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Archive for the ‘Food in Japan’ Category
But do you feel bad about that? Hmmm. Let’s just think about this for a second. Justification Japanese justify buying expensive goods because the quality is good. Americans justify eating rich fatty food because they deserve it. Japanese justify spending time apart from their family due to work related reasons while Americans justify spending time at McDonald’s due to family related reasons. Last one, Japanese justify throwing up on the train platform after a night of drinking due to it being an accepted custom, while Americans justify eating these gigantic calorie hogging burritos because IT’S an accepted custom. Sounds to me like we are all justifying just a little too much. I’m going to the gym. PS: No. You can’t eat this in Japan. Now THAT would be funny. Ryan’s Irish bar in Sannomiya has closed down leaving hundreds of thirsty gaijin searching for a watering hole to take its place–not that it would be that difficult given if the location and atmosphere even comes close to resembling what Ryan’s was like. Well, take a gander at Blue Fox. Located … um… now I can’t remember. I was pretty twisted when I left the place…um..not far down from Ryan’s and on the ???th floor–now you know why I run my own blog. I’d never make it as a critic or a writer. Anyhoots, it’s well lit. The selection of beer is standard (plus the bonus of Edelpils by Sapporo. Very nice). The prices were reasonable (or at least that’s what I can remember today). The owner, Alif, is a soft spoken long time expat hailing from from from um, you’ll have to ask him. Nice guy. There’s enough space in the place to dance and there will be live music. Love the automatic toilets, just hope he can figure out how to make the cover AND the seat rise when I walk in the bathroom. I didn’t notice if food or snacks were available but he did say they would be taking credit cards starting next month — scary. The clientèle has yet to be decided since it just opened but I can see it being full of foreigners AND Japanese both young and old. Alif has said he doesn’t want the bar to be strictly gaijin and welcomes everyone. Seems like a nice place. I’ll be following up on this posting with more info. UPDATE: Well. The rumors are starting. I’ll give it a few more months until I start talking. Happy hour is from 5:00 to 7:55. This is the best beer in Japan at the moment…bar none (according to me). Suntory is cornering the market. They must have made a deal with some other country to share some kind of technology in exchange for the recipe…or…Japanese just drink A LOT of beer and have figured it out. KANPAAAIIIIII!!!! PS: Maybe not Mac friendly file.
Drink of choice: a dry chu hai or chardonnay wine spritzer. The wife and I are gonna make yakitori, turn on the air con and grill on the electric teppan with the fan blowing out the smoke while still sweating. Even cool jazz can’t make this any better. These are the days I wish I were back in Cali…well…not really. IMAGE: From our balcony overlooking Mikage and Kobe. Mugi means “grain.” Wheat, barley, oats and rye are all considered mugi. Generally speaking though, mugi is referred to as barley. |
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Have you seen this one? Hardee’s fast food fat dispenser has come up with yet another way for the world to challenge its binge eating complex. A breakfast burrito packing 920 calories (the average person consumes about 2,000 calories a day). But are you going to have a breakfast burrito without something to drink? No. Add another 100 calories with a coffee or orange juice and you have half your intake in just one meal. WOW!
Humid to say the least. Ain’t nothin’ drying outside today–just sweating. Heavy and lazy. Turn on the air con and watch a movie kind of day.
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