by jessica yoon
We had a great meal at Sushi Kanesaka so it only made sense to go check out Tsukiji Market where all the fish was probably sourced. Restaurants and serious buyers go early in the morning to bid on the freshest seafood, but there was still plenty of fish for sale by the time we got there just before noon.
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A few weeks ago, my family took a short trip to Tokyo. We didn’t make a long list of things to do or see, but we did make sure to have a reservation at a good sushi restaurant. There are many exceptional places in Tokyo, but not all are foreigner friendly. Even some of the Michelin starred restaurants don’t accept non-Japanese diners (!?), but luckily Sushi Kanesaka isn’t one of them and we were able to get a reservation for dinner.
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For my sister and her husband’s first trip to Korea as a married couple, my parents threw a little backyard party for them. Not all of my relatives were able to attend the wedding because it was abroad, so it also served as a sort of a mini reception as well. Working along that spirit, I decided to put together a dessert bar. It wasn’t super fancy or difficult, but it did make the whole place look quite festive!
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It was my parents’ anniversary a couple weeks ago and in celebration I came up with this simple tart. I combined my mom’s love for crispy sablée cookies with my dad’s affinity for creamy custards; perfect for the two of them!
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The last year has been a very transitional time for me: saying goodbye to Paris, seeing my sister get married, and moving back to Korea. I felt a bit up in the air, heading somewhere but nowhere in particular at the same time. It took be awhile to find my grounding and to be honest I’m still adjusting to this new phase in my life. I was looking for a good moment to revive JDP, a pause in my life when I could get all my thoughts together and let everyone know what was going on. But things are always changing, and life continually transitioning, if I didn’t jump in at some point I was afraid another ghost of a year would pass by.
I’ll slowly get around to all the new changes that have taken place since I last posted (one being that I started a new job!), but before getting there I wanted to kick start my new blogging momentum by changing the look of this site! There are still a few kinks to be smoothed out, and it will continue to undergo some changes, but I hope this is a good (re)start!
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