If you've been reading our blog, you might remember that he used to send us boxes of apples.
A and his wife picked us up and took us to Wakita for dinner.
There were all sorts of items that were unique to Nagano/Shinshu
The tsukune (chicken meat balls) were mixed with botan kosho, a fiery pepper...mouth.on.fire!
Next to it is an enoki flower...kinda similar to those awesome blossoms (deep fried onion)...this is a special type of enoki that is coated with karaage mix and deep fried...I was amazed it tasted just like chicken!
In front of that is a bowl with agedashi tofu topped with a slurry of assorted mushrooms
And to the right of that is bairing (a type of eringi) that was sandwiched with nori and mentaiko then fried
B-kyu gurume! so ono
It was nice spending time with A and his wife.
We hope to see them in Tokyo the next time they visit their daughter.
Wakita
1-10-4 Central
Nakano, Nagano
Closed Mondays
Hours: 17:30-22:00
4 comments:
Awww. What a nice get-together!
Thanks Jalna, it really was :) Take care, Kat
That botan kosho chili sounds interesting Kat! There's a company here in the states that sells those heirloom seeds. I might get some for next pepper season.
I hope you get some botan kosho Kirk! would be interesting to hear what you think of them. Take care! Kat
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