Day 12 - Wednesday 20 January 2016 - Otsuma Nakano and DINNER!

Today I went back to Otsuma Nakano High School. This school is where I spent 2-3 weeks on high school exchange back in 1997. I had a guided tour by Mr Mizusawa. The school now goes from year 7- 12 and has approximately 1500 students. Also the building I remember no longer stands and a newer bigger building which is 8 flours now exists. All Saints College has not done exchange with Ostuma for approximately 10 years however Otsuma has an exchange program with a school in Cairns.

Me in 1997

School Building

Me and Mr Mizusawa on the tour

Tonight I went to the Mardarin Oriental Tokyo for dinner at the Molecular Bar. All I can say is AMAZING and an once in a lifetime experience. How I found out about it was that my brother and sister inlaw went 12 month earlier.

Tool kit which will assist in the meal- the tape measure has the menu printed on the back. I also had the designated wines with each dish.

Forest crudités/dip

Prawn Cocktail langoustine/avocado/brandy

Penne ikura/ potato espuma

Benedict iberico/hollandaise/fig

Cigar BBQ pork/ vegetables/ sesame ash

Foie Gras curry/ chutney/ naan

Onsen Tamago tofu/ squash

Cappuccino lobster/ coffee/ foam

Grouper broth/ spring onion

Guinea fowl bechamel/ truffle

Wagyu cheek/ herbs/ citrus

Rice milk/ vanilla

Walnut espuma/ shell

Cheese card elderflower

After eight chocolate/ mint meringue in liquid nitrogen hence the whiteness coming out of my nose.

There was a couple at dinner who were on their honeymoon...

So the egg was place on the bar and then.......It exploded leave a paper crane inside!.

Our chief Kentsu who is Canadian.

So full but absolutely AMAZING!

Night chichi

Note from the Editor:

Cherie, I love you very much BUT....no more meals like this please!!!

It just took me almost an hour to copy all your captions, pictures and text from your email onto the blog to then reformat...hehe x

I'm glad you had an amazing night and it has been WELL documented for your memories!!