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Donabe photoshoot at L'Effervescence |
We took Shinkansen (bullet train) back to Tokyo and arrived in the afternoon.
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Later in the afternoon, we visited Chef Namae at L'Effervescence to shoot his donabe dish. Kyle and Namae-san used to work together both at Micel Bras in Hokkaido and Fat Duck in England. Between Namae-san and myself, we also have a few mutual friends. Very small world. The dinner I had at L'Effervescence a couple of years ago was one of the most memorable meals in past years.
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With Kyoto-style classic donabe, which Namae-san specifically requested he wanted to use, he made a beautiful dish with ama-dai fish, mushrooms, and tons of yuzu! We were all very excited to shoot this dish. Afterwards, we got to eat it and it was super tasty.
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In the evening, we walked from L'Effervescence to a restaurant right by the high school and university I graduated from. Akiko, who is one of my best friends from high school joined us and we had really fun Okinawan Chinese dinner together.
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Among 4 of us, we ordered countless number of dishes and also opened 6 bottles of wine on top of 2 shots of awamori (Okinawa spirit) each!
Happy time with happy donabe friends.