Chie and I celebrated my birthday at KAN in Naka-Meguro. It was great 😛
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Nube
Nube (almost like the Swedish “nubbe” which means snaps) is a very likable restaurant in Sangen-jaya, only two stations out of Shibuya. But it makes all the difference. Where Shibuya is busy with people, teenagers, and wanna-be-hip people, Sangen-jaya is not. It is calm and relaxed neighborhood.
Chie and I were going to Nube to meet Mina-sensei and Mori-san for dinner. Mori-san is a classmate of mine at Mina-sensei’s tea ceremony class.
The specialty of Nube is smoked things. From pork to Japanese omelette. We tried many different things during the evening and most was really good. But best was the atmosphere and the friendly owners, two guys also working in the restaurant.
We had a fun time at Nube. Talking. Laughing. Eating. Just enjoying the company after a long week of work.
As always when you have fun time flies. Suddenly it was midnight and we had to get home before our ride turned into a pumpkin. We were just in time (probably since we are in a different time zone than Cinderella).
Tohachi
This week we have had visitors (Jan & Ola) from Lund at the office. Basically the days have been full of meetings. I have spoken to the people over phone prior to them coming here but this was the first time I met them live.
When we finished the last meeting of the day we decided to go out for dinner together. For one of them (Ola) it was the first time in Tokyo so after consulting Chie we decided to go to Tohachi in Naka-Meguro.
Tohachi is a small Japanese style restaurant that is frequented by “salary-men” – basically people working in an office and dressed in business suit.
When we arrived the owner recognized me from one of my previous visits. So after she confirmed where we came from – “aaaah, Suweeeden desu ka” (so you are from Sweden) – we order sashimi, sura mame (beans) and drinks to start with.
After about 10 minutes Chie joined us. We talked about Japan, differences between Sweden and Japan, had good food and enjoyed the time together. For Jan and Ola this was a new experience since this kind of restaurant is difficult to go to for a foreigner that do not speak Japanese – all menus are in Japanese.
Oh, almost forgot… The owner, once she confirmed we were from Sweden she gave us a fried potato dish with bacon for free. I think Chie had something to do with the choice by mentioning that Swedes love potato.
Yasaka
After working a lot, going to the gym, and cooking too much at home we were tired today. So we relaxed and went to Yasaka for dinner. As usual, Yasaka’s friendly atmosphere and good food refreshed us 🙂
Bowling
In Shinagawa there is a Prince Hotel. In the Prince Hotel there is a bowling hall. Today, in that bowling hall Chie and I and 2 work colleagues (Ueno-san and Kyo-san) had a bowling bout. The winner… … … Will be… Announced in the next paragraph.
OK, I lied. Who won is not important. The important thing is that we had a fun time. Chie scored a strike in her first ball. Which was her first ball in many years. Everyone was cheering.
Bowling makes you hungry. So when we had finished at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel we walked to the Devi Corner. An Indian restaurant. The food was good. And we talked about Kyo-san and his girlfriend in Hong Kong (both are Chinese), and about Ueno-san and his wife meeting at a martial art club, and we looked at some pictures from Chie and me in Morocco on my iPod Touch. And I had mango lassi 🙂