Monthly Meeting - 11/20/08

Working for Yourself in Japan: A “FEW” Good Women Share Their Stories

Date:                    Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Time:                   6:00pm Drinks, 7pm Dinner, 8pm Presentation
Where:                 10th Floor Hilton Osaka
Guest Speaker:      FEW Member:
                           Lorraine Mills of Abundance Photography                      
Cost:                    4000 ¥ Members / 6000 ¥ Non-Members (Women Only)
RSVP:                   Evelyn Lopez by November 17

Launching your own projects and starting businesses in Japan can be easy as well as nerve wracking!  In November, FEW member Lorraine Mills will share some of her highlights and challenges of being self-employed in Japan.

Lorraine came to Japan in December 2002 with a dream of being an author.  Leaving behind a holistic therapy business in England, she turned down an English teaching job to keep her days free to write. Struggling to get to grips with Japanese life in general, she started taking photographs in an effort to help create her own e-book covers. With no previous training in photography she ended up registering herself as a photography business in May of 2007.  As 2009 approaches she is having her work translated in Japanese and hopes to continue with her writing.  You can view her photography at www.abundancephotography.com

Food Menu:

 

** All menus come with a dessert of "Chestnut Tiramisu with lemon gelato, strawberry balsamic sauce," coffee or tea. **

 

 

<Fish>

Terrine of conger eel and organic brown rice risotto with apple and celery salad

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Pan roasted spiced Itoyori filled with Chinese cabbage and beurre blanc

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<Meat>

Salad of sliced chicken breast, basil tomato vinaigrette

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Beef stroganoff with buttered rice and provencal tomato

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<Vegetarian>

Terrine of Mozzarella and organic brown rice risotto with apple and celery salad

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Baked tofu and seasonal vegetables scented with tapenade in filo pastry

Fresh tomato coulis

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