November, 2011

【ICHIBA JUNCTION】 What’s Lotus Root?

Lotus is a variation of rhizome grows in the mud. In fact, it is not root.
The lotus includes the amount equivalent to 1.2 times that of oranges in vitamin C, as well as prevention of colds, skin effect, it is effective to prevent skin aging. Vitamin C is heat sensitive and that is generally difficult to vitamin C to be broken down even when heated because lotus root mainly consists of starch.

【ICHIBA JUNCTION】 What’s Chili Pepper?

Not just hot! rich in nutrition

When asked what chili peppers are, dried red thing can be imagined at first. Furthermore, it can be tended to image “HOT”. But in Mexico, it is used to make stock and in Korea, it is used to take “sweetness”!

Yamato Nadeshiko – Noriko

Yamato Nadeshiko is a Japanese word which means” the idealized image of a Japanese female”yamato=Japan nadeshiko=a kind of Japanese flower (Dianthus)In this series, we are simply checking out Japanese woman’s fashion on the streets of Melbourne every Thursday!