Recipe : Stick Cheese Cake

* For Cookies (Base part)

1 cup + 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
4 tablespoons butter
1 egg

1. Preheat oven to 350 degree F.
2. Combine butter and sugar, and cream until light and whitish.
3. Add egg twice (half at time) and mix well after each one.
4. Add flour and stir until just combine.
5. Place batter into pan and make thin and flat.
6. Bake at 350 degree F for 15 minutes, then place to be cool.

* For Cheese cake(Top part)

8 ounce cream cheese
2.5 tablespoon salt-free butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup yogurt
2 teaspoon lemon juice
2 eggs
1/4 cup cornstarch

1. Combine butter and cream cheese well.
2. Add sugar, yogurt, lemon juice, egg and cornstarch, and mix well after each one.
3. Pour batter over the cookies which you baked.
4. Bake at 350 degree F for 60 minutes.
5. Cut and wrap.

Stick Cheese Cake

I made "Stick Cheese Cake" last Sunday. This type of Cheese Cake is popular in Japan. It is easy to eat during walking and we do not need dishes and forks. I have not seen this type in America even if American people really like Cheese Cake.

Lark Fest

I went to Lark Fest(http://www.larkstreet.org/festivals.php) today. There were many people there and I was excited. I walked around the street and saw many stands. I bought some leaf tea and bobble tea at the Good Leaf Gourmet Tea (http://goodleaftea.blogspot.com/). Then, I bought "Farafel" at Al-baraki Ⅱ, "Spring Roll" at Sukothai and bread at "Crisan". Only food..... I could see many kinds of clothes and accessories, and heard rock music on stage. I met some friends and had a good time with them.

Dinner with My Friends

I went to "Mari's Japanese Cuisine(2049　Van Vranken Avenue, Schenectady, NY 12308)" with my friends because one of my friend's birthday is tomorrow! However, unfortunately, he got sick and he could not join us today.... I really recommend this restaurant but there are any chance to take my friends because it is little far from the SUNY.
Because today Friday, there were many customers in this restaurant. I ate "Chicken Tempura" and "Rainbow roll", and my friends ate "Sukiyaki", "Chicken lever", "Pork Katsu" and so on. I like this rainbow roll because the fish which is used are fresh and tasty. I love it! Off course, tempura are good, too. Chicken were very juicy.
We talked a lot and laughed a lot. I enjoyed today's dinner very much because of good food and good friends.

I am waiting !!

My friend sells her bread & cakes every 2 weeks(http://yuttysr.fc2web.com/) but last month, she got summer vacation and I could not buy them. I am waiting for her sale and today is the day she sells breads & cakes. I bought "Peach & Custard Tart($3.25)"、"Cheese Cake($3.25)","Cream Cheese Bread($1.75)",Sausage Bread($1.75)", "Walnuts & Ram Raisins Table Rill(5 in a pack, $4.50)" and "Special An-Pan($1.75)". I like all of them but cakes are really delicious. I love her cakes very much.

Dinner Club in this month

Every 2 months, my Japanese friends and I have a dinner together. This time we had a dinner at "Buca di Beppo(http://www.bucadibeppo.com/)". There were 8 Japanese women joining this dinner. In this restaurant, each meal is so large and we ordered 1 entree, 1 salad, 2 pastas, 1 pizza and 2 deserts. But still we could not eat all of them. During eating, we talked a lot about our American life, job, children and so on. We could not stop talking. After eating dinner, some of us move to Starbucks coffee and still talk a lot. Finally, I return to my apartment at 11:00pm. It was fun day!

So-men Party

One of my friends invited me to have a "So-men(So-men are very thin, white Japanese noodle made of wheat flour) Party" in her garden. She have this party every summer and this summer is her 20th. party. I was so surprised. I asked some my Japanese, Taiwanese and American friends who are interested in this party.
Before join this party, I went to the farmers market in Trot and bought "Peach pie". I really like peach pie and tried it many shops. This shop's is better and filling are sour and sweet.
In the party, we experienced "Nagashi So-men". The noodle are placed in a along flume of bamboo across the length of her garden. The flume carries clear, cold water. As the So-men pass by, people pluck them out with their chopsticks and then dip them in a container of some seasoning. We are so exciting and it was so fun. I am Japanese but I have never done it before coming America because it is special event and we can only experience in summer festival or something like that. I was satisfied and enjoy eating and talking with other guests!