When I went to my grocery shopping to the super market, I met one of my friends, K-ta kun, there. He was also shopping his groceries. He and I did chit chat to see what's up each other.
He said his mother was being sick and she did not have appetite, so I suggested him to make her the vinegar pickled onions; actually, I was there to buy some onions to make that.
Because K-ta kun is the professional chef at Torimoto, one of the famous restaurant bar in Miyako, he knew about the vinegar pickled onions.
He told me to come to the restaurant Torimoro where he works for. "They have the salt pickled onion," he said. I replied him "Salt pickled onion? That sounds unhealthy. Don't they contain too much salt?" Then, he said "yes, but after the onion get pickled in salt couple days, those are pickled into the sweet vinegar next with sliced lemons. So, most of salt gets removed from the onion by vinegar, and they get flavored by sweet vinegar and lemons."
That sounded awfully good, so I decided to go there to try it sometime.
Couple days later, I made a jar of vinegar pickled onions for K-ta kun's mother and visited the restaurant. Of course, I went there to try their pickled onions too.
When I entered the restaurant, Yoshiko-san, one of the owners, was there.
She is my mother's friend and I knew her too. After talking random things, she asked me what I would like to drink. I asked her something not with alcohol because I was driving. Then, she recommended me anko-milk (sweet red beans paste blended with milk.)
So, I ordered anko-milk and pickled onion.
Those were odd combination, but Yoshiko san said not to worry. So, I just tried.
Their pickled onions were amazing.
They were sweet and sour, and had some scent and flavor of lemon.
Also they had little sliced chili, and it also gave spicy flavor slightly to the onions too.
That was perfect side dish. I did not have a main dish, but anko-milk.
I thought those were weird to have together, the pickled onion and anko-milk, but since pickled onion is sour and anko-milk was sweet, so they came out good combination somehow.
Well, gochiso-samadeshita, K-ta kun and I hope your mother gets better soon.
He said his mother was being sick and she did not have appetite, so I suggested him to make her the vinegar pickled onions; actually, I was there to buy some onions to make that.
Because K-ta kun is the professional chef at Torimoto, one of the famous restaurant bar in Miyako, he knew about the vinegar pickled onions.
He told me to come to the restaurant Torimoro where he works for. "They have the salt pickled onion," he said. I replied him "Salt pickled onion? That sounds unhealthy. Don't they contain too much salt?" Then, he said "yes, but after the onion get pickled in salt couple days, those are pickled into the sweet vinegar next with sliced lemons. So, most of salt gets removed from the onion by vinegar, and they get flavored by sweet vinegar and lemons."
That sounded awfully good, so I decided to go there to try it sometime.
Couple days later, I made a jar of vinegar pickled onions for K-ta kun's mother and visited the restaurant. Of course, I went there to try their pickled onions too.
When I entered the restaurant, Yoshiko-san, one of the owners, was there.
She is my mother's friend and I knew her too. After talking random things, she asked me what I would like to drink. I asked her something not with alcohol because I was driving. Then, she recommended me anko-milk (sweet red beans paste blended with milk.)
So, I ordered anko-milk and pickled onion.
Those were odd combination, but Yoshiko san said not to worry. So, I just tried.
(K-ta kun, pickled onions and anko-milk drink at Torimoto.)
Their pickled onions were amazing.
They were sweet and sour, and had some scent and flavor of lemon.
Also they had little sliced chili, and it also gave spicy flavor slightly to the onions too.
That was perfect side dish. I did not have a main dish, but anko-milk.
I thought those were weird to have together, the pickled onion and anko-milk, but since pickled onion is sour and anko-milk was sweet, so they came out good combination somehow.
Well, gochiso-samadeshita, K-ta kun and I hope your mother gets better soon.