smocked tofu & udon

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my adaption of Harumi Kurihara's sauce for udon noodles
japanese style vegetarian noodle sauce

1 onion                                chopped
2cm ginger                         chopped
1 garlic                                chopped
1 piece of smocked tofu   gratted on a rasp
100ml Dashi
1 tbsp Sake
1 tbsp Sojasauce
2 tbsp Mirin
1 tbsp sugar
4 tbsp Awase Miso

in oil fry the onions, garlic and ginger and add later the tofu
mix together dashi, sake, soja, mirin and sugar and add the miso
add the mixture to the tofu and let simmer till it thickens in for about 15 minutes
ready

I added some chopped tomatos to have a little color!

ordinary objects

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got Saturday to the exhibition of the master projects at the Academy
there was only one work which really caught my eye
Lotte Campforts
the photos are not as good, the neonlight was in the way
it doesn't need any explanation
you can fill it in yourself

check out her blog

wheel and machine: Florian Mertens
black: Pieter Jennes (not sure!)

smiling faces

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another piece which comes into my africa collection
tryed to find out more but not easy
think it's again something from D.R. Congo
a bracelet with 9 ivory masks
but could be sort of a souvenir for belgium tourists
ikhoko pendant from the Pende people

fantastic pinterest about ethnic jewelry

Agnes Martin

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about creativity
time
getting older
inspiration
following her own path

great artist
great woman

and I like her "schmatzen"
und den Schalk um die Augen

Méret and Louise

5:45 am rainshower

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me and my cat got awake this morning by a extraordanary rainshower
put fast all the plants onder the shower
the light was for a moment like it was in Japan

my garden is getting better and better
the new plant from Paris I like a lot
Digitalis makes flowers after one year waiting
and the red one - is it a begonia? - blooms as well

Amsterdam

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view from the hotel window
went to Hortus and enjoyed it

treasures from Paris and Antwerp

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did some shopping
some very cheap
some very expensive
that's how I do it since years
looking more and more for things that stay
like my father teached me

AC Pitcher-for wildflowers or lemonsirup
vase Arzberg
Stig Lindberg Colorado Tea Pot for Gustavsberg 1957
vase Michael Bang for Holmegaard
the perfect black blazer-Christoph Lemaire SS13
the perfect little black dress-a.p.c. SS13
the perfect black bag-vintage gift from A.

Paris...

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I didn't take a lot of photos
was too tired by working
just had good food and some shopping
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Rose Bakery-5 days in a row
Nanashi-too eat not always salade nicoise in the Bistro
for a vegetarian it's difficult with la cuisine francaise
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French Trotters-between "Öko" and style
Christoph Lemaire-I adore his simplicity
I realized that I got older-I'm now everywhere the "Madame"
best choice of flowers and plants-Casanova
Rag-the best vintage shop
uniqlo-for cheap real denim made in Japan for my man
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there are more clochards everywhere-made me sad
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and sadly every performance half of the public left the theater-it's always hard to perform in Paris!