2011/09/12

"Plump" Autumn

Autumn is the harvest season. So, we often call this season “autumn for a good appetite”.

There is a special event which stimulate our appetite in Kyoto. A hotel Kyoto Shin-Hankyu held an event which features high-quality “Uji” Japanese green tea (known as Uji-cha). Various kinds of dishes and dessert used Uji-cha are served such as lobster with Matcha taste mayonnaise, Stir-fried salmon and scallop flavored with Sencha, Uji-cha cocktail, Matcha tiramisu and Matcha cream puff etc. Sounds yummy…..

To me, Autumn can be a “plump” season.



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