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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Hanging out with my Grandparents

Yoyo~ Well, I had to run some errands and buy my stuff so I went out with my Grandparents to do so....

They brought me to City Square to shop and such. Well, it was quite fun and I walked around quite a bit. The good thing is that I found quite a few potential Christmas gifts but then, I also realised that I need lots of cash this year in terms of getting gifts. So, I am going to work right after my term tests! After buying everything we needed, we ate some ice cream at Macdonalds'! YUM!

We then headed to Paragon for dinner where my Grandparents brought me to this fantastic Japanese restaurant specialising in handmade soba! It was yummy, there was even a correct way to eat it! Hahas, I got curious so I followed it step by step!

Steps to eating SOBA:

1. Once your soba is served, take some time to enjoy its colour, shape and presentation. See how each strand of handmade noodle is unique, because of the craft put into creating it.

2. Next, enjoy its fragrance, fresh as a field of wholesome buckwheat. Then, pick up a strand of noodle and eat it plain, without any broth. This is the best way to taste the natural goodness of fresh soba.

3.Pour the broth into Choko (Small Bowl for dipping soba). Taste the broth as it is, then throw in any amount of spring onion as you like.

4.Hold the chopsticks in one hand and the Choko in the other. Pick up just a little wasabi, then a bite-sized portion of soba.

5.Dip soba lightly into the broth. Slurp the noodles up all at once, as noisily as you can! You should never drop soba into the broth, stir it around, and pick it up again. Don't let go of the noodles until you've slurped them up. That's the trick.

6. After your meal of soba, add some soba-yu (Soba Water) to the leftover broth in the choko. Savour the rich aroma of the nutritous soup, and drink up.

Hehes, I managed to follow through except the part of not dropping your noodles. Mine kept dropping. XP

Anyways, I enjoyed today so thanks loads Grandma and Grandpa! And guess what they gave me for a Christmas present? My Grandpa's camera that I have been using loads! I was like OMG! THANKS!

Okays, gotta go upload the pictures now! Be sure to check them out! XP

Abi