Japanese dinner:
I am most grateful for the unique opportunities we have while living here in Moscow. One of my favorite things is being invited to dinner in the homes of our attache friends.
It is such a pleasure to be able to experience food and culture from around the world and to meet all these wonderful people!
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| Our gracious hosts: Kazuya & Shinobu are a wonderful couple who treated us so warmly to the hospitality in their home. We were joined by Ilknur and Murat from Turkey and Sybren from the Netherlands. His lovely wife Ria was unable to join us because she was back home awaiting the arrival of their first grandchild! |
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Unfortunately, I did not take any pictures of the wonderful food we were served, but it was plentiful and impressive.
1st course:
Salad with wasabi dressing (yes, I cried)
Pumpkin
Boiled horseradish (thankfully, no longer spicy after boiled)
2nd course:
Deep fried shrimp
3 different flavors of chicken
carrot
3rd course:
Fish soup (not my favorite)
Chicken and mushroom rice
Chopped Japanese greens
Pickled radish (tasted like a pickle)
Dessert:
They called it "pudding", but it was a gelatin-ized custard type consistency with a caramel sauce on top and accompanied by strawberry, raspberry and grapes.
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| The beautiful wedding kimono they allowed us to try on. |
After dinner we went back into the den for more drinks and then we found each others homes in our respective countries on google earth. That was interesting to see!
As a parting gift they gave us a gift bag with the little cedar boxes we drank saki out of, the chopsticks, our name tags with the origami Santa and reindeer, a pen and a small towel.
