Murdock? He's Cool. Burdock? Not So Much.

Today's meal was actually one of the better ones, but that's still not saying all that much.

In any case, the salad was pretty good, primarily because there wasn't anything gross like ham or my other favorite, katsuobushi, mixed in.


The main dish, a rice mix, was also pretty good, since rice mixed with just about anything is better than plain rice, which we usually have.

One of the main ingredients of this particular rice mix was mackerel, which, though a bit salty, gave the rice some oomph.

Unfortunately, the rice also contained gobou (burdock), which did nothing but take away from the meal. Too bad for that.

The soup looked harmless enough, but I want chock-full-o'-flavor, not harmless. Pass.

The dessert was a kind of sweet potato pie, which is pretty popular around here, for whatever reason. I would have preferred something "normal" like chocolate cake.

Alas, I learned a long time ago that you just can't have everything.

Total points: 5