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  1. Sinner_sb

    Things I learned living in Japan
    Threadmarks: Eating out in Japan

    I watch Trash Taste and while I like the boys and can agree with a lot of their takes I don't agree with their take on some of the more touristy and widely known franchises of Japan. Eating out in Japan can be quite intimidating if you aren't native or live in the country long term. In the...
  2. Sinner_sb

    Cooking Thread~ Recipes & Things

    Some foodstuffs are quite expensive here, come in very small packages or containers, or are just extremely uncommon to get here outside specialty places. For a small less than 300 grams tub of peanut butter you pay nearly 1000 yen in a regular grocery store, I dont recall the price but it was...
  3. Sinner_sb

    Cooking Thread~ Recipes & Things

    Not even sure if this counts as a recipe but her it goes. Non-peanut peanut butter and jelly sandwich Tahine to taste Jelly/jam to taste, I prefer and use strawberry that I buy from costco 2 slices of bread Salt to taste Toasted white sesame seeds are optional Make the sandwich as normal...
  4. Sinner_sb

    Things I learned living in Japan

    I also thought that about the hotter months of Brazil, but Japan has this unholy combination of humidity, temperature and for some god forsaken reason super strong sunlight with loads of UV that makes it worse. It is so bad that even at midnight the temperatures are over 25 celcius on the...
  5. Sinner_sb

    Things I learned living in Japan

    This is based on my personal experience and what I heard from other foreigners that live here in Japan. The answer is yes if you are trying to become friends with a native Japanese person, especially if you aren't staying here long term. You will meet friendly people and at least superficially...
  6. Sinner_sb

    Things I learned living in Japan
    Threadmarks: A little extra on dealing with Japanese summer

    Since my original post was about dressing for the seasons, mostly summer and winter, I didn't add this tidbit. I was rewatching a emirichu video about her complaining slash warning people about summer and recalled the other non-clothing options of helping with heat. If possible go to a store...
  7. Sinner_sb

    Things I learned living in Japan
    Threadmarks: Sugar content warning regulations

    My grandmother is diabetic and I have been on a diet to reduce weight and sugar intake because of it. My mother bought something that google translate translated as an artificial sweetener that turned out to be essentially sugar syrup, for a couple of weeks my mother couldn't figure out why my...
  8. Sinner_sb

    Things I learned living in Japan

    Not so much that they sing but public toilets make sounds of nature such as running water, birds and similar stuff when in use, since some people do feel embarrassed if others listen to them, and I have to admit that it can be a bit embarrassing specially if you have the runs or stuff like that...
  9. Sinner_sb

    Things I learned living in Japan
    Threadmarks: Dressing for the seasons

    I was never really the type of person to really dress for different seasons, in Brazil we kind of joke that we have two seasons, hot and hotter, with some wet along the way. Well in Japan I discovered that dressing for the seasons is a must for summer and winter. I can easily get by during the...
  10. Sinner_sb

    Things I learned living in Japan

    As the title says I am making this thread mostly to talk about things that I learned living in Japan that until living in Japan I found stupid, silly or counter productive but after either trying it out it turned out to be less stupid or silly, and mostly discuss about it with anyone interested...
  11. Sinner_sb

    Cooking Thread~ Recipes & Things
    Threadmarks: Parata - Youtube

    Given the past week's discussion about bread and flour when making parata paired with this video popping on my recommended likely because my recentish search for tortilla recipes I decided to post this video here because of the recipes and because they also mention how finicky baking can be at...
  12. Sinner_sb

    Cooking Thread~ Recipes & Things

    That is actually a thing, did you ever heard about hard water and soft water. those are terms for water with high mineral content and low mineral content, that kind of thing affects not only the taste of the water but how things cooked or brewed with it tastes like, there is a British tea whose...
  13. Sinner_sb

    Cooking Thread~ Recipes & Things

    Maybe your ratio of water is wrong, a common average of water to flour is around 40 to 60% of the weight of the flour. You might need to weight the ingredients but that makes easier to find what is wrong and adjust as well making it well every time. Maybe you should also work the dough some more...
  14. Sinner_sb

    Cooking Thread~ Recipes & Things

    Not entirely sure, but that issue could be lack of hydration or oil in the dough. The end result is that the final project gets too dry too quickly. Either that or you are cooking them for too long in low temperatures. Your recipe uses regular butter or ghee/clarified butter? Because regular...
  15. Sinner_sb

    Cooking Thread~ Recipes & Things

    I don't know the recipe or how make it, but I believe that you can make amazake with it.
  16. Sinner_sb

    Cooking Thread~ Recipes & Things
    Threadmarks: Curry noodles - Sinner_sb

    Curry noodles I am currently unemployed which gives me not only plenty of time to cook but forces me to stretch my budget a lot and use everything on my pantry as well to try and get some variety on my diet. Since I had a stock of udon noodles on my pantry that I keep for when I feel like...
  17. Sinner_sb

    Cooking Thread~ Recipes & Things

    Thanks for the reply. It wasn't cracker like or overly dry, but when I compare to my homemade pita it felt drier even though it had much more oil than it. When comparing to the store bought stuff that I get it wasn't as pliable and think that it is because it is thicker than the industrial...
  18. Sinner_sb

    Cooking Thread~ Recipes & Things

    Do anyone here has a recipe for flour tortillas that use vegetable oil and bread flour? I live in Japan and it is next to impossible to find lard or shortening, butter is pretty expensive and I am making my own tortillas because I want to save money instead of going to costco, a two hours trip...
  19. Sinner_sb

    Cooking Thread~ Recipes & Things

    I dont really know if they would work as toppoki, but they should absorb or get flavored by the sauce if you use them as replacement for the mochi. Now if you mean to use the konjac noodles as a rice/noodle replacement, well you would need to make the recipe saucier to let the noodles get not...
  20. Sinner_sb

    Cooking Thread~ Recipes & Things
    Threadmarks: Improvised toppoki - Sinner_sb

    Improvised toppoki Alright, I will first and foremost say that this isn't a traditional recipe or method of making toppoki. As I say in the name it is improvised, I currently live in Japan and proper toppoki rice sticks/dumplings are super expensive and come in very small amounts specially for...
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