After work last night I dropped in at the supermarket to buy a last minute bouquet of roses for Kuniko, and then went home to spend Valentine’s together. Kuniko’s dinner turned out great – wine simmered beef, an avocado and tomato salad, a prosciutto, pumpkin and onion salad, and french bread with a mushroom and walnut pate. We coupled that with a glass of sparkling wine, and it hit the spot. Afterwards she gave me some chocolates that she had bought in Kobe, and she even threw in a necktie for good measure.
There’s going to be some serious pressure on White Day.
The payback will start sooner than that, however. Friday night we’ll go out to celebrate her upcoming birthday, and I’ll be picking up the tab. More wine, more food! Japan has kind of turned into our culinary playground.
