Baked Banana Stuffed French Toast

Today is White Day, when men give romantic gifts to women. This is the second half of Valentine's Day in Japan since only women give gifts on Valentine's Day. It is kind of the commercialization of Valentine's day in Japan but we do it since we live here. My husband made brunch for me today.
It was not only regular french toast that he made. He fried two pieces of french toast in a pan with banana slices between them and then baked them in an oven. It was really good. I like the taste of hot french toast, malted banana, cinnamon, icing sugar, maple syrup and strawberries all together.

Gohei Mochi

I made a rice snack called "gohei mochi" today. I mashed cooked rice in an earthenware mortar until it had stuck together.
I put the rice around wooden sticks.
I baked the rice and then brushed them with sweetened miso sauce (miso, walnuts, sake and sugar). I wanted to bake them one more time after I brushed the sauce on them but the sticks were unstable so I just ate them. I like these simple snacks.

Imo Mochi

I tried a new recipe from a local store. It is called "imo mochi". I made mashed potatoes and added some salt, cornstarch, green onions and little water to them. I rolled the mashed potatoes into small balls and added cheese in the centre of them. I made the balls flat and fried them with olive oil in a frying pan. I dropped some soy sauce in the pan at the end.
The cheese had melted inside and the potatoes were a little chewy because of the starch. I like this new recipe.
I also cooked vegetable gratin. The thick sauce was made by mashing taro potatoes.
Does this look like a potato face?

Kimbab

I like the Korean snack kimbab. I checked a Korean food website today and tried to make kimbab for lunch. I cooked rice and added sesame oil, sesame seeds and salt to it. Separately, I boiled some vegetables and added sesame oil and salt to it as well. I then cooked an egg omelet and cut it into strips. I rolled all of these ingredients in seaweed and then brushed some sesame oil over the rolls. I cut the rolls into pieces. And served them with kimchi. I liked my kimbab but I know my husband has never gave me a passing mark for my Korean cuisine because he knows well Korean food since he used to live in Korea. I can't stop trying to cook Korean food though.

Mochi

A broad definition of "mochi" is some steamed grains that have been pounded or starch mixed with water and then cooked. I have though about "mochi" recently because I realized many food packages such as cakes or breads advertise that they have a mochi texture. A mochi texture is a little chewy and moist. Most of my female friends like eating something that has a mochi texture.
I tried many different varieties of mochi during my Korea trip. This pictuer below is one type of mochi from Korea. It is called "Mujigae Ddeok". It tasted good when I warmed it up.

Gyudon

We love gyudon. I cooked slice of beef in soy sauce, sugar and sake fast. After flavor in to beef, I added slice of onions. When all cooked, I put it on rice. I like some slice of ginger on the top. I can eat lots of rice with gyudon.

Curry Udon

I cooked noodles in a curry soup today. I usually cook this on the day after cooking curry. I added some soup stock in the leftover curry to make curry soup. Then I boiled some udon noodles and put them in the curry soup. When I cook curry, I try to cook a lot of it because I want to make curry udon afterwards.