Trotted to Kizuna to pick up dinner and totally got distracted by the four-liter bottle of whisky. I completely forgot that Kizuna does cocktails in the evenings come mid-week. I ended up chugging three super refreshing highballs. Hahaha.
Dinner was to be Kizuna's lunar new year take-home menu of an Osechi Box (お節料理) and Pork Belly Miso Nabe (豚バラと豆腐の味噌鍋). It's a tad hard for us to sit down for dinner at Kizuna; it's much easier for us to pop by to collect pre-ordered food.
The selections for the osechi box were gorgeous! It came with a notecard explaining what each dish contained and what auspicious wishes they represent. They were so nicely prepped and pickled! So much care went into the box. Loved them! It was a super filling box!!! These portions were good for three persons and definitely sufficient for four if we had added on another dish of say gyu-don or something.
The cafe packed and layered the ingredients for nabe so neatly for me in a donabe, but I had to transfer it out to an ugly pot to heat up. That's because the donabe can't go onto induction hobs; I don't have a portable 'fire' stove using those gas canisters (I don't like those things). Diluted the miso with water, and it became a very tasty stock.
With this meal, I still needed chilli. Opened up the bottle of Shan Cheng sambal belachan gifted by S. I love it, and it goes so nicely with belinjo crackers, keropok and soup and all. Cooked sticky white rice in the donabe to go with the soup and such. Could have done udon, I suppose, but never mind. Sambal belachan went better with rice! Teehehehehe. Had sake, chilled. It's a gift from our friends who chose a festive expression of junmai daiginjo — Hiroki ‘Huat Ah’ from Shiwa Sake Brewery in Shiwa-Cho, Iwate.
What a feast! ♡
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