can eat Wraps, Pita, Sub, Salads and so on. We ate Wraps($4~$6). Compared with other cafe, the quantity is little small but it good for me! I can eat all of it. The atmosphere of this cafe is better. If this cafe is near my apartment, I go there every day and stay for several hours!
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Java Jazz Cafe & Bakery
318 Delaware Avenue,
Delmar, NY 12054
TEL (518)439-1727
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Sunday, September 2, 2007

Brotherhood Winery


My husband and I went to "Brotherhood Winery(http://www.brotherhoodwinery.net/pages/default.asp" today. It took about one and half hour to go there from our apartment. This winery is one of the oldest i the New York State and is very famous. There were many visitors in this winery. We could taste $2 each and tasted 8 kinds of wine(4 kinds of White wine, 3 kinds of Red wine and a kind of Sparkling wine) . They have more kinds of wine; such as special wine and dessert wine. If I want to taste, I can do. After tasting, we bought 5 bottles of wine(N.Y.Burgundy $6.99、Cream Sherry $7.99、Merlot $14.99、Cabernet Sauvignon $14.99、Johannisberg Riesling $9.99).
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Brotherhood Winery
100 Brotherhood Plaza Drive,
Washingtonville, NY 10992
TEL (845)496-3661
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Saturday, September 1, 2007

Laber day weekend


My husband and I went to Farmers market in Troy(http://www.troymarket.org/). I really like this market. We bought Prams, Tomatoes, Apple juice and Bread. On the way to our apartment, we dropped in "Rensselaer Lake Pine Bush(http://www.albanypinebush.org/discovery_center/field_station_rensselaer_lake.htm)" and ate some of them. Today, the weather was so nice and we enjoyed eating bread and Prams on the bench in front of the lake.