We had a pretty nice weekend – sushi, dim sum, yakitori, and a pretty wild party at our place with the Tojos. \u00a0Friday night’s sushi was as good as we had hoped, and the master seemed to think maybe we were eating a little too much. \u00a0I don’t think he was worried about our stomachs, really, probably more worried about whether our wallets could handle it. \u00a0Luckily, my wallet was OK.<\/p>\n
On the way home we stopped at a pretty massive liquor and imported foods shop in Nada. \u00a0The wine selection was OK, but they really have a lot of different liquors. \u00a0We didn’t buy any booze, but we did get some pepper jack cheese and a tiny jar of caviar to splurge. \u00a0I think maybe this was the first time I’ve ever bought caviar myself – foodie milestone?<\/p>\n
Saturday night I met Kuniko in Kobe after she finished work for dinner and a movie. \u00a0The dinner was trying a dim sum place in north Motomachi. \u00a0The atmosphere was nothing special – almost cafeteria-like. \u00a0But the waitress was not Japanese, and that is always a good sign for ethnic food. \u00a0The dim sum was great – just what I was craving. \u00a0Kuniko and I ate big and couldn’t stop. \u00a0I think we’ll be back – the place is called \u00e5\u00a4\u00a7\u00e5\u00ae\u00b6\u00e5\u00a5\u00bd – Daichahao.<\/p>\n
Sunday night was hitting the Tojos favorite yakitori. \u00a0It has been a while since we got together with them, and between Mr. Tojo’s business trips and our trips for pleasure we mainly talked about travel and drinking. \u00a0The yakitori was pretty good – Kuniko thought it was a little salty for her, but I didn’t mind. \u00a0The master even prepared a secret wine list for us (me) to select from. \u00a0I guess word gets around. After dinner we invited them to our place for cocktails, and the party hit the second stage. \u00a0We tried all kinds of cocktails, wine and ended with some limoncello. \u00a0We had a good time talking and joking (and eating more) and even got into that caviar in the fridge. \u00a0Good times.<\/p>\n
Monday was luckily a holiday, but we awoke pretty groggy from the night before, and ended up spending the entire day at home. \u00a0I just played video games, Kuniko was marking, and our customary weekend bottle of sparkling wine remained in the fridge while we were in recovery stage. \u00a0It was good to relax and recharge, though. \u00a0I would have hated to work after that party.<\/p>\n
So we’re back to work today, and I’m looking forward to getting back to it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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