今日は、妹たちの家で月命日のためにお寺さんに来ていただく日だったので、たまたま神戸にいることだしと顔を出してきました。去年の7月に母の7回忌がありましたが出席できなかったのでした。母はお花が好きだったので、小さな花束を持って。
My sister has an arrangement with a priest to visit her apartment every first Saturday of the month, which is the closest Saturday to the day my Mum passed away, to perform a simple memorial service. There was a major ceremony in July last year (the 7th year after death) but we weren’t able to come over and we thought it would be good to be there for this smaller regular service as we are in Japan on the first Saturday of this month. Mum used to love flowers so we took a small bunch of flowers.
せっかく集まったので、妹夫婦と弟と5人で家のすぐ近くのうどん屋さんでお昼をしてきました。
As we were together as a family, we had a quick lunch afterwards in a Udon restaurant nearby.
実はここの野菜のかき揚げが美味しいので夫も多分好きだと思い、と思って、ちょうど良い機会なのでここに行ったのですが、カレーが大好きな夫はカレーうどんを選びました。温泉玉子のせ。実は、夫はおうどんは好きではなく、多分、日本を出て以来おうどんを食べる機会はなかったと思います。ここのおうどんはもっちりしてしこっとして美味しいのですが、最初は、美味しい、美味しい、と食べていたので「美味しい？」と聞くと、「美味しい！うどんがなかったらもっといいのに。」と（爆）。その後、おうどんも美味しいと言っていましたが、おうどんって欧米人にとっては食べにくいですし、味もあまり乗らないので好まない人も多いみたいです。
I like their Kakiage (deep-friend thinly cut vegetables) and thought my husband would like it too but he chose Curry Udon instead as he loves curry. To be honest, my husband never much liked Udon noodles, I think this was the first time he’s had it since we left Japan 25 years ago. He was eating it saying “So delicious” so I asked him if he is enjoying it and he said, “Yes, but I would enjoy it more if there was no udon in it.” Haha! He did change his mind later and said he actually quite liked the udon this time. I think many western people dislike it because it’s hard to eat and also it doesn’t absorb much of the flavour of the soup (it’s usually served in soup).
他のわたし以外の3人は天ぷら付きのぶっかけうどん。妹の旦那さんと弟はかやくご飯つき。
Except myself, all the other 3 had Bukkake Udon with Tempura (it’s Udon you eat just after pouring a sauce over with Tempura) – cold today as it’s quite warm here.
わたしはかき揚げ付きのぶっかけうどん。美味しかったです。
I had Bukkake Udon with Kakiage. It was very good, I really enjoyed the texture of the Udon.
