Thanks for the warm welcome. Everyone seems very friendly :smile:
@ mollyanne - I did not know ikigai so thanks for teaching me a new word! The vast majority of Japanese seem to hold work as their reason d'etre.
@ spork - I am a rice cooker geek. Got a new one a few months ago. It is the bomb...
Looking for recipes that are easy to prepare in a small kitchen. I've lived in Japan now for 8 years and have been eating out for almost the whole time. The food is great and very reasonably priced. 1,000 yen pays for a decent teishoku (set meal). Excuses that I have always used are that I want...
I have my eye on the Vitamix TNC (Total Nutrition Centre): https://www.vitamix.co.uk/
Mainly I'd like to use it for health drinks.
Planning on getting one when I return to the U.K. The cost of buying one in Japan is scadalous!