So many culinary adventures in Japan but this one is fairly infamous. When the Law parents came to visit, I took them to Hakone, a well-known hot spring resort. We stayed overnight in a Japanese-style inn called a "ryokan". All very last minute so all four of us ended up in one room together. The room is in traditional Japanese style with tatami mat flooring. During the day, there's a low table and four cushions. After dinner, they take away the table (while you go out and bathe in the indoor or outdoor springs) and roll out four futons on the floor. In the morning, they roll away the futons and place the table back again for breakfast. Dinner was a beautiful assortment of small dishes, including fresh sashimi in an ice igloo and fresh raw scallop.
However, the parents turned their noses up at the raw sashimi and started cooking it in their individual rice pots - pic of Dad with his individual rice pot in front of him. The conversation went as follows - "Ooo, this fish is really fresh" and "Hurry up and cook it - before the waitress comes back and see us!"
So many culinary adventures in Japan but this one is fairly infamous. When the Law parents came to visit, I took them to Hakone, a well-known hot spring resort. We stayed overnight in a Japanese-style inn called a "ryokan". All very last minute so all four of us ended up in one room together. The room is in traditional Japanese style with tatami mat flooring. During the day, there's a low table and four cushions. After dinner, they take away the table (while you go out and bathe in the indoor or outdoor springs) and roll out four futons on the floor. In the morning, they roll away the futons and place the table back again for breakfast. Dinner was a beautiful assortment of small dishes, including fresh sashimi in an ice igloo and fresh raw scallop. 
However, the parents turned their noses up at the raw sashimi and started cooking it in their individual rice pots - pic of Dad with his individual rice pot in front of him. The conversation went as follows - "Ooo, this fish is really fresh" and "Hurry up and cook it - before the waitress comes back and see us!"
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