Nothing to worry about. The storms have gone by and we are untouched... so far. Who knows when the next storm will come?

Wakana and I went to a new(ish) restaurant for lunch yesterday. Gyoza-Yatai serves gyoza as their central food. Gyoza is a Japanese dumpling but it is originally from China. I grabbed an ingredient list off a website. Here is what's in a typical gyoza.
Ingredients:
(for 30 Gyoza)
    * Dough:
          o 170 mL water
          o 200 g strong flour
    * Filling:
          o 200 g ground pork
          o Cabbage
          o Nira*: can be substituted by leek or green onion
          o Leek or Green onion
          o Garlic
          o Ginger
          o Sake*
          o Soya sauce, salt, and pepper
          o Sesame oil
    * Dipping Sauce:
          o Soya sauce
          o Vinegar
* This ingredient may not be available in Western supermarkets, but you should be able to find it in Japanese grocery stores that exist in most large European and American cities.

This is a "typical" gyoza but there are many kinds. Look them up to see what they look like. They are either steamed or fried and are very tasty. The restaurant does a very good job on them.

The other part of our meal was a stone bowl full of a rice dish. The bowl was so hot that the food inside was crackling with the heat.

It was all great. I told Wakana that I had a new favorite place to eat.

Today is Sunday and we are making a lazy day of it... well, as lazy as a teacher can make it. We are each working on making tests or correcting papers.