Thermie #4

The reason why I bought a Thermomix was to minimise the cleaning up. 

Today’s one meal dish is fried rice for lunch as lil’ one had HBL. 

I didn’t use overnight rice, cooked and cooled the rice with the fan. Perhaps that was a mistake? I was using a mixed instructions from one settings that uses overnight rice. 

Euniclicious has a recipe using same day rice which she mixed the seasoning together in with the rice first before frying. 

First and foremost when I cooked the rice, I used this steam diverting chimney I bought from Wundermix (shipping fees is twice the price of the item. I should have bought one more item to make the shipping fees worth it). It really helps, I don’t see any condensation on the cabinets. Maybe I can make full use of it next time by steaming my face the same time? 😂) 

Failure #1

Didn’t insert the butterfly properly, so it was tossing in the bowl for a few seconds. I removed it and cooked it with the blades. I think that would make a difference in the rice? Becomes mashed rice? I must read the manual on how to fix the butterfly properly. 

Failed attempt. In the end I brought out the pan and fried the chunks of rice 😆. So I think fried rice needs the wok-hei? Perhaps I should try it another time again. 

No Monday Blues

I love Mondays! But only for this term. 

Lil’ one has HBL every Mondays, yes it’s every not alternate Mondays. Che-che drives herself to school for that 1.5hrs in school (uni started today). I don’t have to do any chauffeuring. I love staying at home. Really! That’s why I kindda like CB, though the cooking killed me. 

There’s just tons of things to do while I’m at home. I hate to go shopping aimlessly, I shop with a purpose and with a list. And if I’m really lazy I’ll just shop online, that explains why shops are closing down one by one coz of the convenience to click everything from home. 

Let me enjoy this term. Every Mondays is an extra NUAH-DAY. 

My first taste of マーボー豆腐 (麻婆豆腐)

One would have thought I would have eaten a wide spread of food with a good chef (mom) at home. 

Strangely, I had my first 麻婆豆腐 in Nagoya during my first year of flying. And all the while I thought it was a Japanese food 😂. Everytime I’m in Nagoya, I’ll eat that. Eating with gravy mixed on the white fluffy rice. Just like eating my karaage chicken don in Narita village. Haha! 

I’ve never had Japanese 麻婆豆腐 for the longest time, I tried getting the boxed one from J-Mart but it taste horrible.  the ones I eat are the Sichuan style. 

I finally had the chance to eat it in Kumamoto, in a Chinese Japanese restaurant. The hot tofu and mince meat warmed my tummy on the cold winter day. I really miss this taste. 

This somehow got me thinking I can’t seem to find any Japanese restaurant in Singapore selling this. So what’s the difference between the Chinese and Japanese style? 

CHINESE 

The classic recipe is made with simmered silken tofu flavored with ground pork or beef, fermented bean paste (douban and douchi), chili oil, and Sichuan peppercorns.

JAPANESE

mabo dofu in Japan includes miso, mirin or sugar, sesame oil, oyster sauce, and occasionally sake.

Most distinctly, Japanese mabo dofu doesn’t include any chili or Sichuan peppercorn. 

School so far for lil’ one

Since the school commenced on 9th Jan, I’ve met up with her FT or CA (class advisor) as they are called, the subject head aka HOD and the lady in charge of SEN on a Friday. They wanted to understand what is her condition and how they can help them. 

And the same week, she told me her CA spoke to her softly that she has her in mind for a class representative. Someone in her class asked outrightly if she can be a class representative but the teacher said she has someone in mind also. She didn’t confirm with that student but asked lil’ one a few times after that if she wants the role. In the end, lil’ one took up the offer. 如果老师看得起她、then don’t reject lor. Told her what if she don’t get her SC, at least she still has another leadership role. Whether it’s for standby or not, I know my girl is very responsible. She will do her duty very well. 

Asked if she’s allowed to have a voice recorder, said probably not they will need to check with individual tutors but most likely not. But they’re able to accommodate her needs. 

CCA student council interview
26th Jan 2023 6pm. Ended school at 2.45pm but by the time I reached school was 3pm, sent her home for shower and left house at 5.15pm. Reached school at 5.42pm. 

Badminton trials
Trials on 27th Jan 2023 from 1-4pm. What?!?! She called me at 3pm but too bad she has to wait coz I haven’t showered. Complained to me that they always hit the shuttlecock very low for her. Initially she thought it’s good to have some exercise but after that she changed her mind and said it’ll be very tiring for her. 

Rockclimbing 
She likes to do it leisurely, not as a CCA. Worried about hand/palm pain with more regular climbing. Ok lah, it’s her CCA, she has to choose what she likes. 

28th Jan

She was so happy and told me she’s IN Student Council. No official announcement yet but she’s included in a chatgroup. Not sure how many ppl they selected out of how many applicants. Happy for her. Only thing is there’s no fixed day for CCA. So how am I going to arrange for her eye therapies? I’ve procrastinated the therapies for too long already. 

Enjoying school

She’s enjoying school, has a clique of friends. One girl lives close to us. 

She was telling me how many new students joining in, mostly appealed from other courses like Business Services. So I’m wondering if the students have 11 points, appeal still can come into Accountacy (5 points) then she might even have chance to appeal to go over to the school nearer to us. She missed by 1 point! However she won’t have it, she wouldn’t want to go to another school coz she already has a group of friends now. She’ll have to start to make new friends if she moves, and it’s not easy as most would have formed cliques by now. 

Haven’t been here for a long time

 Like what? 7yrs? 8yrs? 

Sim Siang Choon @ Changi. Looking for shower mixer after Hulk Aricia broke ours 😱. 

At the same time I can take a look at their kitchen sinks, stove hobs and hoods. Will definitely need to look around some more, of course all these to 参考。Ultimately I’ll need Jason’s advice if those measurements are possible or not. 

These floor traps attracted my attention. I’ve always wanted to change to something nicer and not obvious to dirt. However it’s not possible to change I was told by a hardware shop boss. Sianz!

Hubby saw toilet sink and said maybe we can change them. Huh? Ah nia will be busy unpacking and packing and cleaning up. Tiring leh! 

Her first >>

step into a club. Marks a milestone for big girl. 

I remember probably a few years back, we were talking about jazz lounge and discotheques / clubbing. And I told her the “once upon a time, long long time ago …your mother” story on what made me prefer jazz lounge over discotheque. She immediately told me she won’t like clubbing, however I have a different mindset. If you don’t try, how would you know? She asked me “you mean you WANT me to GO?” I think for a moment she’s confused what method of parenting is her mother using, if her mother is planning a trap. 

I think parenting style is different from the olden days (my mom to us) and now (me parenting my daughter). Kids these days have a mindset of their own. What more I have a highly defiant argumentative warrior, at times I cannot be so strict to say NO to her as long as it’s not dangerous. 

So when she told me her friend wants to go, there’s 4 of them including her. All I could tell her was to be careful and not to leave the drinks alone. She told me she and another friend are standing in a corner and they’re not drinking. But then again, I’m not there I wouldn’t know if it’s really true. I can only hope she’s sensible enough. 

One thing similar between mom and I is that we are worried about our kid. I was having a terrible headache and wanted to sleep early after popping 2 paracetamols, but couldn’t sleep coz I was worried about her. Only after she messaged me that she’s on Grab home then I was able to sleep. But I was already in bed, I heard her opening the main door but didn’t have the energy to climb out of bed to acknowledge her home. 

Will she Go again next time? I’m not sure. But if friends drag along, I’m sure she wouldn’t want to be left out right? So whatever decision she makes, I can only hope and pray that she’s always home safe. Or maybe next time she can bring her mother along. Haha! Can I still anyhow dance? Or …I don’t even know how’s the clubbing scene like now also. Must show her her mother was once a party queen. Haha! Strangely, I cut down when I was in SQ. 

CNY

Thank goodness we decided not to do anything for 初二. Saves the trouble for us, no need to shop for groceries, no need to join in the long queue at checkout counters. It was really terrible two Fridays ago when we dropped by NEX just to get daily necessities. The crowd and queue will only get worst this week, so I’m avoiding the supermarkets like a plague. Made plans not to cook for this week so I don’t have to pop by supermarket. 

The crowd is absolutely crazy! To think that people still like to get pushed about; smelling each other’s perspiration in Chinatown. 

Reason for not hosting this year

Anyway, I told hubby 

(1) we often get too much leftovers that we have to keep eating to finish the 料 for the next week or more. Who wouldn’t get sick of it?

(2) so tiring to prepare. Tho it’s steamboat, the prep takes a lot of cutting and cleaning. And I’d like to prepare dessert too (to make sure they’re well-fed). Do you know how messy my small kitchen is? Not to mention the cleaning and clearing after. And the ** as explained further below 

With the decision not to host, I also didn’t buy any CNY goodies which always end up being discarded coz nobody eats. With the decision not to host, I’m more relaxed than before. 

** Stalls are usually open on 初二 , so we won’t go hungry. I definitely won’t be cooking whether with Thermie  or not as it means I’ll need to jostle with the crowds just to get my groceries now. Anyway, we have a BK opposite us. A bread and some quick bites vending machine in our compound. We even have ramen we bought from Japan. Yup! 饿不了. So why 自找麻烦？

OMG! Lil’ one have to spoil something

in the house again. So untimely! 

This is how the handle should look like

how did this girl even break this into half ? 

the other half of the white thing is stuck inside.

end up all of us need to take our shower in the common toilet. Wah…heng ah… no visitors to our house, to see the toiletries mess in common toilet. 

How to fix this? CNY in few days time somemore! She thinks her mother damn free is it? Must find things for me to do, and not like I know anything plumbing things. Sigh….

First SSO concert of the year.

2023 : The year began on the 13th day with a young child as the artist in residence.

13th Jan - Chloe Chua plays Mozart 4

This is requested by Che-Che. Chloe is truly a prodigy, so expressive while playing.

I like Debussy music especially if I want something to relax and sleep. So my mind’s tuned, the moment I heard the first piece it has the Debussy style. (I didn’t read the booklet so have no idea what pieces are being played) The music almost made me sleep, closed my eyes and pretend to be appreciating the music. 

She has earned herself another one more fan!

Programme

Debussy

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Mozart

Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218*

- Intermission -

Bizet

Symphony in C major

Baking with Ms Thermie #3

Was tidying the ‘baking’ pantry aka cabinet section few days ago and saw a full canister of bread flour expiring end of February so decided to bake something

Milk shokupan was something that I’ve always wanted to bake for the longest time but was always so hesitant, hesitant about tangzhong preparation coz I’m always so afraid of the what will happen the next day? And if I can’t bake when I had to, then how? Can two day dough work?

I was happy that Thermomix can prepare the tangzhong and I get to bake the same day. Although it wasn’t smooth sailing for this batch (had to run out of the house to pick up lil’ one. So instead of proofing for 45mins, it proofed for 2+ hrs), I managed to bake a milk loaf.  

Now I understand why people tend to sell away their Kitchenaid the moment they have Thermomix. I wasn’t willing to uncover, plug my kitchenaid when I can do everything in one machine. Best of all, I will only wash one item. 

Result of the bread :

wasn’t that nice as my old Alex Gob’s English cottage bread. Maybe coz I was so used to the taste? Perhaps the expired  (a month) yeast affected the bread?

Will bake this once more with new yeast and hopefully ‘following to the tee’ proofing time.

Finally school starts

This is the longest break (no need to iron uniform, no need to chauffeur around) ever for us. Lil’ one hasn’t worn her school uniform after 11th Oct, which is almost 3 months ago. 

When she wore her school uniform today, it just felt so strange. Strange that we will not be driving towards KPE/ECP but a totally different direction. Felt strange that my girl is suddenly grown and out of secondary school. Time passed by too fast. I remember when che-che graduated in 2018; I grouched that I had to make the journey for lil’ one all the way from home. 

For the next 3 weeks will only need to send her to school, when che-che’s new term commences on 30th means I’ll have to make two opposite direction trips? Or maybe pass her a car?

Wishing the best to my lil’ one in her new school. May she make new friends soon. 

Ms Thermie #2

Taught lil’ one how to cook rice. Never teach the man but her. Haha! 

This time I figured how to switch to the weighing machine function within. So much easier, as I don’t have to take out my weighing machine. But if I were to do meal/ingredients prep next time I’d have to bring out my weighing machine. 

Not having enough space in the small kitchen is a struggle. I have to move the coffee machine away, I also needed some space on the other side to work which seemed more crowded than usual. Sigh… hopefully with the minor kitchen top change and stove change I’ll have more space next time. 

Next while steaming and grilling the other food, I set Ms Thermie to work. Took out the rice and placed it in a food warmer container. 

Did an easy lettuce and mushrooms stir fry. As I have ready minced garlic at home, I can skip one step. 

1. Add EVVO and sauté 3 min / 120°C / speed 1

2. Add lettuce and mushrooms, keto oyster sauce (coz ran out of normal oyster sauce), sesame oil and 1 tsp of monkfruit sweetener. Last minute I saw a sambal prawn paste and just put in a little to get my veggies spiced up. 

3. Cook  

I have no idea why the stir fry came out with so much gravy 🤭 when I did squeeze out the water from the mushrooms. Did capping back the MC made the moisture retained in the mixing bowl? Hmm…. 

Dinner was ready quite fast as I could set the stove and oven working at the same time. I’m wondering how long I will take to cook a 3 dish meal with just one bowl. Anyway, I ordered 2 more food warmer containers. I can also pop the plates into the oven to keep the food warm. 

The simple dishes tonight. 

                                                

But I’m really happy that after the cooking, all I needed to do was to wipe down the solid surface top. No need to wipe the cabinet, stove, mop floor. Stove is cleaner today too coz I only used it for steaming. One day I’ll figure out how to use the varoma dish. 

Premier performance by Ms Thermie

My dainty looking appliance has been sitting on my kitchen top since 4th Aug 2022 (almost 5 months later) and did its premier performance for dinner. [My free Cookidoo account expires after 6 months 🤣]

It wasn’t a whole table filled with cooked food kind of attempt but rather the simple white rice 🤭. It took me a long while to get it done coz it needed to update software. Haha! After which, it took me a while to figure out how to set it to Varoma. OMG! Am I such a dummy? I thought with me watching some YouTube videos months before, I should be able to do it? Nope! This dummy is really hopeless. How the heck to get “Varoma” settings? I kept flipping the pages to and fro and didn’t see “Varoma” instead saw a “Cook rice” mode though.. Should I try that instead but what if it takes longer than 15mins? Sometimes watching and doing it is totally different. Hubby was telling me “forget it just cook porridge.” at least twice. However I wasn’t going to give up coz’ there has to be a start somewhere right? 

Thankfully Ms Thermie (not her official name in my house coz everyone seems to call their Thermomix Thermie for short) made up for the time lost when it only took 15mins to cook that 250g of rice. Half the time I’m crossing my fingers that it’ll cook and I’m doing it right. If that fails, then I’ll just bring it over the stove and do porridge instead. Thankfully, Ms Thermie didn’t embarrass me when I saw the end product. Just can’t believe that it can cook rice in 15mins!! Wow! A normal rice cooker takes 25-30mins? That’s half the time. 

Rice looking as normal as it should be. Asked if the rice tastes better and received nods from hubby and lil’ one. It certainly feels less starchy which means less carbs. 

Using the guided recipe from Thermomix Singapore YouTube video. 

I made small adjustments :-

1) Instead of 300g of rice, I used 250g 

2) Instead of 1200g of water, I used 1000g

I also made sure I wash the rice grains

Settings is the same. 

I was surprised that the noise is minimal, maybe coz it’s the steaming function? 

250g of rice = I’m not sure how many cups. I will have to check one day when I don’t have to rush and get the rice out fast. But the portion is almost just nice for us 3 with some leftover. when I’m back keto and won’t be eating rice, I believe maybe 220g of rice will be sufficient for them. 

Baby steps; baby steps. I will try other dishes slowly. 

NOTE : 350g of long grain rice is about 1 3/4 cups; 350g of short grain rice is about 1 2/3 cups. 

Itching to bake

So itching to bake. 

Bake for CNY, bake for usual day consumption BUT nobody at home eats bakes. There goes my cartoon pineapple tart; there goes my butter cookies; there goes my peanut cookies. Even asked lil’ one if she wants Nutella tarts. Her reply was short and quick “NO!” Even my last standing patron is cutting down eating bakes more. Sigh….. I think I can clear all my baking tools? 

Why is my family so strange? So fussy. Not easy to feed them. 

Reviews of the hotels

FUKUOKA

Stayed in a hotel linked to Canal City and immediately reminisced SQ days where after a nap of 3-4 hours I'm out for lunch; buy cute rubbish walking around the mall; have dinner and back to sleep to get ready for flight home next morning. (I really miss flying 😢) Hubby chose the cheaper of the 2 hotels linked to CCity tho, which honestly I don't mind but what weird bed layout position!! We would usually expect all beds lined up in a row against a wall right? But no, they laid 4 beds against 3 walls! And what made it even weirder was a small circular coffee tables (sans chair) placed right in the middle of the room. Makes it look like we're worshipping the coffee table. Haha! I pulled it against the wall next to che-che's bed and she has a side table. At least we have a centre space to walk/dance around; or if we decide to jump out of bed we won't risk getting our head hit on the coffee table. Did I pull it back to the position when we were leaving the room? No, but I think housekeeping got the idea when they came into the room for the 2nd day cleaning and left the table where I put. 

Minus point too for no air-conditioning as it is winter. We had to open a window that only has a measly size opening, which is explainable as we’re on high floor. And it’s really stuffy inside. Surely this is not the way to save extra bucks? at the expense of your customers? 

Toilet is western style where toilet bowl is in the bathroom. Other than that, there's nothing to rave about this hotel except its good location to Canal City and a 10-12 mins walk from Hakata Station.    

Rating : 7 /10

KUMAMOTO

Check- in is done via machine. So much for technology; less interaction with humans. A code was given to us to unlock our room door. Cool.....  

Best hotel! Moment I stepped in, I imagine this as my own single lady living. There's a washing machine, a very very small kitchenette area.  

I hate the entry way. So narrow. We could only fit 4 pairs of shoes lined up against the wall which can be difficult for the person whose shoes is furthest away & nearer to the door ahem ahem... that would be my shoes. It is so narrow that it was a problem when we all went into the room for the first time. We have to remove our shoes to get in and there's no place to put the shoes aside, plus we had to carry the luggages in so as not to spoil the flooring mat. So can you imagine us struggling to walk over the shoes praying hard we don't trip and drop the luggages on the mat.   

This is a typical Japanese bathroom where the toilet bowl is in a separate room. I won't have to smell someone pooping when I'm showering 😂. I love the heater in the toilet, dried up the wet floor and towels. Since there is no housekeeping, it is important that we can dry our towels in the night and fold them up before we leave hotel for sightseeing the next day. I could hang my clothes to dry further if I had wanted to but since there is a washing machine, I don't need to handwash anything. Best of all, one is able to keep himself/herself warm with the heater on after a shower on a cold winter day. Did I mention I love Japanese shower cubicle or whatever you call it. If only we can have something like this in Singapore. Cleaning the bathroom will be so easy; I can just splash the water around and use a squeegee to remove water and a towel to wipe down. No need to use a thin hard brush to scrub the grouts and deal with watermarks on the tempered glass door. I was even so crazy to lift up the drain area. My goodness, it's so so easy to clean.    

No housekeeping, so a small vacumn cleaner is provided in the room. I'm not sure if I was too fussy over the cleanliness that we had to help them charge it. Haha!  

There's charging ports for every bed. Not bad. At least I don't have to worry if the port is overloaded and I might get burnt and die in my sleep. 

A bit kapo but checked online for the layout and learnt it's a 35sqm / 377sq ft room. It's a room for 6 which explains it's size, and the space infront of the beds. But if it's still that small entry way for 6, I wonder where one can put their shoes. Or perhaps there are untidy travellers who don't bother with such trivial matter? We are simply too neat already?  

Decent living for a single; definitely ample space for even a small digital piano. Haha! Ok continue day-dreaming.

The only thing I hated was the angle of the sink, then again if I'm on holiday I won't be cooking all the time in the hotel especially in Japan where convenience stores are at every corner; every few steps one takes. So I won't be washing much stuffs. The hotel did provide a small electric stove though, which is cute but honestly redundant.

Definitely can consider booking this hotel chain

Rating : 10/10

KAGOSHIMA

I like this hotel as we have the view of Sakurajima. Managed to do some stargazing too! The balcony is a decent size for 2 to sit down and watch the day go by; one can take the time and count how many ferries going past you in Kagoshima Bay.  

The single-beds are lined up in a row; army style. I love it coz it looks so neat, unlike the hotel in Fukuoka. There's charging ports for every bed. 

Toilet is angmoh style. 

There's a laundry room in the hotel. Breakfast has a wide spread of dishes. 

A pretty comfortable hotel.

Rating : 9/10  

NICHINAN

Hubby booked this traditional japanese home, so we had the whole house to ourselves while the owners lived in the house next door. Not bad for extra retirement funds. If only we can do this in Singapore. It was only for a night so we didn't get to experience any cleaning from them. This can accomodate at least 8 people. 

The owner showed us how to lay the futon and get the bedding ready for the night. It's a nice place,  I like this for the traditional feel. A kimono clad lady preparing tea would make this place complete.

But somehow I felt the vulnerability with just the shoji doors separating the rooms from the walkway (which is noisy when we walk on the wooden flooring) and had to think over and over again if we did lock the main door and make sure all other doors are locked. Somehow my imagination ran wild with shurikens flying and cutting through the washi-papered doors. 

The only thing is that there is no heater in the bathroom, so one either have to quickly wrap himself/herself up and run into another heated room quickly. There was no heater in the morning too so we weren't able to take any shower before check out.  

A lovely garden outside makes a good photo spot. Infact the house too. 

As this is a break stop, it was only for a night. I don't mind going back and discover more around Nichinan  

Rating : 8/10. But 10/10 for traditional feel

KADOGAWA

Another one night stay hotel. This place reminds me of US style cheap hotels. Fortunately my girls are trained to live in cheap places, so they don't mind. No atas 5* hotels unless we're in the country where our currency conversion makes us like king and queens.

No lift to the second floor, which was a struggle for us as the luggage is getting heavier. As I told the man, next time we should be smarter and just pack our stuffs for a one-night stay stuffs into my handy dandy mamasan bag, and we can leave the rest in the luggage in the car. But... it won't be safe in the US though, maybe in Japan we can safely do that. 

Nice and cosy room, if only the room overlooks Kadogawa Bay and not out into the corridor.  

Continental breakfast is served in the morning (bread and kopi/teh) which one will bring to their room to consume.  

It's a small hotel chain too. So can consider to book this for those one-night stay.

Rating : 8/10

BEPPU

Nice ryokan where a shoji separates the sleeping area to the sitting area. Sitting area overlooks the Beppu Bay 

Not for the old bones. Omg! I can feel the hard floor even with one futon. The hubby took one spare from wardrobe n it’s better. I took extra duvet to lay on it but as fluffy as it is, it soon flattened 🤨. No difference! If not for the fact that the man is driving n need him to have restful sleep, I would have kicked him off his futon. I even suggested if lil' one can combine hers and mine together and then she can sleep with me (aka us). Alas! She didn't want the Snoring Symphony to keep her awake. 

While I really do enjoy the idea of a ryokan. Go onsen, eat, go onsen, eat, sleep all can be done while wearing a yukata. The idea of me struggling to get up from the floor makes me want to think twice. They should have an option of a bed for westerner travellers (ok, more like it's for me) 

Even sitting on the floor, we had to roll ourselves up. 年青人还可以很快的站起来 . They enjoyed eating in  beppu restaurant sitting down while the man n I gasped at the thought that we’ll need something to grab n what to grab to stand up. 

There's a live performance daily where a man play on this old (and sounds untuned) piano. One night there was a lady flautist as well. 

Staffs are very friendly.

Breakfast and dinner are served by friendly and attentive staffs. I only need to complain about their portion 😉, we have so much wasted food every meal.   

FUKUOKA

Location of this small hotel is even nearer to Hakata Station, 7 min walk. And what more it's just a street away from Budget Car Rental, so it was easy for us to return the car. We stayed for two nights here, if only we had booked this for the beginning as well (coz we didn't even walk around Canal City Mall when we stayed there. Only did it during the return leg)

It's a small hotel of only 17 rooms in total. One will need the room key to unlock the access gate downstairs. There's usually at least 2 staffs outside but during the morning when we checked out, there wasn't anyone around. So I think staffs only come in at 7am? 

No housekeeping at all. Not sure if they stopped doing coz of covid.  

Love this entry way, so much bigger. There's even a cabinet to put your shoes in. A door to the room separates this doorway and the toilet / bathroom. 

Room is spacious at 34 sqm

A huge wardrobe for us to hang our thick coats. The space is deep enough for us to place our luggage bags inside, thus keeping the room looking tidy.  

Small balcony to hang clothes. Noticed a hanger there. Will be useful for those on long stay.

                                      

There's even a microwave, kettle, kitchen sink within the room area. Everything is laid out so neat and there's space to walk around. 

Love the toilet area where the main door opens to this recess area to fit a washing machine and a one-piece stand for washing up. It's the second time I've seen this during this trip, the other one is in the traditional japanese home stay. 

There are two other doors inside. One to the japanese style bathroom and the other to the lone throne area.

Definitely a place to re-book if back in Fukuoka.

Rating : 10/10