神戸で借りているマンションの事務所でチェックインを済ませたのが12時前。その後、セブンイレブンで日本円を下ろしてから、ランチをすることにしました。以前住んでいた時（もう25年も前になります）にはこの辺りにはほとんどレストランはなかったのですが、ぽつりぽつりと出来ているので、すぐ近くにある「ビストロ・Waku」に行ってみました。カジュアルでアットホーム的なお店でした。歩いて10分くらいのところにあるコープさんでとりあえずすぐに必要なあれこれを買ってマンションに戻り、しばらくしてから再び買い損ねたものをセブンイレブンに買いに出て、後はマンションでゆっくりしました。

It was just before 12:00pm when we checked in to the apartment we are renting, then we went out to a 711 (one of the many convenience stores, which you typically fine a few in your neighbourhood in Japan, they sell all sorts of essential things) to get Japanese yen out of the ATM, then we had lunch. When we lived here 25 years ago, there weren’t any restaurants right here (there are many if we walked for 10 minutes or so, but not any within just a few minutes), but now there are a few around here, so we tried one of them. It was called “Bistro Waku”, which was a very casual homey place. We then walked to the Co-op, which is about 10 minutes’ away, to get some things we need.

最初に、サラダ。

First you get a salad, whichever main dish you choose.

夫は、ビーフストロガノフ。

My husband had Beef Stroganoff.

わたしは、オムライス。

I had Om-rice, which I guess is a shortened Japanese name from ‘Omelette Rice’. Inside the thin omlette, there is fried-rice with usually onion, chicken and seasoned with ketchup). This one is a more modern version and comes with a demi glace sauce but the traditional version has just ketchup on top.

「街の洋食屋さん」という感じの味、かな、と思います。夫のビーフストロガノフは1300円、わたしのオムライスは1000円、どちらもサラダ付き。合わせて2300円。やっぱり、日本は凄い。もっとお高いところもたくさんありますが、安く済ませようとすると1000円でお腹が満足出来る食事が出来るというのは、凄いことのように思います。

I suppose it was “A casual little Japanese Western Bistro” sort of a place, not a high level French restaurant, but good enough. My husband’s Beef Stroganoff was 1300 yen (£7) and my Om-rice was 1,000 yen (£5.50). In total, £12.50, both including a salad each. I wonder what you can eat in England at such prices.