First time cooking on April 13

Amonad said she was going to Kyoto on Sunday to do some work, and asked if we could meet. I said we should have a meal together. I had originally thought of eating out, but at noon, I told her: I'm going to buy groceries and cook in my dormitory.

Amonad was studying in a language school in Kyoto last year. I came here because of her inspiration. She was living in Dali and participated in my hiking trip, so we met and became friends. We would occasionally visit each other. This year, she moved to Tokyo to attend a language school. Her students Qiulai and Adong, we had dinner together in Tokyo last April.

I moved in on April 9th, and I haven't really cooked yet, I'm still getting to know this place. I decided to start cooking today, and I saw Travor cooking in the public kitchen. I asked him where he bought vegetables, and I knew Fresco, and the vegetables looked quite expensive. He happily told me that there was a supermarket nearby, which was much cheaper, and some were half the price. Turn left when you go out, and turn left at the first intersection, it's very close.

As expected, I found this supermarket. There was a sale at the entrance with six cucumbers in a bag for less than 6 yuan (110 yen), which was really not expensive.

I bought 4 jin of rice for 100 yuan, 2 jin of oil for 30 yuan, a bottle of soy sauce for 20 yuan, three onions for 10 yuan, bean sprouts for 5 yuan, 100g of minced meat for 14 yuan, and five kinds of fish sashimi for 60 yuan. There are also some other things.

In general, rice is very expensive at 25 yuan per catty, because Japan has high tariffs on imported rice and there are quota restrictions to protect domestic agriculture. Vegetables are slightly expensive, and pork is also expensive. However, meat is easy to find in bento boxes, while vegetables are more precious, especially green leafy vegetables, which only cost ten yuan for a small handful and are usually not included in bento boxes. The next day, I cooked again and fried a plate of very green and tender vegetables. I shared some with Ginny, a Taiwanese girl who was heating up rice. Even though she was very introverted and seemed like the kind of person who didn't want to accept things from others and have unnecessary connections, she didn't refuse: "No one can refuse a plate of stir-fried green leafy vegetables."

Cooking greatly increases your chances of understanding a place. Going to a supermarket or market to buy groceries will leave a much deeper impression than just going into the supermarket and taking a look.

It was past five o'clock and I was cooking when Amonad arrived and rang the doorbell. As soon as she came in, she said, this place is amazing. "I walked all the way here from the station, it's so beautiful." She visited my room and said, "Compared to Tokyo, the space here is really big." Speaking of the price of food in Japan, she said that Tokyo is too expensive and she can't afford to buy things like vegetables and fruits. Kyoto is much better and she can afford to buy them. My roommate, Noah, a German, said, "In Kyoto, there is not much difference between eating out in restaurants and cooking at home. In Germany, you can't afford to eat out in restaurants."

We were cooking and chatting, and I said, "You look good." Indeed, the whole person was filled with a happy and lively atmosphere.

"I was in a good mood in Japan," she said. "But today at Ueno Park Station, I met a Chinese girl in front of me. She stepped back and almost stepped on me. She didn't say sorry, but glared at me."

"Indeed, if the people around you are not aware of being defensive and aggressive, it is not easy to be in a good mood, and a similar incident may ruin your mood for the whole day." I also feel this way. "Maybe people in China are under a lot of pressure"

“Japanese people are under a lot of pressure too”

“That’s quality, right?”

We fantasized that we could go to Kanazawa’s language school to study at the same time in the future, a place with a long history, simple style and inexpensive.

I made an onion meatball, a stir-fried bean sprout, and a steamed spring bamboo shoot meat pie, but I didn't buy enough leafy vegetables.

After dinner, it was around seven o'clock and it was getting dark. I sent Amonad to the station to take the train back to Kobe, because the B&B in Kyoto is still too expensive recently. She lives in Kobe and the train will arrive in 20 minutes. It was raining outside, so we walked over with an umbrella. It turned out that the tram station was very close to my residence, and it only took five or six minutes to walk there. I also saw the stream outside the house. It turned out to be called "Arisu River". It was written on a small bridge called Saimiya Bridge, a very nice name. The tram arrived in seven or eight minutes, stopped, and after just two or three sections, it set off again. It was close, and it only took five or six minutes to walk there. I also saw the stream outside the house. It turned out to be called "Arisu River". It was written on a small bridge called Saimiya Bridge, a very nice name. The tram arrived in seven or eight minutes, stopped, and after just two or three sections, it set off again.