By  LPJ

Binging. That doesn’t really give a good ring, does it? But that’s exactly what I went through the past week. It was wonderful. I may be exaggerating here, for it wasn’t really eating in excess. It was just eating decent proportions of very delicious food for consecutive days. That doesn’t usually happen. But it just did.

Fair binging (an oxymoron, perhaps) started on a somber occasion, the commemoration of my brother-in-law Mario’s 40^th day death anniversary, a custom carried in the Catholic tradition. My sister Susan, though still in deep grief, hosted lunch at  Kanji Sushi and Ramen, a Japanese restaurant in Palo Alto. After the memorial mass, attendees proceeded to be seated at closely lined up long tables conducive to social chit chats among kins and friends gathered for what normally would have been considered a sad occasion. It must have been the anticipation for mixed tempura, ramen soup, teriyaki chicken and mochi mango-strawberry ice cream that lifted the somber air to a party atmosphere. I don’t think my brother-in-law would have minded. After all, he loved sumptuous food when his health allowed a robust appetite.

                                              (Photo by Susan P. Veloro)

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