Kuniko came into town on Saturday night, and we went over to the yakitori for dinner. This weekend is the yakitori’s fifth anniversary, so the master had a special going on – the first beer is 5 yen, and every one after that is only 100 yen. He had advertised it in several newspapers, and as we expected, he was super busy when we got there. We sat with a bunch of other regulars and watched all the new people stream in. The master is hoping that the money he loses on the beer over the weekend will be gained in new customers down the road. I hope it works out for him.
It was the first time in a long time that people got to chat with Kuniko, and we had a great time. They had all kinds of questions for Kuniko, and I did my best to follow along. We moved our large party into the private party room, and the master’s wife joined us now and then. She had brought their new baby, and we had lots of fun playing with the kids.
We came back from drinking all we could, and our bill was only around 2300 yen – $25 or so. That night we ate some chocolate cake that Kuniko had brought from Osaka – it was incredible. The cake was filled with a chocolate sauce. We heated up the cake, toasted the top for about 30 seconds, and then all the chocolate inside was melted and it gooped out when you cut in. Awesome!
