Foreign Friday
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| tour guide, Paul Gsell April 1980 |
Here's one entry from my travel journal: Thurs., April 3, 1980 - Last night we took a walking tour of Kumamoto with Paul and discovered a small restaurant. We ate whale and horse meat (raw and dipped in soya sauce), drank potato wine, which was very bitter.
The owners of the sushi and sake bar (see this post) took a liking to our group and gave us gifts (I still have the wooden sake cup) and entertained us. We drank beer and sake. As our meal was being prepared, Judy L. took a position behind the counter and "helped" cook. She spilled potatoes everywhere much to everyone's amusement. Judy L. and Judith K. became known as "cucumber" because the owners could not say "Judy." It was a very enjoyable night.
I imagine every time you see the sake cup you remember this experience. So interesting. Never heard of potato wine.
ReplyDeleteWhat great memories. Horse meat raw? I take it you did not get sick. Oh I just couldnt! You were open to so many new things
ReplyDeleteWow! What experiences you have had. I don't eat sushi - or any raw meat - and I don't think I could have/would have considered consuming horse meat. Do you remember what the horse meat and whale meat were like?
ReplyDeleteSuch wonderful memories you have. I remember the Nara deer when we were south of Hiroshima a couple of years ago. They were allowed to roam freely and eight right out of your hands. They followed one little boy around who had an ice cream cone! I thought that was hilarious. One of them nudged him enough that he finally dropped it and they ate the whole thing.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Betsy
It sounds like so much fun! What wonderful memories. I love the deer in the photo. You can tell they have been well fed by the tourists!
ReplyDeleteYou were very adventurous to try the horse meat. Not sure I could have eaten it raw.
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