Today, on the fourth of July, the Dartmouth students took their first big test! Coincidently, July 4th is also the date CALYX invited us to go to eat okonomiyaki and monjayaki. After the test and Dorsey-sensei's class, all the Dartmouth students (and I) met up with three students from CALYX - Chiho, Yurina, and Yuuki. We walked together to Makuhari, and they led us to a place called Okonomiyaki Kaede (お好み焼き 楓).
It was a hot walk, but the food was worth it! We had okonomiyaki, monjayaki, and yakisoba. (Dartmouthのおごり！)
The people who ran and worked at the shop were also very nice. They gave us the ingredients, and then explained to us how to make the food. When we were stuck at times, they helped us cook. Also, they made sure we always had water! - important, since it was very hot.
One of the girls in CALYX, Yurina, was amazing at making okonomiyaki. We were all really surprised at how good she was. It turned out she used to work at an okonomiyaki restaurant! As Kenny Nguyen '21 said, "she was a BOSS".
Afterwards, most of us had dessert. (Thank you, Dartmouth!) We ended up running the store out of chocolate parfaits. It was a fun and delicious time, and we were really grateful that the students in CALYX introduced us to this place and ate with us. We can't wait to hang out with them more!
But first, Nihonmatsu this weekend...