Miraku at the Park

Barely a month after the dining restrictions lifted on June 21, we’re back to getting takeout from the restaurants in this P2.1HA (22 July to 18 August). Since I’m so sian about it all, I have no mood to think about ordering stuff from restaurants. 

Planning what to eat and having to pre-order aren’t exciting at all. On top of analysis and paperwork, I’m flooded with work calls and meetings. Menu-planning isn’t on my list of priorities. When I get hungry, I stop by whichever food center to get brainless takeout. I either quaff bread, eggs or granola, or cook easy stir-fry vegetables, or have the man do a pasta. 

On a whim, I put in a last-minute order with Miraku for dinner. The restaurant is back to doing takeout for the weekends this month, and dates are announced on their fb page. Picked up the order, and went out to the park with it, and the dog. Since we were dining outdoors on a table, no picnic mat was required. Brought placemats, little spoons and chopsticks. Tried Carlsberg Smooth Draught Pilsner for the first time. It was light and pretty drinkable. Went well with ponzu sauce, seafood, fish and vinegared rice. 

The restaurant informed us that there were fresh deliveries of uni-in-shell, and summer oysters. So we added those to our order. They were so delicious! Mmmm. Great appetizers. Miraku’s dependable sushi bento and bara-chirashi made for a filling meal. They had shiny fish for us tonight. Hurrah. It was a lovely meal at the park under a still bright sky. A 6pm dinner works very well for us. The dog chilled out and was quite happy rolling around in the grass. 

The sky darkened just as we finished dinner and was packing up. Fast-moving storm clouds had rolled in. Had no idea if it was a passing drizzle or an all-out thunderstorm. Either way, we weren’t hanging around to find out. Hurried back to the car and made it home before it rained. Dog was a tad nervous but she was fine since there was no thunder. She happily asked for her dinner, ate it up and snoozed in her bed through the gentle drizzle.