Spring Came A Little Early Today

As you know, I usually skip the rice. Since today's rice actually had something in it to give it some flavor (what a concept!), however, I patiently waited in line to get some.

The wait was well worth it. I wouldn't exactly call this rice delicious, but it certainly was tasty.

Unfortunately, however, I wasn't the only one who thought that the rice was good. By the time I decided to get more, there was none left. Oh, well.

As for the soup, I tried to eat it, but its rather starchy consistency just wasn't doing it for me.

Another problem with the soup was that it contained pieces of mochi, which I can't stand, since those are just big blobs of chewy rice. I actually ate one, for some strange reason, but as soon as I was done, I thought to myself, "That's the last time I'm ever going to eat mochi." As always, though, I found a taker for the remaining blobs.

I also nibbled at the main dish, but there was no way I was going to finish it. I didn't even eat all of the meat, which was wild pig, because a lot of it was extremely fatty. I quickly found a "home" for whatever I didn't want, though, so nothing went to waste.

As you can see in the picture, today we also had dessert. That black thing is called "ohagi" (おはぎ) and is a rice ball (what else?) covered with bean paste (what else?).

We usually get these things a couple times a year, right around the beginning of spring and right around the beginning of fall. The funny thing is, I'm always disappointed when I have ohagi, because, no matter how many times I have these things, I always expect the bean paste to taste like chocolate.

Wishful thinking.

Oh, yeah, one more thing. Today I got yet another flavor of that yogurt drink. This time it was strawberry. The strawberry is better than the grape, but I much prefer the blueberry.

Yeah. Blueberry rocks.

Total points: 4