It was kind of a last minute invitation, but Carrie was throwing a year end party of her own in Himeji at a Persian restaurant that she likes, and she invited Kuniko and me to attend. Kuniko and I met up in Himeji a little bit before and did a little bit of shopping, and then headed to the restaurant. As it happened we walked by a nice sized grocery, and so I ducked in there and scored some foreign foods – Knott’s Berry Farm jam, and bottles of Bass Ale for only 198 yen each.
I had been to the Caspian restaurant before with Carrie – the guy that runs it is really nice and the food is delicious. Since then he has changed locations, but the food was still great.
We introduced ourselves to the group, mainly comprised of people that I didn’t know. Some of them looked pretty hardcore. Carrie is a member of a soccer team, so most of the people there that night were also members. Kuniko and I ordered up Guinness, and Carrie’s boyfriend seemed impressed. Carrie and her sister ordered pink Chu-hai drinks.
They started bringing out food slowly, and we ate quick a bit. There were lots of tasty curries, rice and different meats. There were also some good salads with chicken and sauces on top. Of course he had naan bread, and some tortilla-like things that were good to stuff meat into.
Kuniko moved from Guinness to tequila, and we kept everyone entertained on our side of the table by talking about the pitfalls of Japanese for learners, and telling some not-so-amusing stories. When we finally ran out of stomach room. There was a little bit of food left on the table, and it still looked really good. Because we had arranged an all-you-can-eat thing, we couldn’t take it home. It was such a waste. We moaned and gnashed our teeth as the owner picked up the foods and squished it all together into an uneatable mess. I swear he looked happy to do it, too.
We caught a train back home with an ALT that I vaguely know from Perth, Australia. Her side of the conversation was punctuated with an abnormal amount of “Yeah, yeaaaa-h”‘s. Afterwards I was doing little impressions of her for most of the walk home.
We did just a bit of shopping and then headed home to crash out. Once again we went to bed with loads of food in our stomach.
