This past weekend was a nice one. Saturday I was staying home to relax and read, watch a movie recommended by a student (Death on the Nile, 1978), and then walk down the street to buy a ton of gyoza for dinner at Kuniko’s request.
Sunday morning we made an early run to Costco and stocked up the house for the summer. They had just about everything we were hoping to buy. We even bought a rotisserie chicken for dinner – I took it home and stuck it in the slow cooker to stay warm until dinner time. For dinner we had the chicken with some roasted garlic heads, and a brilliant salad that Kuniko made, with a lemon garlic cream dressing that knocked my socks off. With dinner I brought out a little indulgence – a 14 year old white Rioja. I had bought it as a present to myself when I recently got a summer bonus, and having no experience with aged white Rioja it was interesting to crack it open with dinner. I liked it – rich and intense with a nice apple and spice streak going through it. I don’t know if it was worth what I paid for it, but sometimes it is fun to experience new things.
The weekends are for us to eat what we like to eat, and really enjoy the dinner table. During the week we pretty much just eat healthy food – kimchi, tofu, cabbage salad, and other cold foods to battle the heat of the summer. So far the pattern has worked out pretty well for us – we’ll be keeping it up!
