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WordCamp Kansai 2009

April 12th, 2009 post by ianc





We attended the WordCamp Kansai event (Hiro, Asami, Chapp and I) on Friday and had a fantastic time.  It was a mini-WordCamp, more of a get together  and dinner than the one in Tokyo but all the same it was a success. The food was great too, I loved the lobster!

Matt came and gave a presentation, we got to ask him a few questions and he was gracious enough to have a chat with almost everyone, even though you could see he was tired.  We met some really interesting people who were involved with WordPress, and some who weren’t but were part of the web design and development community in the Kansai area.  It was great meeting Oli and Naoko.  I really think that we need more events like these, where we can meet up, share and chat.  I heard that CSS-Nite will become a regular event in Kansai, which is encouraging news.

I hope there more WordCamps for the Kansai area in the future.  Maybe in the future we can have hulorcamps too :)  Thank-you Matt, Naoko and all the organisers.

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Yuzu Tea

February 14th, 2009 post by ianc
Yuzu Tea
Yuzu Tea
Hot Yuzu Tea
Hot Yuzu Tea

One of my favourite hot drinks in winter.  It comes in a big jar and looks like marmalade.  Yuzu or (Citron) is a citrus fruit, a bit like a cross between a lemon and orange.  The other main ingredient is honey.

2-3 tea spoonfuls in a mug, add hot or boiling water and you have a nice healthy caffeine free drink.  It is packed with vitamin C and great for when you have a sore throat or cold.  I’ve seen infomericals on Japanese TV showing that you can mix it with soda for a cool summer drink or use it like jam on bread or toast.  My guess is that it would be far too sweet to use on bread.

As you might have noticed from the photos, this yuzu tea is from Korea but you can get Japanese Yuzu tea too.  This 1kg jar will last me about 2-3 months and only cost 780 yen.  A right delicious bargain!

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One of our office lunches

February 6th, 2009 post by take
Udon - office lunch

Udon - office lunch
Udon - Japanese food

Udon - Japanese food

This is one example of our office lunch.
The dish is called “Udon” and is a very popular noodle food in Japan.

Udon  is very good for me as a chef. Because some days I don’t have a lot of time to spend to cook.
This menu can be cooked very easily and quickly.

Udon shiso topping

Udon shiso topping

Today, on ice’s recommendation I added “shiso” topping to the menu.

At  messaliberty, we try to make work as enjoyable and comfortable as possible.
Providing office lunch is one way we try to do this.  Plus it helps with team communication.

At the end, everyone says “gochisosamadeshita” to me, which roughly translates to “Thank you for the meal”
I hope it tastes good.

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Ancient dishes in new office

January 10th, 2009 post by ice

dishes

woodboxes

woodbox-showa2

I stayed at parents’ home while new year holidays.
There is an old public hall, and it’ll be rebuild.
Before break it, a lot of it’s fixtures are threw away.
In the hall, there were a lot of things that we can take out for free too.

I got dishes, and old wood boxes.
The dishes and boxes are very old.
Wrote ‘January, Showa 2′ on the wood box.
Showa is japanese era name. Showa 2 is 1927.
So ‘January, Showa 2′ is ‘January, 1927′.
It’s very old.

Ancient dishes in new office.

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What do you not eat?

January 8th, 2009 post by ianc
Dried Persimmon from Hiro's home town

Dried Persimmon from Hiro's home town

Chapp as well as being our main designer, cooks and serves us up lunch and dinner.  But this isn’t about how great a chef he is, I’ll let someone else write that post.  It is about how difficult his task must be because of the differing tastes of each member.  Let me reveal what we don’t eat.

Chapp himself: He isn’t keen on shiitake mushrooms but does eat them.  He doesn’t eat oysters.  Obviously he doesn’t cook what he won’t eat so no kaki-fry for us. :(

Har: He doesn’t eat mushrooms, or black-looking things so shiitake are definitely out.  Not keen on dried fruit like raisins or dried persimmons.

Ice: Doesn’t eat liver or certain types of mustard.  He is “the challenger” when it comes to drinks though.  Habanero soup, real ginger ale, different teas, Final Fantasy Potions, even an scarily named eel drink.

Hiro: Until recently he didn’t eat raw eggs.  I can’t blame him as his whole family got food poisoning (salmonella) from a broken egg.  He himself ended up in hospital. And he doesn’t like the taste of mayonnaise.

Me: I don’t eat fish but I do eat most kinds of seafood.  Luckily for Chapp, I don’t eat dinner at the office, so he is free to serve fish at least once a day.

See how difficult Chapp’s task is?  What about you, what do you not eat?

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