Shinshunkai 2013 / 新春会 ２０１３

In Japan, at the end of the year we have a bounenkai (end of the year party), then in January, to celebrate the new year, we have a shinenkai.  Well, this year our shinenkai was a little late, in fact it was already March, which is why this post is titled Shinshunkai.  As usual, we held it at our friend's restaurant [Utou] which is located in Ushigome Kagurazaka.  Its always a pleasure to hang out with friends while eating great food and having drinks as well.  Check out this year's menu.

日本の年末は忘年会がある。そして、新しい年になるとまた新年会が開くことは多い。今年はちょっと遅れた新年会の為（もう３月になったし）、友達が新春会を開いた。毎年恒例の会は牛込化倉坂にある友達の店「善知鳥」で開催した。 やっぱり仲間と美味しいもの食べて、酒を飲んで、騒いで楽しい！ さて今年のメニュー見てみましょう。


We started off with these three dishes:

最初はこの三つの作品：

Sorry if I can't explain all the dishes in English, but as you can see, very healthy for your body!

超健康的でしょう！

On the very right is the Mama-san who ran the Oden foodstall in Shibuya for years.  From the left are my friends Yuko33 and Hama-chan.

上の写真で一番右はおでん屋のママ。二人の女性はおでん屋仲間のゆうこ３３と浜ちゃん。

Flavored egg-roll / ダシ巻たまご

Salted rockfish / カサゴの塩焼き

Are you getting hungry yet?

食べたくなりましたか？

Tempura / 天ぷら

This is our friend (Mikako has known him since elementary school) - Ken, the owner and chef of the restaurant.

友達のケンちゃん（美香子の小学校時代からの幼馴染）、「善知鳥」のオーナーです。

Group photo / 今年集めたメンバー

Yes, we've had a bit to drink.

かなり飲んでます！

And lastly, a short video clip of the event.

最後にちょこっとした動画。