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Hello Sandwiches.

What a lovely creative and crafty place Sydney has been these past few weeks! Here are a few pictures from the exhibitions and workshops I've been involved in lately. It's been so much fun!

One of the exhibitions, We Craft This City at Sydney's Object Gallery opened today and continues until 10th October so if you are in the area please pop in. They have free crafternoon and crafting powerhour workshops running throughout the week. You can even make one of these amazing vessels from plastic bags.

Thank you so much everyone for coming along to my papercraft workshop today. It was so lovely to create with you! And going to the Sydney screening of 'Making it Handmade' this evening was such a lovely way to end a creative crafty day! Pip you are amazing and I loved you in the documentary.

I also popped into The Papermill while I've been in Sydney where you can now buy my Tokyo Guide Zine and a whole bunch of other super cute zines. And isn't the new Gaffa Gallery location just amazing! Oooo if you are planning a trip to Sydney these are two places not to miss! Well Sandwiches, I'm off back to Tokyo next week so until then I'll be drinking enough Flat whites and eating enough mexican food to keep me going until my next Sydney trip.

Happy Weekend!

xoxo

Sumimasen by Isabelle Boinot

Isn't this 'Sumimasen' book by Isabelle Boinot just gorgeous! I treated myself to a copy and it should arrive in Tokyo just in time to be a birthday / welcome to Tokyo present for myself!

Japan fans will also love Isabelle's two Japan blogs: Sumimasen, a blog about her Kyoto travels and Tokyo Sugoi focusing on Tokyo!

Below are some spreads from Isabelle's Japan sketchbooks!












It's now just 14 days until I move to Tokyo! eeeep!
I hope you will come and visit me!

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Hello Sandwich Christmas Card Making

A little Hello Sandwich work in progress.

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Hijiki + A Lovely Japanese Dinner + Miso/Mayo Baked Salmon Recipe

Another treat from Mr Y's Japan package was a stock up of my favourite seaweed, Hijiki. This seaweed used to be available in Sydney but unfortunately I have not been able to find it stocked anywhere in Sydney over the last few years - This may be because of the safety concerns associated with eating hijiki. In any case, I don't think it is too much to worry about providing you don't eat too much of it all the time.


The above image is from Oishii Yo

This Hijiki salad recipe is my favourite way to cook the hijiki! I hope you will enjoy too (if you manage to get your hands on it in your country!) We cooked this on Saturday night as part of our Japanese dinner for Gracie.


Above image from Radish Boy

Speaking of our dinner with Gracie...Look at this gorgeous handmade thank you card that I found on my desk at work this morning! It's a little drawing of the dinner we all shared together!!! Oh my goodness right~?!

From left to right: Gohan with ebi furikake,  lettuce and tomato salad, pickled cucumber, hijiki seaweed salad, tamagoyaki with nori roll, ohitashi spinach, miso and the main plate is my favourite miso mayonnaise baked salmon. Gracie even illustrated my gingham table cloth and polka dot chop sticks! Don't you just love her!

By the way, this is the recipe for the never fail miso-mayonnaise baked salmon that I cook regularly. 

Ingredients:

2 portions salmon fillet

1 spring onion, thinly sliced

2 shitake mushrooms thinly sliced

1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese

For the miso-mayonnaise paste:

4 tbsp Japanese Kewpie mayonnaise

1 1/2 tbsp white or red miso paste

作り方 (Tsukuri kata):

Preheat the over to 180degrees. Thoroughly mix the miso and mayonnaise. Make a deep cut in each of the salmon fillets without cutting through them completely. Cut two pieces of foil large enough to completely enclose each piece of salmon. Spread half of the miso-mayo paste into the middle of each foil piece. Divide the spring onions and mushrooms evenly and scatter on top of the paste. Place each salmon fillets on top of the paste and spoon the remaining miso-mayo paste and the grated cheese into the cuts in the salmon. Tightly enclose the salmon in the foil and bake for 15 minutes or until cooked through. Open the foil and bake for a further 5 minutes until the cheese is lightly browned. Serve with your favourite Japanese side dishes and enjoy!

Yum!

P.S. Find out more about Japanese seaweeds here.

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Hello Sandwich

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(Hello) Sandwich Zine by Dawn Tan!

What exciting news!!! The amazing Dawn Tan has just launched her new zine! And guess what...It's about Sandwiches! My favourite! YAY!!!!!!

To find out more, and for the chance to win a copy of her Sandwich Zine, please click here.

Owww I can't WAIT until my copy arrives! If you would like to order one, please visit Dawn's online shop.

And Happy Friday to you!

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Wenmin Li

If you are in the mood for some gorgeous drawings pop on into Paddington's Kudos Gallery to see Wenmin Li's exhibition. Wenmin's show 'Reaching Likeness Through Unlikeness' opens Tuesday 12th May from 5 - 7:30pm. I'll be there pouring drinks on the bar! So come along and say hi! :)

Lovely Wenmin and I became friends at COFA Art School and even travelled together when we were two of four postgraduate students selected to give a presentation about our artwork at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. Wenmin is the most lovely person ever! And I am completely in love with her beautiful drawings and paper cut outs!

By the way, did you know COFA now has a blog!

Hello Sandwich in Inside Out Magazine

Wowzers! I can't believe it!  Hello Sandwich was in Inside Out Magazine! I feel so honoured! Thank you lovely Inside Out kids! You know who you are! Especially Foodie-Zine-Extraordinaire-Lee Tran Lam (best name ever!), Stylist-To-The-Stars-Vanessa Colyer Tay (and more here and here), and The-Amazing-Little-Post-it-Note-Queen-Gracie Lee. Clever Gracie was also featured (along side our friend Ampan man) in the contributors page below. Congratulations to the entire Inside Out team for a fantastic special Decorating and Renovations Issue!



Thank you so much for your support lovelies! It means the world to me!
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