I am tempted to say that the excessively long Rainy Season this year is finally OVER! Maybe...I hope...we will see. Regardless, A and I woke up on Saturday morning to a beautiful blue sky sporting great marshmallow puffy clouds. We both (amazingly) had the day off and nothing that we "had" to do, so we decided to make a day for us and go wherever the ocean breeze blew us.
The lunch sets were reasonably priced (950 yen ?) and came with a Thai soup that was actually quite flavourful and filled with lots of chicken and veggies.
A, had the Basil Chicken Stir Fry with a Fried Egg and Rice. There were 2 little red spicy chili's on the menu next to this dish, so I knew it would be too much for me to handle. I tried a bit though and the taste was great! Just spicy!
I had the Green Curry. Which was a very very good and spicy, but not tooo toooo spicy. It was very fresh and just the right size.
After lunch, we headed down to Haebaru. Once we were home we were contemplating whether we should go to the beach or not. A, suggested we drive down to Ou Island to visit our Stray Cat friends. Yes, we are those Crazy Cat people............ We also wanted to pick up some of the famous Ou Island Tempura for dinner.
The Ou Island Cats were few and far between. I reckon they were in the bushes taking an afternoon cat nap. We saw a few, they were all looking pretty skinny and nasty after the long rainy season. We fed the few we found and headed off to find some Ou Island delicacies.
On our way to the Tempura and Sashimi shops, we drove past what looked like a fish hatchery or something. It had a sign outside advertising "うみぶどう" or "Sea-Grapes". I really love these little things, so we stopped and went in to investigate. Inside was a "Sea-Grape" FARM! Hundreds of Ocean baths of Sea-Grapes at all different stages of development. We asked for one package. While the Sea-Grape farmer was packing up our goods, he provided us with a little taster that we dipped into Shiso Ponzu. Yumm! Talk about freshness!
Just when I thought the day couldn't get any better. As we were driving from the Sea-Grape farm to the Sashimi shop, we came across a gungle of Drying Squid, flies and all!
It was super cool and super smelly and kinda gross to see the number of flies that were swarming on these Squidlies. Across the street was the Sashimi shop, selling their daily catch. We got the "variety pack" and were rewarded with a サビス Tuna Filet. For dinner we had Sea-Grapes, Tempura, Sashimi, Sashimi Salad, and Yuzu Tofu. Nice Day !!!! :)
Hope Everyone had a great weekend! and a special shout out to Daddy-o for Father's Day! We will have to celebrate together in August!
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