Cheers with takikomi gohan & Asahi SUPER "DRY" beer!

Yesterday was a regular holiday....
I eat out for lunch on most holidays, but my wife usually cooks dinner for me.

So, I can enjoy her homemade dish only on these holidays.
I guess it's better to let her cook for me at least once a week,
otherwise her laziness would get worse.
And she is getting older,
so this is for the purpose of,
well, preventing dementia! (.....POW!)

No, seriously, I'm doing this for you...

So yesterday, we had a Nabe soup dish.

"Is this Mashroom Nabe?" I asked her.

Because, the pot was stuffed with enoki mashrooms.

- What? Oh, I see.
- You wanna tell me just shut up and don't disturb you while you are cooking.
- Okay, okay...

So I cleared out of her fortress (kitchen).

Then I started eating rolled eggs and sashimi, drinking beer, alone.
Most of the sashimi ended up in our cats' stomach, though.

By the way, are you picky about takikomi gohan?
I'm pretty picky!
In my case, the rice should be a little bit hard-cooked, and the taste thick.
I've been giving her good advice so that she will be a great cook of takikomi gohan.
I've been working really hard on this for a long time. Yes, it's true.

The hard work seems to have paid off,
and we are going to start our new restaurant of takikomi gohan next year.... No, I'm just kidding. Sorry.

Anyway, I had a good relaxing time with my best friend--SUPER "DRY" beer--last night!

But, why do modern rice cooker have so many parts?
It reminds me of one of those TRANSFORMERS robots.
It takes so much time to wash all of these parts!

Yes, it was me who did the dishes last night, as always.....

BLUE BLUE YOKOHAMA with DOPPO beer

BLUE BLUE YOKOHAMA is located at the foot of Yokohama harbor : Oosanbashi.
It is a clothing store with a wonderful atmosphere, very much in keeping with the port city.

The building has a historical atmosphere that is very lovely, and beside it,
on the side that looks out to the area with red bricks is a little cafe that I sometimes go to.

The distance to the cafe from my home is perfect for a walk,
and it is a great cafe to relax in while taking in the view of the sea of Yokohama.
Behind this cafe is the central area of Yokohama where buildings like
the Yokohama prefectural office line the streets
- it is also an area that was the scene of the westernization movement
so you can feel Yokohama's uniquely deep historical atmosphere there.
Also, in very close proximity is a place where you will have a sweeping view of
the sea of Yokohama and the Red Brick Warehouse.
It is perhaps the perfect place for a date.

Now, this cafe serves DOPPO beer,
and drinking it is one of my great pleasures.

Have you heard of DOPPO beer?
It is a craft beer from Okayama prefecture in Japan, and it is truly delicious!!!
When I looked up DOPPO beer on the inter net,
I was amazed by the wide variety they offered but the DOPPO beer
I usually order is a type of beer called Duenkel,
it has a dark brown color, and it is a beer characterized by a sweet,
fragrant flavor of malt with a rich taste.

I have some work to do at home, so unfortunately I will only have 2 DOPPO beers today.
It will be getting warmer soon, so I shall stop by again on one of my walks soon.

3 bottles × 365 × 25 years = 9.5t

From the conclusion,
the kind of post like today's has absolutely no meaning,
and it has no use knowing those figures.

I'm not especially trying to reflect on it too much,
and I don't want a thank-you note from Asahi Beer. (Or maybe I do!)
If I attempt to replace it with numbers and make it clear,
there's no doubt that my wife will be really annoyed......

However, as one that calls myself Beer Fantasia,
I had the feeling that I should grasp these kind of figures,
so I tried to do some calculations :
approximately how many bottles of Asahi Super Dry Beer had I drunk up until now?
※These approximations are on the very conservative side, of course.

・Three bottles of AsahiI Super Dry Beer / day x 365 = 1,095 bottles / year.

・1,095 bottles x 25years = 27,375 bottles!!! ← I'm so shocked, here!

Umm... Let's stop these intangible calculations.......

・27,375 bottles x 250JPY (this should be the average unit price in the last 25 years) = 6,843,750JPY!!!!!

N... no way.......... (sweat drop)

I could buy a car............

As I mentioned above, those figures are a conservative estimate,
and on top of that it's just the amount of bottles that I drank at home......

Ahh... it's terrifying.........

Huh? By the way, how much would that be if I calculated the amount???

・27,375 bottles × 350ml = 9,581,250ml!!!!!
(If I want to make it into 1ℓ measurement, all I have to do is divide it by 1000!)

・9,581,250 ÷ 1,000 = 9,581ℓ!!!!!!!!

Calculating the weight...... it's about......... 9.5t !!!!!!!!!!!! (OMG!!!)

A...Am I the only one who heard a scream just now?

In Yokohama Yamate, ROCHE

It has become a lot more like Spring lately, so yesterday, I took a walk,
and went to the famous restaurant in front of The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery in Yokohama Yamate, Yamate "ROCHE".
　
Apparently it has been in operation here since 1967.
From the atmosphere emanating from its interiors, I can feel its long history.

When in Yokohama : Yamate, Kirin Beer is a must.
Because Yokohama Yamate is the birthplace of Kirin Beer.

The taste of Kirin Beer when partaken in its hometown… is so exceptional.

And then I received the menu…
ROCHE's very famous hamburg steak, is quite honestly delicious!!
A firm, consistent patty,
topped with a smooth, yet rich demiglace sauce which flows throughout the palate.
One taste is all it takes to understand how much time and effort went into creating this sauce.

And then… here is the "very definition of omelet rice!!"
This dish is certainly the standard of omelet rice.
Especially for those born in the 1960s, this flavor will really seep into your soul...

This area is dotted with several famous Western-style buildings, beginning with
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery, located in front of ROCHE.
If you walk a bit towards the port, there you'll find the famous Yokohama tourist spot,
Bay View Park : "Minato No Mieru Oka Kouen".
I believe you'll be able to fully enjoy the image of a post-Meiji era Yokohama, adorned in Western culture.
* The photograph was taken at the beautiful spanish style building, "Berrick hall".
By all means, please come and visit Yokohama!
　

My niece

On Sunday of last week, my niece living in Saitama came to visit me.
She is the daughter of my wife's younger sister. This year she just turned 20 years old.
Currently, she is studying at nursing school.
I certainly hope she can become a successful nurse in the future.

She has, ever since she was young, been very close to me.
I also enjoy her company very much.
Throughout the year, we don't meet very often,
so when we do, I often end up spending too much.

Tonight we, as per her request, ate yakiniku.
Yokohama : Basyamichi's 『Yakiniku : Ootaki』is a store that I frequent often.
It is by far the best yakiniku restaurant that I have ever been to in my life!
It stands high above any other yakiniku restaurant!!!

When I was in my forties, I didn't eat meat very much.
However, once I started to go to this restaurant, my preferences became the exact opposite.
I wonder if I'm not eating more meat than I used to when I was a young man...
I believe this is actually an important step in order to lead an energetic lifestyle in my later years as well.
As you would think, oily meat is NG, but I can eat all the lean meat with ponzu as I like.

『Yakiniku : Ootaki』 also offers the fragrant beer : Premium malts created by Suntory.
Drinking premium malts beer from the can is delicious,
but I really love drinking draft premium malts beer at the restaurant.
I was with my niece that day, so I could not let myself drink at my typical pace.
I stopped drinking after 3 glasses.
Still, I got to meet with her and we enjoyed our night together.

　 　 　

At Yoshino, a sushi restaurant in Hayamamachi

Hayamamachi in Kanagawa Prefecture.
I wonder how many years it’s actually been since I was last here?
I sometimes have business in neighboring Kamakura,
but I have not traveled as far as Hayamamachi at all recently.

Yesterday, at the invitation of my client, Mr. M.,
I spent my day off in his second house in Hayamamachi.
The ocean stretched out before our eyes, and right there behind us were the mountains.
I could quickly see why so many successful people choose to live in magnificent residences in this scenic spot,
where time passes so peacefully.

Lunch yesterday was at Yoshino, a sushi restaurant in Hayamamachi which Mr. M. frequents.
While watching the terribly suave owner’s handling of the knife,
we enjoyed a diverse selection of well-made sushi...
And I too ended up a committed fan of Yoshino...

　 　 　

I am a lover of photography, and after lunch,
Mr. M. was so thoughtful as to take me on a drive to the Akiya coast, a superb scenic spot in Kanagawa.
The first southerlies of spring were blowing in the Kanto area yesterday,
and the water here looked truly rough, even though it is usually calm.