Last night, Mom took us out to celebrate Arisa’s birthday.  We went to Umami Asian Kitchen in Chagrin Falls.

The menu says that Umami is the “fifth taste”, as in sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami.  Umami is a Japanese word.  See the wikipedia article for a description.  Also see the “basic tastes” article too.

I see why they call it Asian Kitchen as it’s not really a Japanese restaurant.  They take some Japanese foods and make it all their own.  For example, they have an Udon Noodle dish, but it’s not what one would expect from a Japanese restaurant.  It was really very good.  We had Seared Red Tuna, Spicy Tuna Rolls, and Calamari.  I had the halibut with sweet potatoes and ginger, Arisa had one of the specials which was scallops (hotate) on Jasmine rice.  Ken had the Seared Salmon, and George had the curry chicken entree.  Elly had Calamari and Assorted Sushi appetizers as her entree.  Mom had crabcakes.  I tried everything except the crabcakes and it all was very, very good.

Oh, and Chagrin Falls looks great at night.  The whole town is decorated in Christmas Lights.  If you get a chance, I’d check it out.

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This year I’m trying my hand at setting up a vegetable garden. We are trying to start almost everything from seeds, but since we started late, I did breakdown and by some at a store.

この数日間はかなり寒い日が続いている。　金曜日は子供が「スノーデー」となり、寒さで休学になったほど寒い。　月曜日は祭日なので４連休になった子供が喜んでいるんだ。 僕は通勤中に交通事故より燃えきった横転している車を目撃した上でラジオより最低３つほど車が燃えた事故があったらしい。