Last night after work Kuniko and I happened to meet at the station coming home, thanks to some fortuitous timing. In these very rare cases (and because it was our last meal together for a while, and the fridge was empty) we usually end up at the local yakitori. We had a small dinner there eating the usual suspects – tsukune, negimi, kimo, shisomaki, and toridon. We recently discovered uzuratamago tsukune, which consists of two hardboiled quail eggs wrapped in ground chicken and grilled – excellent with spicy Chinese mustard.
After the yakitori we came home and Kuniko put the finishing touches on her packing, and then we had a farewell cocktail before watching some TV and heading to bed.
This morning she left the house rolling her suitcase behind her, and she’ll have to teach some classes today before gathering her flock and heading to the airport. This time they will fly first to Tokyo and change planes before heading to Vancouver.
As for me, I’m off to work soon. It will be a busy day at work as some of my students have double classes, which means there are a lot of things I need to do to keep them talking for 90 minutes.
After work I’m meeting Yoshi for a beer or two in Tarumi. He has a new izakaya that he wants to recommend to me, so we’ll meet and then go check it out.
