Yakiniku at Home

It's been more than half a year of Covid-19 being around our lives now. While there are few countries where appropriate and effective measures are implemented and have been doing great controlling the spread, and even brought the active cases down to zero (wow - Standing applause for NZ!), there are more countries which are still struggling so bad in controlling the spread of the virus. Some countries have not even peaked out the first wave of the virus! Hey, Indonesian government! Yes, you! I am pointing right at you! 😠

In Japan where I live, things were improving around mid May to mid June before the cases gradually increased and now we are at the point of what likely to be the beginning of the second wave, well at least in Tokyo. Even Tokyo has just been excluded from the Go To Campaign, which will be launched by the Japan government to promote economic restoration next weekend. People in Tokyo are discouraged from traveling to other prefectures in the fear of bringing the virus there, yet traveling within Tokyo seems daunting to me because it is a very much densely populated city, man! So, home it is.

As I told you in one of my previous posts, I began working from home in the beginning of March, I still am, and I still will be until who knows when. I've been staying home like literally everyday! I do online shopping as much as possible, so I only go grocery shopping once in about two weeks to get fresh milk, fruits and veggies. In these past months, I only went far (to office) maybe 5 time max to do errands that needed to be done at the office.

So what did I do this whole time of staying home? I started 'new hobby', painting digitally or with watercolor, I studied and took an online proctored exam for a certification, I joined many webinars, and of course just relaxed and enjoyed the moment. And one thing that I want to mention specifically in this post is that I even started doing yakiniku at home! Before Covid-19, I would just go to Panga (halal!) when I want to have yakiniku. So, after having an encouragement from a senior, I bought a yakiniku grill plate! As for the halal wagyu yakiniku meat, I purchased them online from either Panga Online Shop or Ajinatori Online Shop. Yummy 😋, Alhamdulillah! You can have a little bit more variations of beef parts from Panga, but my favorite, which thankfully is available both in Panga and Ajinatori, is the Short rib or カルビ (read: karubi). It will melt right after you first chew it. Love 💜!

These are Halal Wagyu Marbled Short Rib from Ajinatori

Talking about meat, don't forget to arrange your Qurban, guys! It is definitely much more needed this year, as more people face difficulties economically to get foods with virus and natural disasters happening across the world.