Becoming Hello Kitty

In December while being in Japan I mentioned the about the Hello Kitty Narikiri Face Packs.

I was lucky to be able to find them in the Sanrio/Hello Kitty store in Odaiba ^^ (although the info said they were only sold in the store in Tokyo Tower. And, I did not find them at Kiddy Land in Harajuku. Which was my first stop as it's a very famous place for most characters)

I tried one of them on right before sleep the other day, I have to say, I like it.. although it's no difference from a normal white one, it still felt fun to look a bit like Kitty-chan.

At Tokyu Hands I also saw some with Kabuki masks, animals etc, but well all of these were quite pricey compare to the normal ones, so it felt like a bit more luxury, and maybe not needed?

Anyway, I'd like to share some photos so you can see how they look in real life ^^

What do you think... do u also want to look like Hello Kitty?

I look dead in the photos, I used them right after a super hard work out session and I was so tired I fell asleep with the mask on 5 min after I had taken the photos (^^;;)

Cooking pasta in the microwave...

I saw this amazing thing on Japanese tv earlier this year.
It's a plastic container that can be used for cooking pasta/spaghetti in your microwave.

My first thought was.. NO WAY..! It can't be good!
I'm that kind of person who likes to cook food and not heat something up in the microwave! And to cook pasta in a plastic container can it really work?

I love pasta and in Sweden we eat it quite often..!

Last month when I went to Tokyo I dragged my friend with me to the store called 東急ハンズ (Tokyu Hands) the 池袋 (Ikebukuro) branch.

Actually my reason going there was to buy another thing!
When I went to Nagoya me and my friend watched tv and saw this new "pasta cap". You can put on your pasta pack and it will keep it straight and it also measure 1-1,5 portions of pasta! It looked really cute so I decided to go there.

I decided to get a green one since green is one of my fave colours! It also comes in White, Black and Red. It's cheap too, 525 jpy


And since pasta is pasta I suddenly was remined of the pasta container as well!
We asked the staff and they showed it to us! It only cost somewhat 800 jpy so I just had to get it!

On this pack it above, it says it's for 1-4 persons, however the one I bought is for 1-2 persons.

Anyway so how does it work?

The little hole in the lid is the measurement for 1 potion of pasta, on the side of the main container it says how much water you should fill it with.

You add pasta, take of the lid - otherwise you will have a explosion in your microwave!

So, 1 portion 500 watts for 13 min, 2 portions 500 watts and 16 min!

NO salt.. just plain water.

And how was it??

AWESOME!!!! 

Best part with this little invention:

1. The pasta doesn't stick!

2. You don't have to pay attention while it cooks!