My BBQ team
Now it can't really compare to a fat rack of baby backs, topped with a jerk chicken drumstick or twelve, but a Japanese BBQ's not too shabby. So I was pleased to be able to go to the BBQ party held by my work last weekend. We all got on a bus at an ungodly 7:30am at Shinjuku station and headed off to parts unknown (at least to me.. actually I still don't know where we went). A few hours later we arrived somewhere in the outskirts of Tokyo, next to a little river surrounded by green. Funny thing about Japan is that, despite being super densely populated, there's still quite a lot of green space, rivers and whatnot. So we set up our BBQ's for some good ole fashioned Japanese BBQity. Steak, shrimp, veg, and fried noodles made up the menu.. A little different, but all goodness.
Ground zero for BBQ mayhem
Once it got too hot (or once we all got too drunk) it was into to river for a quick cool down. I think it was my first time swimming in a river, and I learned a valuable lesson. River beds have rocks. Lots of rocks. Big ones, small ones, and general all around feet hurting ones. I wondered why everyone else had flip-flops. Still it was all good.
Ready for a smashin'
The day was topped off by the a good ole watermelon smash. Its like a watermelon pinata. You gotta hit it with your handy-dandy wooden sword to break it open before everyone can eat. All good fun.
Long and the short, it was a good day. The kind of thing that I hope to have more of in the near future.
3 comments:
You should've taken picture of the watermelon AFTER it was break opened. I remember going on a trips like that when I was young. You carry all those things and parts of me think it's too much work but that is part of the fun.
I tried to take a picture of the "after" watermelon, but the ravenous hordes desceded on it like me and Raf at an all-u-can-eat wing buffet. :)
You'll have to remeber to give the little ones a similar BBQ experience. Center Island?
I am SURE my little ones will have similar BBQ experience at least once a year. My parents always try to pull one of those stunt here even if it's illegal to have open fire in some places. They once try to do BBQ thing in ice hut while we were ice fishing. Long story. don't ask.
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