On Wednesday, Keizo's day off, we spent the afternoon in the Kurume tax office, trying to get my pension refund straightened out. An hour of paper work, one follow up phone call and some copies of my passport later, it should be on its way. Anyway, after dealing with all the bureaucracy, it was an especially nice treat to head to Naoko-sensei's house for a delicious dinner and some calligraphy practice. It was also very nice of her to send us home with some left over curry and pickled cabbage, which we put to good use for dinner the next day.
Real curry, made with a mix of spices rather than the cubes of roux that I always use. Mmmmm!
On the side, pan-fried eggplant and renkon with minced chicken. Keizo picked these up pre-assembled at the farm stand/travel stop near his practice ground. They were good, but needed some sort of dipping sauce to make the flavors really stand out.
Side #2 was some of Naoko-sensei's pickled hakusai and some store bought kimchi to zest it up a bit. Not as quite good as the authentic Korean kimchi she served us, but still yummy mixed with the pickled cabbage.
Even with the food all gone, it made for a colorful meal!
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