Tsudumi

　　There's a Japanese restaurant named "Omotenashi-dokoro Tsudumi" 500 meters from my office as the crow flies. The location is so close, but I rarely eat there. Can you imagine why? It is always booked up and you have to make a reservation three months in advance. That is, it's too late to decide on the restaurant at noon, for dinner that night. Can you decide where to have dinner three months before? You would surely shout "That's incredible!" to hear that. To avoid the extreme rush of booking, its telephone number is not listed in any book. The information of the restaurant travels by word of mouth.
　　The number of seats in the restaurant is only six. Six is the maximum. Besides the owner receives only a single booking per day. He used to be the chief-chef in the ANA hotel which is the highest level hotel around here and he returned to his original home to take care of his almost bedridden mother. He decided to open his own restaurant in his hometown and serve one single group a night with all of his skills. His plan was successful and his restaurant became a huge hit. People indulge in tasting the lavish dishes.
　　The other day, I was able to have dinner there because of a sudden cancellation, so I immediately booked it for dinner. When we started talking about the porcelain during dinner, the owner brought out some old sake flasks and cups which had been produced 100 years ago. The conversation with such professionals is always fun.

(Vocabulary)
decide on/upon sth [句動詞] (多くの選択肢の中から) ＜…＞を選ぶ, 決める
Have you decided on a career (×decided a career) yet? もう仕事を決めましたか．
複数の選択肢の中から1つを選ぶ場合はdecide on/upon somethingを用いる．
by word of mouth 口コミで
indulge (飲み食い・無駄遣いなど)（思う存分）楽しむ, 羽目をはずす
indulge in sth ＜…＞にうつつを抜かす, ふける

Comments

[Jennie]

How lucky that there was a cancellation. Sounds like a lovely place to go.