New Year's Eve Food

I had some other shit going on so I'm sorry for the delay of getting this post out. Here it is...

As many of you know, my favorite time of year is New Year's. My favorite place to be on New Year's is with family and friends in Japan. There's always good times, great food, and awesome Japanese TV! This year was absolutely perfect. I always take vacation time from work, and this year I started it a little earlier because there was a chance I was headed out to Bangladesh on business right after New Year's. Luckily, I didn't end up going so I could really enjoy sitting around on my ass!

As you may know from last year's post, Mrs. Slim is phenomenal in the kitchen and very good at keeping up the Japanese traditions around Chez Slim. This year, however, I think she knocked one out of the park. There are different foods you are supposed to eat, at different times, for different reasons, throughout the New Year's holiday in Japan, which spans from 31 December to 3 January, officially. Below I've got some photos from our New Year's Eve mange.




















This is some cold soba noodles; ALL Japanese people eat soba to get ready for the New Year. It's called Toshikoshi Soba. The long noodles are a symbol of long life.


















My wife chose to eat her soba hot, in some soup with spinach... I snuck a taste , it rocked.















The big plate up in the top right corner is tempura. Mrs. Slim's tempura was shrimp, shitake mushrooms, squid, green peppers, and sliced sweet potato. To the left of the tempura plate is Shumai. Below and to the right of the Shumai is Inarizushi, or sushi in a bean-bag.

Photos by Tokyo Slim, food by Mrs. Tokyo Slim