I Promised My Daughter Bath Time Tonight. Instead, I'm Eating Alone. | Takamatsu, Japan.

This week was supposed to be a quick day trip. In and out. Then the client called — a machine we'd just installed started acting up, and I was back in Kagawa barely a day after I'd finally made it home. I got one day with my family. I thought I had two. Tonight I'd promised my daughter rubber ducks and bath time. I'm not there to keep it. So this is a quiet Sunday dinner, alone again. Funny thing — I was going to cook chicken nanban for them tomorrow. Couldn't now. Then I spotted this place near the hotel. The chicken nanban here is breast meat, but somehow juicy. The sweet-vinegar glaze isn't too sharp, and the tang of the tartar with the richness of the egg just clicks — dangerous with white rice. And the miso soup: soft soybean sweetness, gentle miso, that quiet warmth. Funny how a good meal can quietly put you back together. Whatever I missed this week — next time I'm home, we do all of it. Double. One more day of work. Then I go home. 🍽️ (Hyogomachi, Takamatsu, Kagawa) — 🔔 This channel follows the solo meals and quiet moments of a Japanese engineer on business trips across Japan. No narration, all subtitles — just honest food and honest feelings. #chickennanban #japanfood #SoloDining #TakamatsuFood #KagawaFood #businesstripjapan #japanesefood