On Easter Sunday, Anita invited me to the Rose Bowl Flea Market, which is held on the second Sunday of each month, rain or shine. Because I couldn't find a bubble suit to wear and protect myself from the horrid pollen swishing in the SoCal air, I suggested that we check out Andrea Zittel's exhibit at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Anita surprised me with an Easter basket filled with See's chocolates, a yellow rubber bunny and a white plush rabbit. Cute!
The MOCA branch that we visited was a stone's throw from Little Tokyo. Anita and I spent nearly 30 minutes in the Japanese grocery store, where I translated the packaging for at least a dozen green teas and told her about the famous painting in which Buddha was represented by a daikon, surrounded by a colorful array of veggies. The grilled eel was on sale for $4.99 per half-pound. What a yummy deal! For dinner I made my version of unajyu, sans the rice, with some kinpira, or burdock root.
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