{"id":6931,"date":"2009-12-13T18:47:09","date_gmt":"2009-12-13T10:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/2009\/12\/13\/how-do-you-say-yummy-in-japanese-part-2\/"},"modified":"2010-12-29T21:46:44","modified_gmt":"2010-12-29T13:46:44","slug":"how-do-you-say-yummy-in-japanese-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2009\/12\/13\/how-do-you-say-yummy-in-japanese-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you say \u201cyummy\u201d in Japanese? \u2013 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

My first proper Japanese meal in Japan was in an exquisite restaurant in the KKR Hotel. The hotel isn\u2019t very big, and seems targeted primarily for business travelers from what I\u2019ve observed. There’s hardly any families in the hotel. Instead, every other day there\u2019d be a seminar or conference on the third floor with a lot of well-dressed Japanese in business wear around. All the better for me too: when I think of Phuket, Ayara Hilltops Resort and the dozens of noisy Singaporean families, I shudder!<\/p>\n

The Matsuri Restaurant itself is located on the fourth floor and offers a scenic view of Kumamoto Castle sitting on top of the hill. The restaurant adjourns an open-air garden balcony too which I think will offer some amazing photo opportunities. My Thursday lecture will begin in the early afternoon (my lectures at the college begin at 0830 normally), so I\u2019ll have a bit more time that day during breakfast to step out of the restaurant then to take pictures.<\/p>\n

Coming back to my second day dinner: here\u2019s what it all looks like: beginning with a nicely laid out table and dinner tray. No clue what the Japanese characters mean though: maybe I\u2019ll get one of my Japanese students to translate.<\/p>\n

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Beginning with appetizers: from the left, a sort of cheese cake\/toufu, a cold-dish that tasted like crab meat and octopus, and a spicy veg side.<\/p>\n

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The followed by sashimi of two types: yummy!<\/p>\n

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Then a tempura-liked breaded crumb fish\/prawn something, sprinkled with lemon juice. Very yummy!<\/p>\n

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And then the main course: a sort of spicy soup with fish and toufu, miso soup, rice, vegetable sides, and tea. The waitress staff politely asked \u2013 twice \u2013 if I wanted more rice.:)<\/p>\n

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And dessert, but not before a story. Neither of the three kimonoed waitresses serving could speak English, or rather I couldn’t speak a word of Japanese, so there was some difficulty for them to ask if I wanted dessert. The wait staff repeated the word \u201cdesehto\u201d several times, and had to run back into the kitchen each time to get a new translation. And I could only managed \u201cEr, I\u2019m so sorry \u2013 I don\u2019t understand\u2026?\u201d The ding-donging went on for five minutes until she gave up: she disappeared into the kitchen, and brought out this tray:<\/p>\n

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And that was only when I realized that she meant \u201cdessert\u201d LOL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My first proper Japanese meal in Japan was in an exquisite restaurant in the KKR Hotel. The hotel isn\u2019t very big, and seems targeted primarily for business travelers from what I\u2019ve observed. There’s hardly any families in the hotel. Instead,<\/p>\n

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