Tonight was the celebration of my fried Dario's birthday. So some good Nihonshu and Salmon Sashimi was in order.
I bought some fresh salmon loin which went down very well, and rustled up some chicken Teriyaki and rice and edamame as well.
Dario brought a bottle of Nihonshu that he'd been given as a gift and we polished that off in short order. It was nice, dry and without any English on the labelling, so we have no clue what it was called.
I then produced the bottle I bought from the Japan Centre earlier today. It was a Junmai called Shunnoten "Takazasu". This was supposed to be enjoyed warm, according to the shelf notes at the store. Personally, we preferred it at room temperature, as warming seemed to burn away the sweet/dry floral notes.
During the meal I ran Godzilla: Final Wars, one of my personal favourites, as you get more monsters for your money, if you are prepared to sit through some preposterous Matrix-clone action first.
After that, it was a showing of Takeshi Kitano's excellent Zatoichi, which never fails to please.
All in all, I think it was a good night and Dario's birthday celebration weekend got off to a great start!
Kanpai!
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