SAKE At the Sushi Bar

Catching a cold is not pretty. Why couldn't I have caught a big chocolate fudge brownie falling from the sky?It is hard to catch a breath when you're a full time mother and hard worker. I invest in my skills; video and photography which get me gigs here and there, but lately business is slow. I see my husband Arun working on his corner desk doing his best to maintain our household together. He says he doesn't mind as long as I show him love and respect. I know my love and my heavenly cooking fills his heart, but a mom of three and with a weak immune system can't help but to feel stressed! Arun recently took us to a local sushi bar. I suggested a sake bomb for us to share during dinner. He smiled and ordered it right away. I have tried sake before and remember feeling warm and relaxed, but Jasmin tea is our usual. I learned to appreciate Jasmin tea, but was curious to learn about sake. When the Japanese smiley waiter brings us our hot sake and Sapporo beer, he taps my husband on the shoulder and says "Sake is good for you". After drinking most of it, i couldn't agree more. I was feeling under the weather all week,and right away I felt better. I went back with a girlfriend instead of our local bar that week. She laughed at me for believing that the sake relived me of a lot of stress. When we ordered hot sake, the Japanese man laughed and asked " You stressed? your boyfriend get you mad?" I sighed and answered"something like that". he laughed again and making me feel like a silly girl. When we took our first shot, i explained to Amber that after doing online research on sake I learned that like avocado and hemp oils, it contains essential amino acids which help strengthen the immune system. Sake, also known as rice wine has healing benefits. She was impressed by the good news and compared it to medicine. The Japanese man appeared out of nowhere and firmly objected. He said " Sake not medicine, ha! Sake is vitamin!" And laughed at us making us feel tinier and tinier each time, for we did not deserve to drink such a sacred drink from his perspective.