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12/02/2023

Ok, since we got back from Tomamu Hoshino resort hotel in Hokkaido, we could share how it was.
Tomamu is located 2-2.5hrs drive from the Chitose airport. There’re shuttle buses straight to the hotel, so you don’t really have to worry about renting a car at the airport.

The owner’s ticket costs $90 per ticket and you’ll need one for one room for one night. In addition to that ticket, you’ll be charged for a room you stay but it’s way cheaper than the rate you see on hotel booking websites like agoda. Depend on which room, the price varies.
We stayed at Risonare tomamu, which is a high end of that hotel, and it was about $150 a night for two adults with toddlers. The room has one bedroom with three beds, a living room, and big bathroom with whirlpool bath and sauna!!!!!

This ski/snowboard resort offers not only snow activities like sledding and trekking but indoor pool activities as well, they even have SUP and slack line over the water!

It sure was one of our best trips ever!
If you’d like to know more details, I’d be happy to share information!

* I’m not affiliated with the hotel.

28/01/2023

I’m still learning how to make videos, but this one was when making some roast beef!!
Happened to get some Kobe beef, bottom round, and made roast beef!

22/01/2023

Then I trimmed the huge beef chunks. This marble one is Japanese Brown, chunk roll or chuck eye, make great thick cut steaks! The other is the famous Kobe beef, silverside.

22/01/2023

Today was really productive for me. First off, the homemade fresh buns!!

02/01/2023

Did you try the soba noodles for the New Year’s Eve? In Japan, people eat soba noodle wishing for longevity. I myself forgot to eat it on the New Year’s Eve but ate it today.
Wish you all had great holidays with your family and friends, tomorrow starts the first day of regular days of this new year!!

31/12/2022

Today is the LAST day of 2022! Did you accomplish at least one of what was on your bucket list???
For us, we got to see our family back in the states for the first time in two and half years, traveled to many places in Japan, made new friends, made more memories.
We are going to finish our last dinner with wagyu yakiniku style!!!!

Thank you so very much for following this page, wish the new year bring you all more happiness, health, and joy!
Happy New Years!!!!!!!!!!!

29/12/2022

Buffalo chicken wings with chunk blue cheese sauce!!
hands get dirty but who cares;)!?!?!
Our stock of chicken wings is now gone, but we have a few chunks of Iberico pork shoulder and now we’ve got “Jinhua pork（金華豚）”, which is so called one of the best pork that is used to make chir-siu, roast pork.
It’s originates in China but this one is grown at Hirota farm in Japan.
We also got Japanese Brown, chuck flap, great for steaks and yakiniku. Will prepare some maybe for New Year’s Day and share the experience here!

28/12/2022

Look at how these chicken wings turned out! It’s yummy garlic soy sauce marinated wings.
We air-fried them so it’s not greasy but actually healthy!!!!

27/12/2022

Preparing chicken wings for tomorrow.
Half of the chicken is going to be marinated in garlic soy sauce and the other half is going to be buffalo chicken wings!!!!

These comes in 2kg (a little over 4lb) frozen, from Tochigi prefecture.
There’s only one pack left for sale! It’s $20 a pack, I’d prefer to take yen, and it’s going to be ¥2,500 a pack.

19/12/2022

[OFFICIAL]Hoshino Resorts TOMAMU｜Winter Season(November to March)｜Hokkaido,Japan

Did you already make a plan or two for the holidays?
Who wants to go to Hokkaido and enjoy the luxurious hotel with some discounts?!?!?!
This hotel has not only the skiing resort but a warm pool with waves! Pack your snow gears and swimsuits!!!!!!

Thanks to the meat wholesaler that I always get the great wagyu from, now we have got some owner’s tickets that you can stay at one of the high-end hotels in Tomamu, Hokkaido.

For example, the cheapest room is a standard room for two people, if you book it through travel agencies or even their official website w/o this ticket, it’s about ¥30,000 to ¥80,000 a night, depe on when you stay.
However, with this magical ticket, it’s going to be less than ¥20,000 (*depending on the date, may not be available).
You will need to purchase the tickets in order to make reservations, just make an inquiry if you’re interested.

Btw we are going to stay here in February, so reports will be posted after that for sure!!

All season resort located at the center of Hokkaido. Just 90 minutes away from the airport would bring you to our front desk. Ski-in/Ski-out hotel with variety of winter activities for guests of all ages.

18/12/2022

ALL GONE! Thank you 🙏

I’m sure we all are getting ready for upcoming holiday season🎄🎅!
Let me introduce what’s called Japanese Brown, it’s a type of cows, rare to see them at grocery stores. We have these akaushi only a few times a year. As prices go skyrocketing in the states, we feel the same trend here in Japan too.
The steaks costs from $15 to $25, depending on the weights.
Special steaks for special occasions❤️

(We accept Japanese yen too!)

07/12/2022

It’s getting cold outside and what I’ve been craving for is... yes, lasagna! I use white sauce instead of ricotta cheese but it’s yummy!!!!! Side was ajillo, Spanish tapas. shrimp, scallops and mushrooms in olive oil. You just dip the crusty toast into it. Super good!

06/12/2022

We’ve got a few pounds of this veal too! It makes great steak!!! $16/lb!

06/12/2022

It’s been awhile, but I’m still here!!
Made meatball pasta with wagyu ground beef ($15 for 2kg, a lil over 4lb), and minced Iberico pork ($7 per lb).

12/10/2022

This is what I was prepping today! Yes! Pulled pork burgers!!!!! As soon as they’re made, it’s just gone quickly and I couldn’t even take pictures…. But I guess it was that good;)
Used iberico shoulder.

10/10/2022

WAGYU fillet, some edge pieces are for beef stroganoff tonight❤️
One piece of steak on the third pic is 158g, 5 1/2 once, a little less than half a pound, is only $10!!!

16/08/2022

Freshly minced Iberico pork, great for tacos!!!
$7 for about a pack, this is about 12oz, 0.7lb.

15/08/2022

Thin sliced wagyu beef. 20bucks for a pound. Made this delish beef bowls!!
Maybe some people are not used to raw eggs, but it was really good.

11/08/2022

Great air-fried chicken wings!!!! I marinated them with soy sauce, sake and garlic.
These chicken wings (about 4.5lb) are only 15 bucks!!

09/08/2022

It was unbearably hot today, so I wanted to make spicy curry with Iberico pork! Tons of veggies are almost dissolved but I use hand blender to make sure all of them are crushed to be soup. My little picky eaters LOVE the curry and one of them ate 4 bowls of it🤣🤣🤣!

28/06/2022

General Tso chicken was so delish!!! You can’t get enough stock of this Japanese tender chicken thigh (¥500 per lb), can be used for anything!

18/06/2022

Love these riserva tomatoes!!!! Got tons of them, you can just freeze them and use them whenever you want to make great tomato sauce!!!!!

16/06/2022

Because I had an hour in the morning and milk in the fridge expired yesterday, prep for dinner ongoing! Lasagna tonight!!!!!
Heading to Tokyo, hopefully kiddo can enjoy the train rides😅

14/06/2022

Now we’ve got back from the states!!!!!
We’ve got pork tenderloin about a pound for 900yen, beef bones 400yen per kg, and frozen croissants (10pcs) for 800yen.

Having oven-fresh croissants is a great start of the morning on the weekends:)!!

20/03/2022

The school year is ending, now I’m ready to make some roast beef!!!!!!
Anyone with me!??!?!

02/03/2022

Have you ever heard that pigs are fed chestnuts 🌰???? This pork is sliced already and easy to make pork chops or pork cutlets, or even pulled pork.
It’s about 100g(3.5oz, 0.2lb) a piece, for 300yen.

26/02/2022

Beef shank cheese curry!!! Pressure cook the beef shank so it’s super tender! We still have 2 pounds of wagyu beef shank in stock!

24/02/2022

Wagyu fillet steak this thick just melted in my mouth!!!! Tomorrow is FRIDAY! Yay!!!!!

21/02/2022

My friend is always using veggies well on what she makes. This pasta with Iberico pork is really looking great!!!!!!!

19/02/2022

Iberico pork char siu, Chinese style barbecued pork. Maybe I could grill a bit more…or burn the fat until it becomes crispier.

Have a great president day weekend!!!!!!

19/02/2022

The pork cutlets became a “Katsu-don”, which is pork cutlets on top of rice!
We still have a few pork tenderloin left!!

17/02/2022

Pork tenderloin was super delicious!!!!
We made tons but only have a few pieces left for tomorrow.
It’s 900 yen a pound.

17/02/2022

Marinated this Iberico pork shoulder with soy-sauce based sweet sauce.
Tomorrow just need to throw it into the oven:)!!!!!
Iberico pork shoulder, it’s about 1.5 to 3 pounds each, 1,000yen per pound.

16/02/2022

Anyone wants to try Canadian horse tendons? You can stew them just like beef tendons, I would use a pressure cooker.

15/02/2022

This is the beef shank cooked for two days! The soup was really good 👍. I always love cooking the beef shank in the pressure cooker!!

14/02/2022

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!
We will be having chili or sloppy joe with the home-made buns!

13/02/2022

It’s supposed to be snow but is raining right now. Are you going to cook chili for tomorrow?
I’m preparing beans for chili and I’m going to use Japanese beef that I minced the other day.
I’ve got shocked when I heard/watched the ad from a farm for the first time. It says, are you still using the ground beef that you never know how many cows the mixed ground beef is made of?!
True! I never thought about it.
Since then, I make my own ground beef with the mincing machine, so it’s always the same cow and I know which part of the beef our ground beef is made of.

I’ve checked the commissary price. I can’t beat the price but I’m sure our ground beef is far better quality and safer, in my opinion!

08/02/2022

These grilled pork looks mouth-watering!!!!! The secret sauce is ketchup, soy sauce and garlic…. I’m sure that kids gonna love them!
These pork tenderloins are leaner, meaning less fat.
It’s 950 a pound!
Oh and it’s frozen, not being cooked like this🤣!

06/02/2022

Baby back ribs turned out to be perfect!!!!

06/02/2022

Baby back ribs Sunday!!!! We will be having these baby back ribs tonight!
Stay warm and healthy everyone👍