That caption might not make sense at first, but read on...
Yesterday was Fumie's dad's 60th birthday, which is a major life event in Japanese culture, and so this evening we had a party for him. Among the vast quantity of food was a fish called a tai (鯛), which is served at auspicious events due to the somewhat corny reason that its name is the final sound of omedetai, “auspicious”. (It probably felt much less corny ages ago when the tradition began, because back then, a gift of food was a true gift indeed.)
Anyway, on Fumie and my 10th wedding anniversary earlier this year, her mom got us an apple pie shaped like one of these fish as a tasty joke. And hence the caption above.
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/200 sec, f/5, ISO 2500 — full exif
( tastes much better than it looks )
To leave on a less, er, toothy note, here's a closeup of the detail on the wrapper of a pair of chopsticks...
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1/200 sec, f/5, ISO 1250 — full exif
( that's a lady in kimono, if you couldn't tell )
Yikes is right. I’m sure that fish is quite tasty, but all in all, I think I’d prefer the pie. It has fewer teeth.
That pun isn’t just corny, it’s painful.