31 October: A big Chinese dinner at Kasen.
Strange aubergine guys (with varying haircuts) watching over chilli prawns.	Beef dish - individual portions served on crisply fried potato ladles.
2 November: Dinner at Nomura, with dad, my sister Hiroko & her husband Tamotsu (just arrived from London earlier in the day) and my friend Racco from Tokyo.
Appetizer of tofu, kaki fruit, lily root and salmon roes, in a kaki cup.	Hot pot of various mushrooms.
Oyster with ponzu.	Grilled oysters with miso sauce.
Bunny-sized fruit salad. Afterwards Racco, Akiko & UsaKousa stop for a nightcap: mine's a frothy banana cocktail, Racco's is with tea & grapes.
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