Last night we attended a sayonara sail for a family from Roo’s preschool who are relocating to New Zealand. The venue was on an old style boat with tatami seating and paper lanterns. The central theme of the Japanese food was of course sakura with many items presented pink; pink rice, pink vegetables, pink mochi, pink dessert. We ate sashimi and tempura and drank Kirin, a tasty Japanese beer. Despite Ryan’s nudging, I managed to sit on the sidelines for the karaoke. While we knew most of the families because they are from Roo’s school, we did meet some new people, which is always fun.
While this isn’t the exact display of the food from last night, the photo in their advertisement matches with few exceptions.
Noriko Sensei (a teacher from the school) singing a popular Japanese love song from the 60‘s. The actual title is “Ue o muite arukō" (上を向いて歩こ)” means “I will walk looking up”. The song reached chart popularity in the west and was randomly given the title “Sukiyaki” because it’s catchy and easy to pronounce. Sukiyaki is a type of food and has nothing to do with the song.
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