お土産

Thank you to all my customers and friends who kindly give me souvenirs and presents from their trips. There is a photo album on Facebook dedicated to presents I've received. I will try to post them on this blog from now on.

From Australia

From England

From Vietnam

From  Yamagata, Japan

ハーゲンダッツ芸術

I had a creative moment with a tub of ice cream.

You're a cool dude, Mr Haagen-Dazs.

サンドウィッチ

The sandwich is probably the most popular convenience food in the world. Do you know its origin?

Sandwich is a town in Kent in the southeast of England. An 18th century aristocrat, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich gave his name to the world's favourite fast food. He was very busy and wanted to eat meat without getting his hands greasy. In those days, bread and meat was the staple diet in England, and people usually ate with their hands.

Earl Montagu requested meat between two slices of bread so he could protect his hands from grease. His idea was copied by his peers and spread throughout England and abroad; the sandwich was invented.

There are many types of sandwich these days. The sandwich is one of the most popular lunch foods in Britain.

Today, I made a sandwich for my lunch. I used extra thick slices of bread which we call doorsteps, so I ate a doorstep sandwich. The filling was ham, cheese, gherkin and mayonnaise.

Here are two photos of my sandwich.