Winged Bean2009/09/03

Try me, if you can.
This is my first time to have seen this bean. My local greengrocer said that it was a disgrace not to try this. So I tried. Cut in round slices, the profile looks like lovely stars. Although she said it is a kind of string beans, I found its texture and taste more like courgette, like a washing-up sponge, boring and tasteless. If you know how to cook this, please let me know.

Fishing Pier2009/09/03

Pier
About 10km from our flat, there is a fishing park where my husband goes regularly. Driving along coastline to the pier is a good one-day excursion, he says.

The park is basically a big pier, stretching 386metres from the shore. Underneath the pier there are artificial reefs to attract wild fish so that you can catch fish easier there.
Although you have to pay 1,000yen (about $11 or £7, as of 2009/09/04) as admission fee, you could expect catch more than 1,000yen worth, my husband says, or insists.
Apart from his (mis)calculation, I too think this is a good attraction for a Fukuoka City’s public enterprise.

For your information, today’s catch was…

Are we worth 1,000yen?

Black sea bream (smallish size) 2
Baby sea bream 1
Amberjack (a little over 30cm) 1

Would you agree with my husband?