June 16: A pleasant off-line meeting
by Mie
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One of the mailing lists group called "Oitant",
literally meaning "We love Oita",
had a pleasant off-line party tonight, saying
"Regular June meeting to enjoy refreshing
beer and juicy chicken." Before going
to the party, we joined a regular program
of FM Radio Oita Internet live aired from
COARA Hyper station. Front line from left:
Mori, Miyake, Nakamura; back from left: Fujii,
Yuuki, Tada, Ono in white shirt, Inoue, and
Fujii.
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Just after the broadcasting was over at 8:30
p.m, we dashed to a small pub Aramaki, several
minutes walk from the radio station. A small
board on the entrance reads "in preparation",
which can be interpreted "reserved."
Another group made a pose when I said "Your
picture will be upped on a web site."
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The master of Aramaki pub is preparing for
chicken barbecue. He adds skin on to the
dish. Usually, the chicken skin is not served
in this pub, but as someone said loudly in
the last time's meeting that the skin was
really tasty, he prepares it as a special
ingredient. |
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Tonight, 15 members joined the party. After
the toast, they are expecting special foods
like cow tongue and chicken under preparation. |
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Mr. Fujio, the charcoal barbecue authority,
demonstrates how to grill the cow tongue
properly. He has already attained a state
of perfect self-effacement. He first roasted
the tongue lightly, then scattered special
salt on it. Mrs. Fujii carefully watches
his cooking. |
 
Assorted cow tongue and chicken called
quick
chop sticks. Mr. Inakura (center) first
joined
the Oitant meeting, enjoying pleasant
chatting
with Ms.Nakamura (right.) |
 
The chicken skin caused so thick smoke
in
the pub, all people are suffering from
the
fire-like smoke. I could easily understand
why usually the chicken hasn't been
served
with skin. Left; Mr. Oshima and my
husband
Ken are almost chocked by the smoke.
Right;
Mr. Yuuki (left), the organizer of
the party,
and Mr. Tada (right) are struggling
with
chicken over the portable cooking stove.
Mr. Inoue and Mr. Mori are suffering
from
the smoke attacking. |
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"No smoke, please", Mr. Takemoto
is trying to blow off the smoke in vain.
The smoke finally got rid of him to the outdoor
of the pub. |
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The hostess cannot stand watching it any
longer and tried to remove the smoke with
a big fan. Thank you lady, but I am still
so busy in grilling and eating the chicken. |
My digital camera's lens is not fogged. The
room is filled with fusty smoke. The participants
are still happy in talking many things. The
off-line meeting of June was over in success.
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In the back of the pub, Mr. and Mrs.
Fujino
are striking a happy pose for their
picture. |
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The master offers a bottle of original brand
Shochu liquor. |
 
Beautiful shellfish is a special product
of Oita. Their beautiful color in red, yellow,
and violet made me think twice to grill them.
The taste, however, was great indeed. Mr.
Fujio is blowing fire with a bamboo blowpipe
called Hyottoko - a sulky look. Does he
look like it? |
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We also enjoyed unusual food like cow tendon
or tongue. Finally, we ended up with roasted
rice cake over the stove.
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Lovely girls of the pub, from left: Kanae,
Miya, and Yuuki.
barbecue pub Aramaki: San City Kotobuki building
1st floor, 10-1 Kotobuki-machi Oita city.
Tel.097-533-0843 |
We have had a wonderful party tonight. Click
the picture for more pleasant pictures. |