Thoughts and notes of a researcher in plant genetics and nutritional epidemiology in Japan and the U.S. with a wide range of interests - choral activities, photography, nature, travel, and drawing. L'épanouissement personnel means personal development and fulfillment. Still in the middle of it, enjoying the process. 農学部、酒類企業研究員を経て、米国ミシガン州立大学で博士過程を卒業後、植物遺伝学と食物疫学の研究に片足ずつつっこんでいます。趣味の合唱、自然観察、旅行、写真、絵描き、国際交流など、いろんな記録です。L'épanouissement personnelは自己研鑽、実現というような意味です。生涯に渡って一緒に旅する人生のテーマ。
1.31.2026
白みそで京風雑煮を作った!!
1.27.2026
すぐきとネギのオムレツ
1.25.2026
11.13.2025
2.12.2025
ワンパンパスタ
1.03.2025
チヂミ作り会! Jeon making party on the last work day of the year!
10.27.2024
1周年記念クッキー!
9.20.2024
豆型クッキーを焼きました! Bean-shaped cookies!
9.12.2024
ほんまもんの栗きんとん
8.06.2024
カレー手作り、ハマる!
カレーの素を作った所。これにメインの肉とか野菜とかいれて、水入れて煮たらカレーになる!
6.23.2024
レッドカレー from タイランド!
1.17.2024
Thai laab (タイのひき肉のサラダ)
6.18.2023
Coconut and pandan bread!
Was able to have a baking session with a bread machine that one of my friends rented. It does all the kneeding, proofing, shaping, and baking! It's amazing that we'll get a loaf of fresh bread 4 hours after putting in the ingredients. All we have to do is to wait. Amazing.
It's so green though! The color is really strong because of the synthetic color in the pandan paste we used. We joked that it's a GFP-tagged bread, which glows in the dark! The best biotechnologist joke ever! GFP, green-fluorescent protein, is a useful protein in biochemistry research because you can add it to your protein of interst and its fluorescence enables you to track it in the cell. Super nerdy baking pals!
The texture was good, though it's slightly dense than a regular bread. I suspect it's because of using coconut milk. A quick research - lauric acid in coconut milk could hinder yeast growth, and that may be why the bread did not rise as much. Interesting.
It's 30% whole wheat, so it's healthier. No unnatural ingredients like margerine. It's really nice if I could bake fresh bread every day or every other day..
3.04.2023
シンガポールチキンライス Singapore chicken rice!
混ぜればできる、というもとをもらっていて一年くらい経って、ようやくやってみた! すごい芳香がただよう。美味!!
Made chicken rice with a packet of seasoning that I got from a friend about a year ago. Finally got to try it. It filled my kitchen with fragrant pandan and ginger aromas. So nice... and of course it was delicious! It made me miss Singapore.
3.02.2023
パンダ豆。Black and white beans
豊岡で白黒のパンダ豆を発見したので大量買いしてしまった。調査用、布教用。笑
さすが昨年秋に収穫されたばかりなだけあって、20分くらいで柔らかくなった。色もきちんと黒白に分かれたままで、綺麗です。中はクリーミーで美味しい。いもっぽい、でんぷん質さがあるけど、やはり豆は豆味。
Got a locally grown black and white beans. it was ~$3.6 for a 7 oz. bag of dried beans. I will go bankrupt if I have beans as a staple food instead of rice, I'd love to, though! They're fast-cooking, onlyl 20-25 min, I think, as I overcooked them by boiling them for 28 min. They are about the size of cranberry beans, and the colors were retained nicely.
10.31.2022
DIY Kueh lapis クエラピス作ってみた
I made kueh lapis with a Singaporean friend! We didn't have pandan leaf, but its coconut aroma and chewy texture are kueh lapis'! I'm glad we got to have it in Japan 😆 We added a Halloween twist to it and made purple batter with purple sweet potato flour. 💜🤍
Kueh lapis is a steamed layered cake made from coconut milk and tapioca starch, and it originates in Indonesia.
シンガポールの友達と東南アジアのお菓子、クエラピスを作ってみました!日本でできるとは思わなかった…!ハロウィン仕様で、紅芋で紫色にしてみた。グミみたいな食感、まさにクエラピス。好きなお菓子なので作れて嬉しい!
7.20.2022
台湾料理会 Taiwanese cuisine + shawarma feast
粉もの大得意のTK氏とともに、台湾料理の会を催しました!
お品書き:魯肉飯(ルーローハン)、胡椒餅、シャワルマ、ピタパン
13時から19時くらいまで、作っては食べ、作っては食べ、合間にシャーロックホームズの映画を観つつ。楽しかった!!
We made Lurou fan, Hujiao bing, Chicken Shawarma, pita bread. We were cooking and eating from 1 pm through around 7 pm. It was a lot of work to make bread and bao from scratch, but they taste so good when freshly prepared. Also watched Sherlock Holmes Game of Shadows, starred by Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. It was full of action, thrill, and adventure. Some scenes reflected episodes from the original novel. It was interesting to see. I never knew, but this Sherlock Holmes movie is 2011 and is a second one with Downey and Law. The first one was in 2009. I want to check that out too.
7.10.2022
フレンチ食材自販機 French dishes/ingredients vending machine
すごい。お総菜まで。ロブスターオイルというのが気になる…。
Ready to eat dishes, various ingredients and condiments, just a push of a button away!
7.07.2022
おかわかめ
初めて食べた。
葉もの野菜で、切り口からかすかにねばねばが。オクラの葉っぱ版とでも言おうか…。
4.15.2022
イカスミじゅーしぃ
石垣土産、イカスミじゅーしぃ(なんと語呂がよい)を作った!
炊いている最中から海鮮の香りがたまらない。
3ー4合用ってすごくおおらかだな、島文化かな。具の半分を1.5合にいれて炊いたら少し薄いかな?と思ったので、もう半分は1合に炒れて炊いてみると味がしっかりでいい感じ。そもそも水を入れすぎたかな? ともかくも美味しくできた!! じゅーしぃー!








































