Will had his 25th birthday yesterday. We went out with our boss, Takada-san, co-worker, Saori, and Yusuke to celebrate. Here are some pictures of the evening.
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At the restaurant. |
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Yusuke and Saori. Yusuke is an english student, but he also works at Takada-San's study school. |
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Will looks drunk, but he's not. | | | | | | | | | | |
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Some sort of fish shish kebab with teriyaki sauce. It was delicious! |
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Soy beans! |
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Chicken!
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Sashimi which is raw fish. This is sea bass. I ate it, I cant believe it. |
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Here's the prof that I ate the sashimi. I also gave in to the peace sign. i am so ashamed. |
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Chicken on a stick! |
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What meal isn't complete without tofu! |
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Some sort of weird bean. I don't know what it is. But we ate them. They might be broad beans, says Will. You can also dip them in salt. |
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A variety of Japanese pickles. |
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This looks good, but don't be deceived by it's appearance. It was some sort of sashimi with yams. I didn't care for it at all. But, everyone else seemed to enjoy it, including Will. It was a bit slimy for my taste. |
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Octopus and rice. |
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Chicken and rice |
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Tempura, delicious! |
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The waiter and Yusuke. |
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Takada-san and Saori |
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Saori and Yusuke |
As we all know soy sauce is a common sauce used in Asian food. There was a very cute bottle of soy sauce on our table. I joked and said I wanted to take it home. Saori then told us that you can sometimes actually ask a waiter at a restaurant for tableware and they will usually just give it to you, if you seem to be a visitor from out of town. So, at the end of the night Takada-san did just that....and now we have the cutest little soy sauce bottle.
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It says "shoyu" which mean soy sauce. That's what I was told, anyway. I can't read Kanji. |
Now the drinks:
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Aoi Ringo Chu-hi. It translates to blue apple chu-hi...even though it's green. |
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wino |
Now for the cake:
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oh yeah cake! |
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This was a staged photo-op. |
A lovely present from Saori:
The gift is a traditional boys day display. It's very exciting! Something we will treasure for a life time. I was also given a girls day set for my birthday (blog to come).
We finished the evening off with karaoke. It was a lot of fun, I mostly sang show-tunes. We really enjoyed ourselves!