We had a wonderful anniversary dinner at Ukai Tofu. The gardens were beautiful and the food very good! My brother encouraged us Sauder cousins to take more pictures for grandma's ceiva screen, so maybe I'll do better at taking my camera places and posting more pictures.
We started our meal with a sesame tofu with a dab of wasabi.
Then for a sampler--eel sushi, scallops with miso dressing, black beans, and a breaded potato-like veggie.
I think the tempura was next--white fish and a green pepper. Speaking of tempura, Akihiro has been bringing home some wonderful small white fish from his fishing trips before his work and they are just delicious prepared this way! Kinda like bluegill, but better!
Next was the fried tofu with various toppings--dried fish flakes and soy sauce, myoga (a spicy veggie) and another mixture of stuff.
There was also sushi, but in the usual style, so I didn't get a picture. Then came the main course--tofu balls in a clear seaweed flavored soup with these good little lilly pad like plants. Doesn't sound so good, but it was!
Then we had rice with tiny dried fish on top. Last we had black sesame ice cream and sweet beans with mochi (rice cakes).
It was night when we left and the gardens were pretty then too!
A wonderful way to celebrate our anniversary!