Chapter 186 Back and all done in by relaxation

Verse 1


I am back and if not improved in actuality at least i feel like it.
N took me to Hasseludden Yasuragi where we stayed in this very room.

Our room at Yasuragi

The room or mini-suite named Wa meaning harmony was very nice indeed with a  big bed two steps up and you can see the sliding doors out to the balcony with a view over woods and Halvkakssundet. That i would have liked to have the wooden cabinet you see in the pictures goes without saying.

The bed

Not our view but this is the water in question, Halvkakssundet

The large bathroom had a big bathtub made of dark-red wood that easily sat two people.To fill that up with steaming hot water and  having a glass of champagne within reach can be recommended.

There are two restaurants and we went to Teppanyaki and i think that is where you should go. I am sure that the food is very good at both places but at Teppanyaki they prepare the main-courses at your table.

You are seated around a big hotplate and to see the food is being prepared right in front of you is good for the appetite. It is also a perfect opportunity to watch, learn and ask questions from the chef.
I want a hotplate like that by the way.

The menu:

Starters:
Different varieties of sushi and sashimi
Sobanudlar with shiitake
Roast beef with garlic and ginger
Vegetarian Goy (Goy = Fresh Spring roll)
Sour red cabbage with tofu
Ikasallad
Chilli and lime marinated herring

Main courses:
Usuyaki with seafood
Grilled marinated salmon
Negimaki (thinly sliced enterecôte with spring onion)
Fried Gyoza (bundle with chicken or vegetable filling)
Main courses served with vegetables, dipping sauces and rice

Dessertbuffè

Vanilla-panacotta

Coconut truffles

Chocolate cake with cherries

Vanilla dumplings

And more!

Another thing you have to try out is the Japanese baths and do not miss the hot pools outdoors. It is a very special thing to be bathing outside in the dark with the stars above floating in a very warm pool surrounded by the cold November air.

Pool indoors

Pools outdoors. Do not miss!

The bar we had some Japanese whisky at is called The Sake bar and if Bill Murray had been sitting there just as in Lost In Translation we would not have been surprised.

With the lounge-music, lighting and general atmosphere Bill would have been the crowning piece..

The Sake bar

One very special thing about this place is that the time you are there you wear a Yukata. This is a cotton robe and your wear it to and from the baths and during dinner. Once you get past the initial feeling of walking around in a robe all day it is very liberating and very soon it feels just right.

The Yukata is decorated with two Japanese signs: fuku that means "luck and joy" and kotobuki that means "true happiness" and if you don't leave this place with a little more of both than you arrived with, i will be very surprised.