That cake looks delicious and worth every Yen, and the Champange well........
what can I say, except.........What are you doing next Christmas? :)
The Christmas cakes here are (I shudder as I think of them) full of dried fruit and nuts and so dry you need to have a liqued to wash it down or it would stick in your throat. It blows my mind that some people really like them.
Shikegi, Merry Christmas. I loved the singing in your audio blog.
I went to Mass on Christmas eve too and tried to cruise all the cute Catholic boys (I'm a non believeing heathen myself, and I think they could sense that, so I didn't have much luck -- or maybe it was my BF giving them dirty looks that kept the cute Catholic guys from crusing me back... )
Looking forward to lots more great blogging from you in 2007!
peterpayne.net (one of my sources of Japanese culture and things Japanese, besides you) says that this tradition of Christmas Cake is from England.
Lane
Shigeki san - Delicious cake! Care to send one down to Singapore - DHL? :-) And the Champagne looks good as well. Will look out for this brand in Singapore. I doubt they have this but you never know. I could impress a few people here at New Years!!
That is a lovely looking cake! At work before the Christmas weekend, we had a cake that is topped (as in filled to the brim) with all sorts of fresh fruits and chocolate thins! I should have taken a picture of it, too! It's so darn good. Will look out for this brand of champagne here in Norway. You're quite becoming the somelier, huh? :-) Ready to bang the new year right?
Doesn't it? I usually get a chocolate kind just like every other Japanese but I went for something extraordinary this time. Unlike the cakes you mentiones, these are very smooth and moisty. But I still need something to wash it down :-) You have a fantabulous Thursday!
Hi Steve,
Happy holidays to you, too! I kinda regret that I did it but oh well :0 That's good you were able to appreciate what the mass had to offer on Christmas :-) Eye cruising Sexually confused catholic boys. That's a very normal thing to do in there. :-) You have a fantabulous Thursday!
Hi LaneO,
Really? Here in Japan, the kind of Christmas cake that is very popular is bûche de Noel. The one I bought last year. As you can see, this thing is from France obviously. I thought England/UK would do Christmas "pudding". :-) We are obsessed with French sweets. :-) You have a fantabulous Thursday!
Hi TigerYogi,
For the record, you have to understand this cake is the signature of Pierre Herme. Not like the kind you can have at the grocery store, you know. :-) But it was totally worth it. :-) Happy holidays to you, too!
Hi Ian,
hehehe, I wish I could do that but it was the limited edition for Christmas! Darn. The Champagne is very well known and widely available around the globe so I guess you can find one in Singapore. :-) Let me know if you like it :-) Happy New Years!
Hi Mark,
It was rather a unusual looking Christmas cake but it tasted so good :-) Wow, since it was so good you forgot taking a photo of it? huh :-) Maybe, next year :-) Well, I was once trying to be a somellier when I distributed chicken or beef up in the air. But I only became a certified wine expert. That's the furthest I could go :-( You have a fantabulous Thursdays!
That cake looks delicious and worth every Yen, and the Champange well........
what can I say, except.........What are you doing next Christmas? :)
The Christmas cakes here are (I shudder as I think of them) full of dried fruit and nuts and so dry you need to have a liqued to wash it down or it would stick in your throat. It blows my mind that some people really like them.
Happy, Happy Holidays!
Shikegi, Merry Christmas. I loved the singing in your audio blog.
I went to Mass on Christmas eve too and tried to cruise all the cute Catholic boys (I'm a non believeing heathen myself, and I think they could sense that, so I didn't have much luck -- or maybe it was my BF giving them dirty looks that kept the cute Catholic guys from crusing me back... )
Looking forward to lots more great blogging from you in 2007!
peterpayne.net (one of my sources of Japanese culture and things Japanese, besides you) says that this tradition of Christmas Cake is from England.
Lane
$54.00 for a cake?!!!
What was it made of?!! I had always heard that most "Christmas Cakes" in Japan were sponge cakes.
Happy Holidays!!! :)
Shigeki san - Delicious cake! Care to send one down to Singapore - DHL? :-) And the Champagne looks good as well. Will look out for this brand in Singapore. I doubt they have this but you never know. I could impress a few people here at New Years!!
That is a lovely looking cake! At work before the Christmas weekend, we had a cake that is topped (as in filled to the brim) with all sorts of fresh fruits and chocolate thins! I should have taken a picture of it, too! It's so darn good. Will look out for this brand of champagne here in Norway. You're quite becoming the somelier, huh? :-) Ready to bang the new year right?
Hi Maggie,
Doesn't it? I usually get a chocolate kind just like every other Japanese but I went for something extraordinary this time. Unlike the cakes you mentiones, these are very smooth and moisty. But I still need something to wash it down :-) You have a fantabulous Thursday!
Hi Steve,
Happy holidays to you, too! I kinda regret that I did it but oh well :0 That's good you were able to appreciate what the mass had to offer on Christmas :-) Eye cruising Sexually confused catholic boys. That's a very normal thing to do in there. :-) You have a fantabulous Thursday!
Hi LaneO,
Really? Here in Japan, the kind of Christmas cake that is very popular is bûche de Noel. The one I bought last year. As you can see, this thing is from France obviously. I thought England/UK would do Christmas "pudding". :-) We are obsessed with French sweets. :-) You have a fantabulous Thursday!
Hi TigerYogi,
For the record, you have to understand this cake is the signature of Pierre Herme. Not like the kind you can have at the grocery store, you know. :-) But it was totally worth it. :-) Happy holidays to you, too!
Hi Ian,
hehehe, I wish I could do that but it was the limited edition for Christmas! Darn. The Champagne is very well known and widely available around the globe so I guess you can find one in Singapore. :-) Let me know if you like it :-) Happy New Years!
Hi Mark,
It was rather a unusual looking Christmas cake but it tasted so good :-) Wow, since it was so good you forgot taking a photo of it? huh :-) Maybe, next year :-) Well, I was once trying to be a somellier when I distributed chicken or beef up in the air. But I only became a certified wine expert. That's the furthest I could go :-( You have a fantabulous Thursdays!