Sublime

Suyako dipped her first piece of tonkatsu in the ponzu sauce, then brought it to her mouth. She chewed carefully on it a few times. Then her face broke into a gentle smile. ‘Delicious.’ The word wasn’t addressed to anyone in particular, but seemed to burst from her mouth. For her second piece, she chose the spicy sauce. This time, before taking a

Purely to pass the time I finished the red wine that we had opened and then because it felt a pity to let go of the glass at this point I filled it with some Calvados that had been sitting in the back of the cupboard since Christmas.

bouquet

crudités

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