japanese/italian non turkey thanksgiving day

unfortunately, i haven't charged my camera up for like a month. so i couldn't take pictures of thanksgiving dinner last night. this year marks my first thanksgiving dinner away from my family.

gianma and i headed over to the japanese house early yesterday evening. everyone was gathered in a circle around a low table that was covered by so many dishes filled with japanese food. in the center of the table was a huge steaming pot that was sitting on some sort of gas range. everyone was reaching with chopsticks and dipping things and eating things. i joined in on what i do best while gianma and naoia headed to the kitched and started doing what they do best, cookin' more food.

after an hour, gianma (clad in a pink cooking apron) served us a course of something damn good with some kinda breaded eggplant baked in cheese and tomato. godamn!

later, i served up some cinnamon rum buns that i bought at Giant, but said that i baked.

we danced off dinner at Chief Ike's while Ramon spun us some old school hip hop.