Sundried tomatoes soaked up Sicilian sun. Feta cheese aged in wooden barrels. Sometimes good things take time to transform, gracefully, or vapour down to their very essence. And then, they reincarnate, into another form of existence. Beautiful still. First time making a savoury sourdough. The crumb doesn’t look that great, cuz probably I didn’t drain the feta and rehydrated sundried tomatoes well, and was too generous with them, but flavour-wise, it brings me Mediterranean breeze. 80% hydration 90% bread flour 10% whole wheat Just too much fillings

Spotted another homebaker selling swiss rolls on Instagram a few weeks ago. Gave their Matcha Swiss roll and Huggy Rolls a try. In terms of texture, the Matcha Swiss Roll was soft & fluffy. As we sliced through the roll, the cake did not fall off easily or turned mushy.. the foreign Matcha taste got us thinking twice. Most of the baked goods that we’ve tried so far are usually made with NN’s Matcha powder, the sense of familiarity with Niko Neko’s Matcha Powder has probably clouded our judgement when we taste this, because this Matcha roll was made with other premium Matcha powder. Not saying that it’s weird, but it’s just a Matcha taste that I wasn’t familiar with & it did not taste like the bittersweet kind of Matcha. Wish that the Matcha taste could be stronger too. Overall, this is a pretty decent Matcha roll that is priced affordably + their fresh cream was not super sweet so it was alright. Their perfect bite-size Huggy Rolls were pretty tasty too, but in terms of texture - the sponge cakes were probably a little too wet/moist. This could likely be due to the water vapour or even the fresh cream that was filed inside the roll. The taste was good though, the fruits + cream went really well together Nevertheless, still enjoyed tasting these goods. Their packaging is very nicely done and their price points are pretty reasonable. Looking forward to more of your baked goods in the future, thank you!

#詩歩のくしろ旅   １月、緊急事態宣言前に訪れた２回目の北海道くしろ取材の様子をお届けします📷  まだしばらく自由に旅行できない日が続きそうですが、次の旅先候補として見ていただけたら嬉しいです🙇  ❄  凍った湖の上にあるのは「雪の華」✿  これは #フロストフラワー という極寒地域でだけ見られる特別な現象。  北海道の中でも限られた地域でしかみれなくて「寒いけど雪が少ない」釧路エリアならではの景色なんです。  ＜フロストフラワーの発生条件＞ ・凍った湖に雪が積もらない ・気温がマイナス15〜20度以下 ・風がない ・その他立地条件も必要  「フロスト＝霜」の通りこれは結晶で、川などの水蒸気が次々に凍りついて、このような花びらのような形に成長するんです。（屈斜路湖は温泉が流れこんでるので水分が多い◎）  本当は #阿寒湖 で見るはずが気温が高すぎて見れなかったんだけど、通りすがりの #屈斜路湖 で思いがけず発見！  朝イチで見るものなので、発見した夕方には形は崩れちゃってましたが…それでも湖上で美しく咲いていてくれました。風が吹くと飛んでっちゃうみたいだから、そもそも夕方まで残ってくれてたのが奇跡かも…？！   フロストフラワーは見る難易度が高い景色なので、ぜひ狙ってくるときは数日の余裕を持って来ると同時に、湖上でも氷が薄いところにフロストフラワーは発生するので、ガイドツアーに参加して安全に楽しみましょう📷（氷を踏み抜く恐れがあって危険です！）   ✈️  北海道庁さんのお仕事で #ひがし北海道 釧路を巡ってきました！秋の様子は #詩歩のくしろ旅 のタグでまとめてるのでぜひご覧ください。   "Snow flowers" on the frozen lake!  This is a special phenomenon called #frostflower, which can only be seen in extremely cold regions. It can only be seen in a limited number of areas in Hokkaido and is a unique sight in the Kushiro area, where it is cold but there is little snow.  As the word "frost" implies, these are crystals, which grow into petal-like shapes when water vapour from rivers and other sources freezes over. (Lake Kussharo has a lot of water because of the hot springs flowing into it) We were supposed to see them at Lake Akan, but it was too warm to see them, but we unexpectedly found them at Lake Kussharo when we were passing by! Please join a guided tour as the frostflower occurs where the ice is thin on the lake 📷 (it's dangerous to step through the ice!).    ⚠この取材は緊急事態宣言前です 現在、北海道では緊急事態宣言発令地域との往来自粛がも求められています。最新の情報を確認ください。いつか行きたい旅先候補として見ていただけたら嬉しいです❅    📍屈斜路湖／北海道 釧路 📍Lake Kussharo／Hokkaido Japan #shiho_hokkaido   ©Shiho/詩歩