Seriously, this is right up there with my least favorite school lunches.
The soup was nearly as off-putting, so I passed on that, too.
Once I rid myself of the unpleasantries, I was left with only a bowl of rice and a slice of orange on my tray.
The good thing is, this rice wasn't ordinary, boring, tasteless, white rice, but rather fairly tasty "山菜" rice, or "mountain vegetable" rice. (I call it "Three-Year-Old Rice," however, since "山菜" is pronounced just like "三歳," which means "three years old.")
I thought I was even going to get seconds of the rice, but, since I piled it up fairly high the first time around (but not nearly as high as many kids do!), I ended up pretty satiated.
The piece of fruit was a bit of a surprise, too, since it wasn't the orange that I thought it was, at least upon first glance. The longer I stared at my dessert while I at my rice, the more I realized it looked more like a cross between a grapefruit and an orange.
That realization hit home when I bit into it and discovered it was half-sweet and half-bitter.
I'm still not positive what it was.
One teacher suggested it was a ponkan, but I've read that those are very sweet. I'm guessing this one must have been a hyuganatsu, but I'm not really sure.
I guess for now it will remain a "mystery fruit."
Total points: 6
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