Itadakimasu

The title of this blog post already tells you a lot what this post is about. The pictures probably even more so. Let's first explain the word "itadakimasu " to you. First of all it's Japanese. The word literally means "I humbly receive."  It's the same like saying in french : "Bon Appetit"  They say it to express there gratitude for all who played a roll in preparing, cultivating, ranching or hunting the food. 
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After explaining the word I'll now present you the food. I think everyone is familiar with it. I was very excited since I was going to learn how to make sushi. It took longer then expected though and when we finally fished it, It was about 10 p.m. I wasn't that hungry anymore, but it still tasted delicious. It was also the first time we drank sake. For those who don't know what sake is: sake is an alcoholic drink made of rice. Officially wine made of rice is called: seishu. 
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Also it's considered rude to pour a drink for oneself. You pour the drink for your partner as a gesture of hospitality. Your drinking partner pours your drink. 
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Now that we properly know all this we can start eating and we'll do that with chopsticks, in Japanese they are called: hashi. There are a lot of rules about chopsticks as well. I'll will make a post about them if you want to. There are also ways to make your own chopstick rest. I'll perhaps make a tutorial for that as well. It wonderful if you go out eating and know how to make one. 
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After all this: Gochisōsama-deshita

Have a wonderful weekend: Loves London
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