Yesterday was our wedding anniversary.

I picked up my wife from work at the station and headed out for dinner.

As I drove around, I decided to choose a restaurant -- even though there was no "Mac", "Saizeria", or "Bamiyan", I was a bit drawn to "Marugame Seimen" and "Tachikawa Masashi Ramen".

However, as a wedding anniversary, I thought it was out of the question.

The choice was narrowed down to two options: conveyor-belt sushi and Chinese food, but in the end we decided on the latter.

Two of us ate Szechuan hot pot (bright red hot pot) with fried rice.

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The Ebata family has no problem with most spicy food, partly due to my influence (I make a lot of very hot curry).

According to my daughter, she complains that she is no longer able to empathize with 'spicy food' when she eats spicy food with her friends.