The first night in LA was a massive welcome dinner for our huge travel party. Our mysterious-looking ride to the restaurant.
In Little Tokyo for an izakaya party.
And the first morning was another sunny day. Downstairs from the hotel where outside seating seems to be the norm for the eateries in the complex, I had a nice not-too-heavy breakfast.
Since I did not take pictures of all the food that was served during the evening on my second night in Ningbo, China, it may not appear like a feast here. Trust me. It was. Sorry cannot show you…!
It used to be that the Chinese never ate anything cold or raw. Times have changed and they served this sashimi plate as part of their Chinese dinner.
Another feature that’s different from before; this presentation, the decorative tomato and small portions of Chinese food.
Even the Chinese wine bottle is modern in design.
Important officials at this table.
Something I had never seen before. Young bamboo shoots cut sideways.
All good anyhow.
My time in Guangzhou was limited so the plan was to eat breakfast out in order to cover the variety of Chinese dishes available. So off I went the first morning to a dimsum restaurant to have a proper Guangzhou kind of brekkie.
Ordering was a bit of a challenge. No English menu whatsoever at this restaurant which was one of the four classic, long-standing establishments in Guangzhou.
And the food was great.
New year’s is the most important holiday for the Japanese people as there is no other time of the year during which families get together in a major way. So I am “home” with my parents and doing the festive thing which I love.
Starting with the new year’s eve.
To be eating soba at the end of the year is a thing to do in order to get rid of bad things that may have happened during the year due to the fact that Japanese soba cuts easily.
First breakfast of the year.
And more sake in the evening
Happy new year to all!!
I was going to take my parents out for sushi for the “Respect for the Aged Day” (which is not a customary thing to do but I’m just being nice to my folks). We went to line up at our usual sushi joint a little before 5 pm on a Saturday evening before the place opened and was saddened to discover that the line was already too long. As predicted, we could not get in. With no plan B, we started to look for another sushi place nearby but instead stumbled upon this lovely restaurant run by a fishmonger whose shop is in the front with the restaurant’s entrance being on a back street only accessible on foot.
A blog by Ayako Mathies 