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Jul 22 2019 8 Comments

Simple Japanese summer festival food

On a hot summer’s day, it’s hard to beat the very simple pleasure of a chilled cucumber dipped in some salty miso. Or for those with a preference for something sweeter, a generous dollop of mayonnaise instead of the miso. Both of which, at least on this particular occasion, came with the added extra of a cold hard stare.

tokyo summer snacks and stares

On the topic of summer, a rest and some travelling is very much in order, so from today, the usual 3 posts a week will be reduced to a far more manageable 1 every Monday. Then, from September 2nd, the regular Monday, Wednesday and Friday updates will resume as normal.

Categorized: Food and Drink, Photography

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  1. Col says

    7/22/2019 at 9:13 am

    Have a great summer Lee! I hope you can stay relatively cool.

    Reply
    • Lee says

      7/22/2019 at 8:55 pm

      Thank you! Definitely won’t be going anywhere near as humid as Japan.

      Whatever it is you do, hope it’s a good one as well!

      Reply
  2. Linda says

    7/22/2019 at 10:01 am

    I’ve never seen this! Next time I pick a cucumber, I’m going to put it on a stick and pretend I’m at a festival. Have a nice break.

    Reply
    • Lee says

      7/22/2019 at 8:56 pm

      Cheers.

      Nice and easy too, so you can have pretend festivals any time you want!

      Reply
  3. DavidT says

    7/22/2019 at 3:23 pm

    Miso for me!

    Have an awesome vacation. Thanks so much for all the work you do! 🙂

    Reply
    • Lee says

      7/22/2019 at 8:56 pm

      Good choice!

      Thank you, and you are very welcome. It’s all very much a labour of love.

      Reply
  4. Steve says

    7/22/2019 at 7:42 pm

    If it involves Kewpie mayonnaise, I’m in!

    Reply
    • Lee says

      7/22/2019 at 8:57 pm

      You are good to go then!

      Reply

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