Feeling Down

I've been feeling down lately, I'm not sure why though but it happens most times. Whenever I start to feel responsible or mature I back out from everything and run away. I believe I cannot handle anything and that I'll be crushed in the real world (if there is one). And I'm not proud of it but I hope I could stop myself before things go wrong.
I've got some pics to share that have been forgotten here and though I don't feel like saying a lot, I think this will help me a bit to get over the 'depression' I currently have.

Pasta with salmon sauce, it's always been a personal favorite. This was took on a trip to Cuernavaca.

In Cuernavaca as well, a plate with some cheese selection, grapes and small bits of bread covered with cream cheese and smoked salmon.

A croissant wannabe, it looks quite funny, doesn't it?

Espresso latte, mom loves this. I like how the swirls look, so I'd take any coffee shot as long as it's got swirls on it. XD

Sweet crépes, sprinkled with nuts and topped with an almond & vanilla ice cream.
This is from Neve Gelato, a very nice place to have a sweet delight. *o*

Neve Gelato as well, this was my dessert, cheese & raspberry pie; along with a delicious mint & chocolate ice cream. The tea is a ginger infusion, absolutely delicious as well!

And your classic moka chocolate cake, garnished with a cute music key made of wite chocolate.

Well... I'm not feeling specially fine but at least I'm less hysteric, hopefully I'll stop this stage soon.

Aki Matsuri

So this is it! The so much expected aki matsuri had come.
As we live in Mexico the festival is held on the mexican-japanese asociation and is like some sort of kermesse. There are booths where you can play and maybe win a price, food sellers, a stage and also a karaoke.
Needless to say, I went there with the single and purposeful intention of having a go at the food. As we have the Mikasa I can always taste some nice food but at the Aki Matsuri you can have some other things that are more difficult to find on a daily base, or at least ready to be eaten.

Here are the culprits of my current guilt. =P

One of those things were the odango. You know, those cute rice balls that are covered with different dressings. Mine were three, two of them had a shiromiso dressing that tasted salty yet sweet and was really good, I'm not sure of the dressing name so I think I'll have to go and make some research. The last one was of course a sweet anko covered dango. This anko was not entirely crushed and so you could bite some of the beans which was good. Thinking on how soft and deliciously sticky the odango are. I had them with some o-cha, though I'm pretty sure it was actually houji-cha and it was all good. The day was pretty cloudy and cold but everyone was having a lot of fun.
My daughter bought a bun filled with anko for herself and I got myself a daifuku, wich is currently in the fridge, because I had a lot of dangos and I'm afraid of gaining a lot of extra weight. =P

The close up. X3

We also got ourselves some candies and I already tasted the lichee one, it tastes great actually, it's a fresh flavor and the sweetnes is ok. I was afraid of it because Kasugai tends to put a lot of sugar... but it depends on the sweet I guess.

A sample of the bunch we bought.

Mikafé

Y bien, el sábado pasado Kei me llevó a pasear y a tomar algo al Mikafé. De entrada no puedo dar muy buenas opiniones sobre el aspecto exterior del local ya que la calle donde se encuentra está en construcción. El interior es muy pequeño, aunque está bien arreglado, sus paredes son naranjas y tiene paneles de pvc rectangulares con imagenes de anime en las paredes.
Algo interesante es que tiene una gran variedad de revistas japonesas acomodadas en unos racks, fue interesante tomar una de ellas y hojearla, me hubiera gustado ser capaz de llevarmela conmigo.
Como era media tarde y acababamos de desayuno-comer no teníamos mucha hambre. Así que pedimos un té para los dos, takoyaki y un tampico roll.

El té en realidad se trataba de una infusión de jengibre fresco cortado en julianas largas. Lo pedí frío pero seguía tibio cuando me lo llevaron. Tenía un buen sabor aunque se sentía mucho el picante del té, afortunadamente le habían puesto bastante azúcar y era soportable.

De todo lo que nos sirvieron, el takoyaki fué lo más sabroso. Era crocante y tenía salsa agridulce, cebollinos, hojas de bonito seco y mayonesa encima. Estaban calientitos y de hecho estaba tan rico el plato que poco faltó para que me lo terminara sin haber tomado una fotografía antes.

El tampico roll estaba... 'bien'. Por no decir menos, a la salsa tampico le faltaba el chile y el arroz estaba algo seco, aunque el rollo en sí estaba bien hecho y no sabía mal. Kei y yo descubrimos que de hecho las piezas sabían muy pero muy rico aderezadas con la salsa agridulce de los takoyaki.
Nunca antes había estado en este lugar, fue mi primera vez y creo que está mucho más padre para ir en bola (aunque el espacio del local impide multitudes). A menos claro que vayas a comer algo en serio y quieras disfrutar un rato con tu pareja. Otra cosa que lamento es que no tenían luz en el local así que no pude comer postre. Quería un pan con crema pastelera pero no tenían donde calentarlo.
En fin, para pasar un rato con Kei fue una experiencia divertida, pero creo que tendremos que volver en un momento en el que ya no tengan problemas de electricidad y el pavimento haya sido colocado para poder dar una revisión.

Wagashi wallpaper!

Yay! After three hours of research, selection and edition of images I now have a wallpaper I like a lot in my blog, it's not that I dislike green, it actually is one of my favorite colours but ALL green was also a bit too much.
Now, this one portrays some tasty springy wagashi next to a nice cup of matcha tea, recently done. Thinking that I actually wasn't payed for the work I made quite a lot. But this is my blog and it deserves just the best. =P