Good things in Vancouver

昨日は天気が良かったので、ランチに日本人の方が経営しているホットドッグスタンド、Japadogに行ってきた。照り焼きマヨネーズ、味噌マヨネーズ、大根おろしなどのトッピングが選べるホットドッグが楽しめる。今回は味噌マヨネーズを試したので、次回は大根おろしを試してみたい。メニューはこちら。

The weather was really good yesterday so we went for lunch to a hotdog stand called Japadog which is run by a Japanese guy. You can choose hot dogs with Teriyaki mayonnaise sauce, Miso mayonnaise sauce, grated radish etc. I tried Miso mayonnaise this time and I wanna try grated radish one next time. Their menu is here.

Japadog
In front of the Sutton Place Hotel
Burrard Street x Haro Street (map)

Mon - Thu: Noon - 19:30
Fri - Sat: Noon to 20:00
Sun: 12:30 - 19:00

畑を借りて3年目になりますが、今年は気合入ってます。今年は、トマトに賭けています。買ってきた苗5本、自分達で種から育てた苗13本、計18本で勝負です。害虫、キスジノミハムシ（Flea Beetle）の被害にあいましたが、殺虫剤で撃墜。先週末はトマトフードをあげて、栄養を補給。これで暑い夏になってくれれば、トマトが鈴なり～♪と夢見ています。他にはえんどう豆、春菊、レタス等のローメンテナンス系野菜を植えました。

It’s our third year since we started to rent the vegetable allotment and we are eager in doing it this year. We bet on tomatoes this year. We have this game with 18 seedlings - 5 bought seedlings and 13 seedlings that we grew from seeds. We had an attack of flea beetles but we shot them down with pesticide. We gave tomato food last weekend and boosted their nutrition. We are hoping it’s going to be a hot summer and dreaming about crammed tomatoes♪ We also planted low maintenance veggies such as green beans, chrysanthemum leaves and lettuces.

本日の収穫は去年の秋に植えたにんにくと母の畑から採れたケイル。

Today’s harvests are garlic which we planted last autumn and kale from my mum’s allotment.

自分たちで種から育てたトマトとレタスの苗
Seedlings which we grew from seeds

スペインの巨匠、Pedro Almodavarが2002年に監督したHable con ella (Talk to her)はとても好きな映画の一つである。今回、彼が2006年に監督したVolver （邦題：帰郷）を観た。主演は Penelope Cruz。彼女が出演したハリウッド映画は冴えないものばっかりだったけど、この映画で彼女はとても魅力的に見えた。映画ではスペイン、ラ・マンチャ地方の暮らしが映し出され、その美しさに憧れた。女性がたくさん出てくる映画で、女友達、姉妹、母娘、色々な形の女性の絆が見れた映画だった。日本語字幕付トレイラーはこちら。

Hable con ella (“Talk to her” in English) is one of my favorite films which was directed by a great Spanish director, Pedro Almodavar in 2002. We watched his work called Volver (“To return” in English) which was directed in 2006. The main actor is Penelope Cruz. Many of Hollywood films she acted for were not great but she looked very attractive in this flim. This film showed the life of La Mancha in Spain and I adored its beauty. There are lots of women appear in this film and I saw various forms of female relationships such as amongst friends, sisters, mother and daughters. The trailer is here.

My rating: ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆（８！）
IMDB: 7.8