Ohoho!

Jon’s annual Easter egg hunt around the living room went better than ever this year, with him collecting the bulk of two dozen chocolate eggs in about five minutes, with charming commentary like “Ohoho…!” It may seem from the photo that they are barely hidden and obvious, but some of them were still a bit of a challenge. The big difference is that most weren’t (which is great), but this is the first year we’ve seen that.

Dinner is served. See that lady beside Laura with the salt and pepper hair? That’s her Grandma, who will be 93 this year, still active and independent.

Later in the day, we headed over to Laura’s Uncle Reg’s place for Easter supper, which was the Sunahara clan’s Japanese New Year’s dinner. Yes, we’ve heard of the Julian calendar– the original dinner had been cancelled back then due to weather and health concerns. So we had it now. Norimakizushi, agezushi, salmon, bok choy, chinese meat loaf, asparagus, cucumber salad (Jon’s favourite); all cooked by Uncle Dave. We stuffed ourselves silly.

We were joined for dinner by Fred, but sadly not Yoshiko, Kay, Richard, June and Steve, many of whom are down with that virus that we know so well. Get better soon, folks.

Uncle Dave reads to (and is corrected by) Jon

Chef Jon with his second batch of his Sugar’s Lemon Squares.

We’re hoping to make baking with him a weekly weekend thing après March Break.

Incidentally, here’s a trick that the famous A.O. dare not try. Jon downs the surplus lemon juice (1/8 cup!) in a swig…with a smile on his face!