Japan - Day Three
Reggie took off fairly early this morning to have his car washed. At around 9:30 he was downstairs and we were ready to go. He dropped us off outside the gate and then we went inside and he acquired some passes for us. We then went and drove around the base, took a few pictures till it's time for him to drop us off to church for the 11 am mass.
The restaurant is located where the old Seaside Club was and it's considered to be the biggest of the Chili's in the world. We had a nice lunch of soup and salad not wanting to fill up because of the early dinner with Manami's family. Reggie introduced us to everyone including his boss Dave, an Ivy Leaguer from an affluent Taiwanese family.
We went back to Moriya afterwards and kicked back for a little bit. A few minutes after we headed on out towards Manami's parents' home. After some really warm greetings, we went inside and we immediately felt at home despite the obvious language barrier. With Manami and her sister-in- Michiko translating, it didn't pose any problem whatsoever. I was able to practice my extremely limited Nippongo of "Haji ne maste!", thanks to Manami, which translates to "Nice to meet you".
They then started taking out Manami's Mom's spread of sashimi, huge balls of rice, etc. I think they've been forewarned of my fondness to Japanese cuisine.
We brought our leftover chicken adobo that Donna cooked the day before and it turned out to be a great hit with everyone. Manami's brother liked it so much he almost finished the whole dish!
BEFORE
AFTER
For dessert we had a huge tray of fruit and these fish looking thingies with sweet beans inside called taiyaki. The way Michiko explained it is that their name resembles 'celebrate' so anytime there's a gathering to celebrate something - in this case Manami and Reg's upcoming wedding, they're served for dessert.
Donna got a necklace for a presento from Manami's Mom Tamiya and we got some rice crackers with 'Congratulations' on one big one and 'Reggie' and 'Manami' on two smaller ones.
After some group picture taking, we bid goodbye promising to see each other for dinner tomorrow after the wedding. Manami had to stay behind saying at the wedding day, it's tradition for a bride to come from the home she grew up in. She'll have to meet us at the Yokosuka city hall tomorrow.
Below is the whole family: seated from left to right, Manami's Mom Tamiko with baby Ayumi on her lap, Manami, Donna, Rey, Manami's Dad Masukazu, standing from left to right, Manami's sister-in-law Michiko, daughter Hana, Manami's brother Yasuyuki and Reggie.
But before going home, we dropped by this ice cream shop and I thought it's weird that one of the dishes in the menu is called halo-halo, a mixture of sweet stuff in shaved ice. Sounds familiar?
The restaurant is located where the old Seaside Club was and it's considered to be the biggest of the Chili's in the world. We had a nice lunch of soup and salad not wanting to fill up because of the early dinner with Manami's family. Reggie introduced us to everyone including his boss Dave, an Ivy Leaguer from an affluent Taiwanese family.
We went back to Moriya afterwards and kicked back for a little bit. A few minutes after we headed on out towards Manami's parents' home. After some really warm greetings, we went inside and we immediately felt at home despite the obvious language barrier. With Manami and her sister-in- Michiko translating, it didn't pose any problem whatsoever. I was able to practice my extremely limited Nippongo of "Haji ne maste!", thanks to Manami, which translates to "Nice to meet you".
They then started taking out Manami's Mom's spread of sashimi, huge balls of rice, etc. I think they've been forewarned of my fondness to Japanese cuisine.
We brought our leftover chicken adobo that Donna cooked the day before and it turned out to be a great hit with everyone. Manami's brother liked it so much he almost finished the whole dish!
BEFORE
AFTER
For dessert we had a huge tray of fruit and these fish looking thingies with sweet beans inside called taiyaki. The way Michiko explained it is that their name resembles 'celebrate' so anytime there's a gathering to celebrate something - in this case Manami and Reg's upcoming wedding, they're served for dessert.
Donna got a necklace for a presento from Manami's Mom Tamiya and we got some rice crackers with 'Congratulations' on one big one and 'Reggie' and 'Manami' on two smaller ones.
After some group picture taking, we bid goodbye promising to see each other for dinner tomorrow after the wedding. Manami had to stay behind saying at the wedding day, it's tradition for a bride to come from the home she grew up in. She'll have to meet us at the Yokosuka city hall tomorrow.
Below is the whole family: seated from left to right, Manami's Mom Tamiko with baby Ayumi on her lap, Manami, Donna, Rey, Manami's Dad Masukazu, standing from left to right, Manami's sister-in-law Michiko, daughter Hana, Manami's brother Yasuyuki and Reggie.
But before going home, we dropped by this ice cream shop and I thought it's weird that one of the dishes in the menu is called halo-halo, a mixture of sweet stuff in shaved ice. Sounds familiar?
posted by reyjay @ 8:09 AM
2 Comments:
At 4:49 AM,
Anonymous said…
Congratulations to Reggie and Manami and wishing them the best of times to come and congratulations to you as well. I'm sure you and Mare are extremely thrilled to have Manami as your daughter in law. Be well and stay well.
The Mamanguns
At 7:44 AM,
reyjay said…
Indeed!
Thanks a bunch.
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