Tired after a day full of things to do Chie and I went to Red Pepper in Ebisu for a dinner. Dry tomato. Octopus carpaccio. Olives. Green salad. Pizza. Beef cheek in red wine sauce. Gato chocolate cake with whipped cream. Strawberry sherbet. Apple tart. There is only one word to describe it… Yummy 😛
Chie and I met Club Leo in Roppongi Hills at 1:20 pm. Today we watched the Benjamin Button movie at the Toho Cinema theater. It was an odd movie but quite good. It made you think about life and death.
Afterwards we took the subway to Ebisu where we changed to the JR Yamate-sen to Shinagawa. At Shinagawa we changed again to Keikyu-sen. We got off at the Omorikaigen. And was a bit lost. We found a map that not only had “You are here” marked in the wrong place but it was turned around so it was really difficult to find where we should go.
Eventually we found what direction to go in. But then we had to ask a few people to find our way to Thaini Kitchen. A small Thai restaurant with great Thai food. Spicy. Fresh.
Either it was the warm weather during the day or it was some spices in the food, but Ryo got some of allergic reaction and her nose started to run. Not around like a dog would run but more like a waterfall would run.
Actually, in Japanese a runny nose is called ã¯ãªã¿ãš (hana-mizu) which basically means nose water. Inspired by Ryo’s nose water we invented a new Japanese word ã¯ãªãŸã (hana-taki) which means nose waterfall. I think everyone had a fun time making jokes about her nose the whole evening. Except maybe Ryo. Or at least I can understand she had a tough time with her nose… But she could keep from laughing at our nose jokes.
Before leaving I gave Ryo and Non chocolate cookies as a White Day gift.
In Japan Valentine’s Day (14th of February) is the day when girls give boys chocolate or some other gift, which is a little bit different from the rest of the world. But on White Day (14th of March) it is the boys turn to give the girls chocolate or some other gift. Quite fair I think… Though I like the Japanese Valentine’s Day better 😉
Chie and I met Jimmy and Emma at the Naka-meguro station at 6 pm. We had planned to go to Iroha-sushi in Naka-meguro for dinner.
It was Jimmy and Emma’s first time at a real sushi restaurant. So we tried a lot of different fishes and shells. It seemed they liked the ankimo, chu-toro, o-toro, and buri the most. All fatty fishes.
Most amazing? The rattling fish sashimi! We ordered aji for sashimi. As usual at Iroha-sushi the fish is cut so that it can be used as decoration. The fish is so fresh its body is still rattling when it is served.
When we had filled our bellies with delicious fishes we walked slowly back home. We only made one brief stop. To buy ice cream, which we brought back home.
After work I went to Tokyo Station to meet Jimmy and Emma. They came back from Osaka by the Shinkansen train. And I was helping them to find their way to the Sawanoya ryokan in Nezu area.
We met at the Yamate-sen platform and continued with Yamate-sen to Ueno station. From there it is just a 20-30 minutes walk to the ryokan along the Ueno park.
Once they safely had reached Sawanoya and checked-in I continued to Nezu station and onto the Chioda-sen to Hibiya. 5 minutes walk and I ended up at Yoshiman restaurant where Raider Nation Japan had a meeting. Eating and talking.
As always we talked mostly about the Raiders. Now the focus was on the poor results of the last few years and what we need to do to prepare for the next season starting in September.
As always we had a fun time. Despite feeling miserable about Raiders performance.
Went to the gym in the morning while Chie went to Chloe family sales in Roppongi. We met in Ginza outside the Piccadilly movie theater at 3:45 pm. We were meeting Non and Ryo too to watch the Revolutionary Road movie. It was the latest Leonardo DiCaprio movie. Quite good.
Afterwards we had dinner at a Thai restaurant in Ginza 5 building. I always forget the name of this restaurant. We had a fun time.
