our finished product
the bowl before we mixed it up
WAAAAAFriday June 18 (Day 16)
So I am pretty sure I pressed the snooze button 4 times this morning. I practically dragged my body out of bed. After showers and all that jazz we were off to the work for our 2nd FRIDAY! Since it didn’t feel like Friday and we had such a fun time the night before, I was bubbling with happiness. Despite wanting to laugh about the night before at the office, we were not surprised by the expected silence. But, throughout the day there were funny thank you notes emailed to one another and with the added extra reassurance that they enjoyed our company. For lunch June-san invited us to eat with one of her college tennis friends, Yoshi, and although we spent plenty of money the night before we couldn’t resist the offer. As lunch came around we were extra happy to go outside. Yoshi greeted us with a smile and questions about our whereabouts. We ended up walking a short distance to a new food court area that had 4 different restaurants to order from. It reminded me a little bit of Australia and a little bit of a cafeteria so I felt right at home! Lunch was delicious and full of conversation, including a plan to meet up before our departure to play tennis and eat eel on rice with their college friends. New friends? J. But, soon it was time to head back to work and we packed up our things and said our goodbyes. Work, for the most part, was the same as every other day minus the anticipation of the weekend! Greg came into the office with ice cream and a spam, egg rice ball for Bean and I to try. This spam concoction was one of Greg’s old favorite cheap Japanese pick-ups, so naturally we had to try it. It was the first time we had tried spam and embarrassingly enough it wasn’t bad! But, can’t say we have tried it again since he bought it for us. As we were about to leave the office Koji flagged us down. Being on the phone, he soon started writing on and passing us sticky notes. Koji, being the cute “older brother” he is, asked us about our dinner plans. Soon we had decided we would all go and eat Okonomiyaki. Okonomiyaki is a dish that Bean and I have anxiously wanted to try since our eyes saw the photo and description. This do-it-yourself “pancake” consists of batter, cabbage, vegetables and anything from squid to chicken. Mixing all these ingredients together in a bowl, you then pile it on a griddle in front of you to cook. Walking to Akasaka Mitsuke, we met up with the one of the agency guys at the Okonomiyaki restaurant. There are many various types to make and we tried three. One was a classic pancake looking one, the next had noodles in the middle and an egg cracked on top like a “toad in a hole,” and lastly a liquid like thin pancake traditionally from a very different area of Japan. All of them were delicious and filling. We could top them with seaweed, mustard, mayonnaise, or tuna flakes. Dirty man came to join us and we spent at least 2 hours in this restaurant swapping thoughts, stories, and future plans. Graciously we thanked everyone for joining us for dinner and headed back to the hotel. The last thing we did was call my dad to make meeting plans for the morning and then quickly fell asleep to prepare for the day ahead of us.
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