It is oyster season in this part of Japan, and seaside towns are busy having festivals and other events to celebrate. Because we have very few chances to go to something like this together, I was hoping to sneak out to that area and buy some oysters to bring back home and grill for dinner one night.
As it turned out, someone was way ahead of me.
Yesterday afternoon one of our neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Tojo, called us up and warned us that they were on their way back from Hinase, a small town that specializes in oysters. They said they had a bag full of oysters for us, and to get ready to receive them. Awesome! We grilled them up last night and they were delicious. I was a little worried that somehow I’d screw up the cooking and we’d get food poisoning for a week, but as it turned out, everything was OK.
Friday night we also had a really nice dinner out to celebrate Kuniko’s birthday a little early. The restaurant was our current favorite, Anonym, and the chef outdid himself this time. Friday night we were the only ones in the tiny restaurant, so we had plenty of chance to speak with the chef and his wife, and talk about all kinds of topics. It was a really nice night.
