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The next day: hamburg steak, shaved ice and a Chinese-style rice dinner

The day after that carefully prepared meal brought more food to enjoy: hamburg steak for lunch, then a favourite shaved-ice shop. Chinese-style rice for dinner and watermelon bought earlier rounded off a very full day of eating.

From haruru.1002’s past account, edited with permission.

Hamburg steak for lunch

For lunch the next day, Haruru went for what she described as a rare hamburg steak. It included cut pieces of steak as well as minced meat. As someone who likes rare meat, she really enjoyed it.

She also liked the original salt with fried garlic. Her photographs carry the notes レアハンバーグ and かなりレア.

A favourite shaved-ice stop

Afterwards, she went to a shaved-ice shop she likes. She enjoyed both the royal milk tea and Uji matcha milk shaved ice.

The indoor photographs also keep a picture menu and decorations by the window. Together with the large bowls of shaved ice, they preserve a little of the setting.

Dinner, then watermelon to finish

Haruru thought she might have no room for dinner, but heard there was a good place nearby for Chinese-style rice and went for another meal. She could not finish it, so she took the rest away.

Finally, she ate the watermelon bought from a greengrocer earlier in the day. Her photograph records surprise at its low price and how sweet and delicious she found it. That was the end of the day’s eating.

Sources for this account

Edited with permission from Haruru’s account of her experiences.