Lunch Invitation

A friend from church invited me to her place up in the hilly side of Mikage.  She and her husband have a cozy apartment there with lots of sunshine, lovely view of the Kobe wharf on the south, Nada town on the east, a Women's Univ on the northeast, and the hills of Kobe on the north.  High up there among the hills is a waterfall.  Its clean waters flow down beside their apartment and the sound of it one can hear from the balcony.  Lovely place to live, I say.

Well, we had been changing the dates for our lunch get-together for one reason or another.  At last, we finally got to meet up on Feb 8th, Monday.

I've been on a no-sugar, no-soda, no gluten, no red meat diet for two weeks now.  But I declared that Monday my cheat day, a diet respite.

She picked me up at church around 11 am. and we had a leisurely drive up to the hills.  It was a lovely day - warm springlike weather and clear blue skies.

the balcony

Kobe Shion Women's University on the right and the Nada town from afar

the neighboring apartments

the dining corner

her table centerpiece

spot the koala

corn soup

avocado slice in raw ham, with crackers and sliced cherry tomatoes

grilled chicken with red wine 

the red wine 

pizza topped with grated cheese, some blue cheese and other toppings

my first time to eat pizza with honey - so YUM combo 

I brought the chocolate rolled cake (bought from Kobe Symphony Nagano) for our dessert

These lovely crystal plates were bought from Okinawa. 

I had such a great time that day - good food, excellent place and fun conversation.  Happy, wonderful memory to last a lifetime!