Flavor of the day - tomato rice II

Yes, 10 minutes after 6pm, we were all sat together in the meeting room for dinner. The Professor did took some to bring home for his wife, Keko san. I asked him to.

Luckily, the rice was just nice and not too soft as sometimes happened whenever I cooked tomato rice and so the kurma beef. I added peanut powder (just before turning off the fire) into the kurma and it masked the smell of spice and bring out a distinct flavor, a little different than usual taste. It was actually a tips from my mother, the way my village chef will cook for a kenduri (party).

When I wrote that the aroma of my cooking travel to the whole floor, I am not exaggerating. Matsuo-san (our lab technician) told us that he can scent the spice flavor from the 4th floor elevator at the end of the building. It was far because our lab is located on the 6th floor at the opposite end of the building. Hopefully no one is going to complaint about this. It could be a big issue if someone wants to. This is because down stair is a dental ward and maybe it could caused trauma to the patients. We wouldn't know the effect, would we?

Anyhow, everyone seems happy, eating and talking. Yao-san busy defending the recent Uighur problem in China. Hosoi sensei talked about almost everything, he have a lot of ideas. Jakhlan told us about how rich Mongolia is because the land has many types of metals. Matsuo-san did not talk much and eat a little, unlike his usual self. Having too many things in his head probably. Hasegawa sensei seems to love my cooking. The way he ate, make me wanted to prepare meals for him everyday (How sweet!). And Akamatsu sensei, he just sat there, ate, joined the conversations here and there and smile most of the time. He was overworked. He is one of the committee member for a coming scientific meeting by the end of the month that will be held in Kuramoto Campus.

A successful unplanned dinner.