One day at Izumi's~ Yonezu-cho, 愛知県, Japan

Sayoko-chan and Shiji-kun treated us to a special lunch
 at IZUMI's
MUSHIRUJI house!!!

(I'm so bad, so often, I don't take all the photos to document all I wish I had,

like this time... the outside of this home is so impressive too!)

It's Izumi's home AND workplace. She has a child off at school while she works 

to feed our little party a scrumptious lunch

Izumi has an impressive wine "closet" (usually it's a "wine cellar")

This was the wine she recommended and what we got to have with our lunch. 

She's learned in wines as well.

      Shinji and Ischin looking oh-so-good-and dandy as we waited for Taka's arrival.
                       

Lunch

Homemade bread, along with fish wrapped with green beans in a cabbage?! It almost didn't matter what it was, it was so gorgeously presented!

Sakura leaf under a white fish, with clams~ the sakura leaf I've been used to having it with SAKURA-mochi!!

Home made pasta with LIMA beans!

Finally the desert~

and friends who know me 

know I won't usually eat desert 

but this was an exception!

Ischin even got some cooking lessons from Izumi, not the first nor the last.

Thanks be to Yoshizaki's and Izumi!!! What a wonderful memory~ I'm so happy we were so blessed to get to witness and be a part of this affair!!