Dinner with Sensei


Once a week Sensei and Noriko treat the Deshi to dinner (when Sensei is in town) in Sensei's office. Noriko prepared a HUGE dinner and Sensei supplied endless amounts of excellent wine and beer. Sensei sent me out to pick up a few six-packs of beer and coke before dinner, he also sent me out for what I thought was pinot grigio but apparently I misunderstood with his rather thick accent...apparently pellegrino sounds surprisingly like pinot grigio in a japanese accent...doh. I was laughed at. Alot :) Anyway the dinner was fantastic and our guests of honor were Harvey Konigsburg and his wife. After dinner and much wine, good music and dancing upon Sensei's request Sanji and I (the newest Deshi) were put to the task of cleaning up and dubbed "washi dishis" in place of uchi deshis...cute.

All in all it's a fantastic experience to have dinner with Yamada Sensei, Harvey, the other Deshi and a few of the members that make up the community of this dojo.