これからホットな話題を選んで書き綴ります。ゆっくりしていってください。 From now on, I will pick up hot topics and jot them down. Please stay with me for a while.
妻が精進料理に凝りだして、唐突に「普茶料理」が食べたい、と発言したことで、令和３年（西暦２０２１年）１月２７日、宇治の『白雲庵』さんに家族で行くことになりました。On January 27, 2021, my family and I went to Hakuun-an, a Fucha restaurant in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture. Fucha Cuisine which signifies "To provide the public with tea" is a variation of Japan's Buddhist cuisine. This short trip was took place after my wife who has started getting into Buddhist cuisine uttered "I'd like to go to a Fucha restaurant."
↑小雨そぼ降る中でしたが、湿気のおかげか想像していたほど寒さは感じられず、よかったです。(^^♪ It was raining lightly, but we were glad we didn't feel as cold as we had imagined because of the humidity.
↑上げて頂いた室がお庭の前ででした。この時点で白雲庵さんに来た感マックスです。The room we were served was garden view. At this stage, our feeling of "We are in Hakuun-an!" already reached a climax...but this was nothing more than a preface.
↑落雁（砂糖菓子） 子どものころ、仏壇にいつもあったなぁ。とにかく、甘い。 Rakugan (Dry confection of starch (e.g. rice, soy or barley flour) and sugar, mixed and pressed into a pattern (*from google translation)) When I was a kid, I saw some be always in our Buddhist altar. At any rate, it's sweet.
↑まず前菜：左から麻腐（まふ）：ゴマ豆腐。澄子（すめ）：すまし仕立ての汁物。２鉢の冷拌（ろんぱん）：和え物。<Appetizer> Sume: Soup based on consomme-like clear soup stock. Mafu: A sesame tofu/Gomadofu (The "T" sound of tofu is to be pronounced like "D" because a vocalization occurs between the two nouns of "Goma" and "Tofu"). Rompan: Special seasoned vegetable.
↑雲片（うんぺん）：野菜の葛あん煮。Umpen: Boiled and Yoshino-Kudzu-thickened vegetables.
↑笋羹（しゅんかん）：菜煮の盛り合わせ（メインイベントⅠ(*´▽｀*)）。Shunkan: Simmered seasonal vegetables and dried food on a platter.(Main event #1)
↑油じ（ゆじ）：味付け天ぷら（メインイベントⅡ(*^_^*)）。Yuji: Sesoned Tempura.(Main event #2) *「じ」という字は、「食偏」に「茲」
↑左から行堂（ひんたん）：季節ごはん。醃菜（えんさい）：香の物。素汁（そじゅう）：後汁。Hintan: Boiled rice (Seasoned). Ensai: Pickles. Soju: Second soup.
↑ごはんは食べ放題！真ん中の茶色いのはお味噌。Rice for all-you-can-eat! The brown thing in the middle is "Miso".
ち・な・み・に 妻が全額奢ってくれました！As you may imagine, my wife paid all for us! Many thanks!
↑もちろん、お向かいにある萬福寺さんにも行ってまいりましたとも。Naturally we visited Mampuku-ji temple which is on the opposite side.
↑モノクロ世界に、緋色（娘の傘）と薔薇色（妻の傘）の花が咲く。 Wife held a rose-color umbrella and daughter held a scarlet umbrella. A warm hue in a monochrome world.
開梛（魚板ともいうらしいけど、真偽不明）：魚は「昼夜常に醒む」ということで、「修行中は眠るな、魚を見習え」という諫めを表すのか…厳しいね。魚は眠らないのではなく、目を開けて寝ているだけ（そもそもまぶたが無い）なんやけどね。しかも、その模範たるおさかな様を叩くなんて、酷すぎないですか？ Kaipan (alias Gyoban, really?): There must be a rule that goes "Don't sleep during practice. Emulate fish which are always awake"...Isn' t this too tough? Fish also sleep, and they just sleep with their eyes open (They don't have eyelids from the very first.). Moreover, it is too terrible to hit the fish which is an exampler, isn't it?
↑といいつつ、開梛の下（もと）でにこやかにﾎﾟｰｼﾞﾝｸﾞしました。While mumbling as above, I paused underneath the Kaipan with a smile.
↓白雲庵さんは、日本列島内のこの辺にあります。Hakuun-an is located around here in the Japanese archipelago. ３人家族で舌鼓シリーズ①
