Kazunoko (Herring Roe)

During winter you can see lots of this fish egg everywhere. This is the first time I had it spicy. I was very surprise but I love the original taste, salty.

Oden

My sister in law cooked Oden for dinner. I love this Japanese winter dish. There are many ingredients that you can add like boiled eggs, chikuwabu (gluten tubes), sliced radish, beef tendons, konnyaku, konbu (thick seaweed), carrot,
shiitake mushroom, squash, cabbage roll, potato, fish or meat balls, octopus, pig trotters, ganmodoki (fried tofu balls with grated vegetables), atsuage (deep fried tofu), kinchaku ( pouches of thin deep fried tofu), aburaage (bag of tofu filled with mochi), tofu,
bakudan (boiled egg wrapped in surimi), chikuwa (thick tubes of surimi), boiled gobo (greater burdock), hanpen, ikamaki (squid wrapped in surimi), sausage and kamaboko. I can eat this everyday.

Sushi

It's New Year and relatives are coming for lunch. We ordered sushi to make life easier. Usually when it's first day of the year people dont want to do any. In our family, we start to drink from breakfast until evening. Unfortunately Japanese beer doesnt affect me and my husband. We are so used to drink hard liqour and believe me beer taste like water.

Osechi

Osechi is a Japanese traditional dish for new year. My husband ordered this while were still in Manila. He said it's very popular and once ANA company start to advertise we should immediately ask for it. The whole process sounds like you must be quick.