CURRENT MISSION

I'd love to visit foreign countries and above all try new food

ABOUT ME

In couple for many years and married for two years with Melanie ( https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/melanie-filatreau ), with whom I raise a lovely stuntcat named Moustache.
My friends use to call me "The Japanese" because I'm so fond of this country.
I've lived there for a year and it was so great I think everyday to go back.
I've also lived in Strasbourg and Lille (France) but my roots are still in Bordeaux, beautyfull city of sea, wine and great food.
Some people ask me what do I do when I don't go to the cinema. That's simple: trying new recepies, playing cards and looking for another movie to watch.

PHILOSOPHY

Food is Happiness !

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have a big comfortable sofa, a convertible sofa and a one person bed which could accomodate you for the night.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfed in Japan, Austria, Germany, USA, Mauritius, Réunion and France.
Hosted for 6 month a Japanese student I've never met before.

Interests

Japan, food ==> Japanese food ^_^

I belong to the Super Marmite community. It's the first geolocated social network showing the home made dishes while it's being cooked.
Instead of cooking your homemade speciality for two people, you cook it for four and suggest it to surrounding interrested gourmets.
That way, you can create new bonds with food loving people, discover new recipes you never tasted, and get some $ for your effort.

Another way for me to share my love of food is during the Japanese cooking workshops I organise. By groups of 4 to 8 people, I introduce my guests to new recepies, give them tricks to perform it and after that, lets taste it !

I also love playing cards all night long (poker, rami, belote and learning tarot again) and funny quick games (like jungle speed, hanabi or blitz).

Organic gardening interests me a lot.
My uncle could grow a tree from a wooden stick but I simply try to produce tomatoes and cucurbits from seeds.
After weeks of attention and care, you appreciate even more the fruit of your efforts and the most important, you know how it has been produced.

• performing arts
• dining
• cooking
• recipes
• wine
• japanese food
• gardening
• clothing
• movies
• poker
• backpacking

Music, Movies, and Books

I love playing cards (poker, rami, belote and so on), doing DIY stuffs, cooking (japanese food among others).
Books: cook books, Musashi (Yoshikawa Eiji), Mangas: Ippo, Vagabond, Hikaru no go, etc.
Movies: lot of them

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

What I've done :

In 2013 and 2015 I've been through a kind of Mud Day, 7.5miles of mud, water and various obstacles you overcome with your team.
If you have an idea of what pushing back the limits of your body is, when you finish this kind of race it's not an idea anymore.
During th first 7 miles you ask yourself why the hell you wanted to do something that crazy.
Right after recieving your medal (if you completed he race, of course) you already want to submit for the next race.
The first week after the race, you redonsider this crazy idea every time you need to get up from your chair, and you really have the time to think about it because it takes looong minutes to accomplish that.

What happened to me :
In Kumamoto, Japan, I was wondering for a place to hick close to the beautyful castle. When I asked my direction to a guy, he brought me there and proposed me to sleep at home. As it wasn't possible he invited me in restaurant. A friend of him came to pick us up in a customized car.Then, ten of his friends came and I put my backpack in a big black Mercedes which left right after that.During the meal he took out a wad of 10.000Y banknotes and distributed to his friends how seemed to be a kind of hoods/yobs with tatoos and typical clothes. Very nice guys, by the way.After that he brought me to a big hotel with great japanese bathtubs and payed for the night.The following morning we visited the Kumamoto castle and he left me in front of the train station without asking me anything.Until the visit I wasn't very sure to get my belongings back, mostly when I saw the big black Mercedes leaving.Japanese people are so nice!

Teach, Learn, Share

I use to teach japanese cuisine to my friends but I'd be pleased to learn typical reciepes.
Learn/teach new games

What I Can Share with Hosts

Japanese cooking sessions
Funny games
French food (of course)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Italy, Japan, Mauritius, Réunion, Spain, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Japan