De John's Restaurant & Pub (Italian & Pub)

I had a farewell party at "De John's Restaurant & Pub(http://www.dejohns.com/index.php)" for my friend who will return to Japan next week. This restaurant has 3 stories and we occupied most of 3rd floor. I ate "Roasted duck" and this duck was soft and tasty. I could not eat dessert because of full. In the dessert menu, there were cheese cake, chocolate cake and carrot cake.
I think this restaurant was little bit dark but atmosphere was good. It better to go with couple then with family.
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De John's Restaurant & Pub
288 Lark Street, Albany,
NY 12208TEL (518)465-5275
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Drink

I drank "Enviga" today. I wanted ti drink this because it is said that we can use 60-100 kcal when we drink 3 of it in a day. It sounds really good! Taste was not good but not bad. I bought berry taste and it was little sweet for me. There are 3 kinds of tastes but I do not want to try another 2. To drink 1 is enough for me.

Mushrooms

I had a Gourmet Meetup group's meeting at Troy's Farmers Market(http://www.troymarket.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=63). Today's topic was "Learn about Shitake and Oyster Mushrooms". I am familiar with these kinds of mushrooms but have never bought them in the U.S. Today, we heard about how to breed these mushrooms and how to cook them at "Wiltbank Farm" booth. It was so fun and I wanted to try and bought them. After this meeting, I went around the market and bough some bread and cream cheese.

Tonight is Japan Night

I joined "Japan Night" organized by JSA(Japanese Student Association；http://albany.edu/~jsa/index.html. I heard there will be Japanese food, so I went there before opened the door but there were many people. I was very surprised to see them. After opening the door, we could eat Japanese food but there were little; Sushi, Fried-noodle, Pan-fried pork and so on. After eating there food, performing was started. 1．Opening band(In this point, I was sooo regret to take my friends)→2.Kendo(It was not Kendo, it was comedy!)→3.Calligraphy(No comment)→4.Japanese Dance(It was great but I did not need to dance a waltz)→5.Karate(It was really good. The people who train in Karate-Dojo(http://www.jka-albany.org/ )near SUNY demonstrated Karate.)→6.Japanese Pop Song(It was good,too.)→7.Fashion Show(It was best, I thing. "Otaku" was really impressed and I bursted into laughter!)→8.Stomp　Dance(It was good)

Pretty Card

I got a card from the school near my apartment. It was the invitation to open house.

Here it is. It is sooo cute!

My-Boom

I bought a tea pot because I am very interested in tea now a days. This pot is really good and I love it; "IngenuiTEA Dispensing Teapot" by Adagio Teas(http://www.adagio.com/?SID=a6d53eccd423dcf3f560fb76e2a6f08f). I bought it at "Amazon.com", whose price was $17.99. I can not explain how to serve tea using this pot, so please see the video at this site(http://www.adagio.com/gifts/holiday_ingenuiTEA.html?nav=video&SID=a6d53eccd423dcf3f560fb76e2a6f08f). This pot is my-boom now!!

This Friday

SUNY JSA(Japanese Student Association；http://albany.edu/~jsa/index.html) will have a "Japan Night" in this Friday. This event is held once in a year and JSA introduces Japanese culture and shows some demonstration of calligraphy and Karate. It looks very interesting to me and I will join this event with 2 of my friends. The ticket price is $5.00 before Friday 4:00PM. But After 4:00PM, ticket price will be $8:00.