On Friday night Kuniko and I met up with Antoine and Miwako for dinner at SiGassiga, an Italian restaurant in Sannomiya. It had been a while since we had gotten together, and we wanted to hear all about their wedding plans and how their summer was progressing.
We had a great meal (as usual) at the restaurant, a delicious combination of pasta, risotto, grilled pork, and salad along with homemade bread. I ordered a couple of wines with dinner, an Eric Ross zinfandel and a Pepperwood Grove zinfandel. I was a little disappointed in the Eric Ross – it had lost a lot of the varietal flavors that make an expensive zinfandel worth ordering in Japan. The Pepperwood still had lots of zin character, and was a good follow-up bottle.
With more wine we got a little louder at the table – there was some serious merry-making going on. The staff at SiGassiga handled it really well. A lot of restaurants in the area really turn up the snob factor, and god forbid somebody might be having a good time over dinner. The staff on Friday kept us in food and wine and were very helpful.
After dinner they even brought a dessert to our table to share. We had been to the restaurant last year to celebrate our wedding anniversary, and they had remembered and written our names in chocolate along with a congratulations message. Very cool people – I really like the place. We need to visit more often.
