On a business trip to Tokushima and looking out the hotel room window this morning and I saw this..

.. objective for today is to find “The Morag”..

(Agnes is an old-fashioned Scottish name, rarely used these days, provokes the image of an old lady with blue-rinsed hair and a two-wheeled tartan shopping trolley)

(Apologies to any Latinx Agneses, no offense intended.. I have a feeling it’s still a common name and adorned by many young people of Iberian decent)

a largely white rooftop view from an 11th floor hotel room, one of the taller buildings has a sign on each of its visible walls saying "The Agnes"


Head is somewhat tired from a day of researching for an assignment and the girls are all at the in-laws’ place for dinner so I just through together some sort of dirty fries number..

Not sure whether it was a complete success or not but pretty tasty, pretty gooey and my mouth afterwards has a chilli buzz so I think it was alright if unconventional..

.. on the fries were an aubergine (diced and cooked in an Asian chili paste), sliced soy meat in its own sort of marinade (from a company called Next Meat in Japan), some sun-dried tomatoes, olives and jalapenos, some corn and a couple of different vegan cheeses on top.. as well as some sriracha, some jalapeno tabasco and some sort of yuzu & togarashi seasoning..

A colourful shot of the dish described in the status, semi-melted vegan cheeses of white and yellow colours with some stripes of red sriracha, a reddish seasoning and some green chili sauce, the various ingredients mentioned in the status can be seen underneath.

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Yesterday’s #vegan “Giant Burrito Cake” or a heat-free representation of it with the available substitute ingredients here in rural Kochi.

A glass bowl filled with slices of red, yellow and green peppers as well as sliced red onion all coated in reddish spices. A circular tray covered with slices of baked sweet potato (satsumaimo). A tortilla wrapped parcel sits atop a dark brown wooden chopping board. The giant burrito cake with some slices cut out revealing the layered contents inside. a slice of burrito cake on a white plate.

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A little trip to the Hirome Ichiba food market in Kochi city today for lunch.

Beer made by my friend Ken (next batch to be bottled is one which I helped brew)

Tacos by my friend Masa!

I love eating and drinking things and knowing the people who made them.

A wooden table with mask related request sign, on top of which is a brown bottle containing sweet potato stout beer, it has a primarily white label with gold and maroon highlights and black text. In front of the bottle is a plastic tray containing a colourful handmade vegan taco.

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ここ1、2日は、これが彼のデフォルトの状態なのだろう。

グレーのタイルカーペットの床の上で眠っている白黒の犬の頭と肩。

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Wandered to the local market earlier today (to find it was closed) and took a picture of a more mature rice field than previously photographed.

I’ve never seen rice plants at this stage, and not being an area of expertise for me, I actually had to ask my wife if they grow like barley and wheat (which given the answer was yes, wasn’t as stupid a question as I thought it might be).. anyway, got to imagine these will be harvested relatively soon.. will keep an eye out!

A green, well developed rice field takes up the bottom two thirds of the shot with a large hill and blue sky filling the rest. semi-visible are the ears (?) of the rice plants in the foreground.

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A shot just a little downstream from the brewery I’ll intern at from this week. This is the 仁淀川 (Niyodo river) and it is stunningly clear. The picture was taken from the parking lot of an onsen but they had no vegan food options so we didn’t stay.

A beautifully blue river with lots of rocks around, the water looks calm just now. There are trees in the background and a very small bridge is nestled amongst them.

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