Recently the big news in Kobe was that one of our favorite restaurants (and the first one I ever visited in Kobe), Graciani, burned down. The place had a lot of history before I ever showed up there, but I’ll always remember it as where I had my first dinner with Kuniko. It is also sad because it was in such a historic building, in the Kitano district where there are so many houses built by foreign merchants who came to Kobe when the port opened. They are not sure the cause of the fire, but apparently there was a smaller fire in the restaurant recently, and there may be a connection. Scary!
I’m looking forward to finishing off the week today and heading to another French restaurant with Kuniko for dinner. She picked her favorite place, so I stopped at the ATM last night to fill my coffers. They recommended a very nice wine last time and I hope they have some others worth trying.
