Korean Dinner
This past weekend was the wifey’s birthday so instead of putting myself through the torture of picking out a gift that she probably wouldn’t like in the first place we deemed Saturday her day. The deal was that she could do anything that she wanted all day, and I would act as the Taxi driver and baby sitter while she enjoyed herself.
The first place we visited was the $1.00 store or here in Japan we say the hyakuen shop (100¥ shop) where she had to pick up some candle making supplies. The next place we went was Nitori, which is a Japanese version of Ikea. I have had a cold recently and wasn’t feeling well, although I patiently waited without sighing 
or saying a word until she was finished.
The next place was a restaurant that she chose to have a Korean dinner at called Korean Village which happens to be right across the street from the English school that I work part time for. We had eaten there before and already knew that the food was good. Last time we were without the kids, but this time they got to enjoy it also.
My wife ordered some kind of Korean spicy soup that had rice mixed in with a spicy broth and vegetables. My oldest son ordered a bacon and potato pizza, while my youngest had a kids plate with an assortment of kids foods. (sausage, spaghetti, fruit..etc) I had some spare rib meat marinated in a spicy miso sauce that I grilled myself in the middle of the table.
Korean Dinner
Later on we ordered another assortment of chicken, pork, and beef to grill in the middle so the kids and my wife could sample the grilled meats taste. Of course sides of rice always come with dinner, and I had to order an assortment of spicy Korean Kimchee which came with Chinese cabbage (hakusai), Japanese radish (Daikon), and Cucumber (kyuuri).
The dinner was delicious but I ate too much as always. When we went outside it was pouring down rain, which has happened quite frequently this year. After loading up the kids there was a magazine that I wanted to get, so we headed over to Yamada Denki, which is a electronics store, but has a book store in it also.
We have been in the market for a new video camera, and have been pricing various ones and reading reviews on which is the best. While I went to get the magazine I wanted, my wife said that she was going to go look at the video cameras. After I met back up with her she had picked out a video camera that she wanted so we decided to get it while we were there.
Tsuruya-san likes the new video camera
The video camera is a Sony HDR-XR500V which features a 120 gig harddrive (no more tapes to mess with), Full High Definition (1080) and Blue Ray capabilities, GPS which tags your videos with GPS coordinates, touch screen, night vision, and hundreds of other features I have only began to explore. I also have a Pure Video Flip Video camcorder that I use for this blog frequently, but it was frustrating my wife because it has no zoom. I like the flip video because it is ultra portable, and if it get’s damaged is not a big hit to my pocketbook.
It was a good day, and I think that she fully enjoyed herself and the Korean Dinner, now I have a huge manual to study so that I can learn to use this camera effectively.
Happy Birthday Yasuko!
Ikuko and I have been to Korean Village a few times also.
It’s yummy! Plus, they have the good sense to serve Sapporo Classic Beer. Avaliable in HOKKAIDO ONLY.
That new video camera looks awesome.
No more funky tape cassettes to mess around with, sounds perfect.
I can’t wait to see some new videos on your YOU TUBE channel.
Lights! Camera! Action!
The wife says thanks snowman.
Gakugeikai is coming up so we will use the camera for the first time then. The kids are doing a play and performance, and the adults are making mochi with a traditional dance and song. I am on Taiko. Happens this Sunday.
that was our second time also, every time I finish a lesson at Mets the smells are very enticing. And yes the Sapporo Beer was great