We had a dear friend over tonight after not seeing her for quite a while due to these damn Covid restrictions. Like me she spend a couple of years in Japan as a postdoctoral researcher and I only found it befitting to make a hot pot (little ones all time favorite) to reflect this experience …
Mixed hot pot (shoyu, mirin, sake / soy milk, miso, sake), with all the fixings …
Warm sake. What a treat. The hot pot and the hot sake in connection with the current temperatures outside sent both my friend and me down a trip on memory lane about our life in Japan. A bit emotional …
Raspberry custard mochis (little ones choice). I would have never considered these and gone with the matcha ones, but they were seriously good. He is getting pretty good in his choices 🥳 …
