japanstuff #4

[psyched_out]

Here's a post that shows you some of the food I ate in Japan. This was spurred on by several people at work (the kind who have probably experienced Japanese cuisine from a "hibachi" chef hurling shrimp towards their open mouth, if even that) asking me "So what do people eat in Japan?" I'd imagine that most of you are a bit more knowledgable, but

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[pilote]

Look forward to seeing you at Terrastock, perhaps buy you a beer or two or three?

I will be the big guy with sideburns wearing bright green and silver Adidas sneakers.

[psyched_out]

cool, i've seen pictures that you've posted of yourself before too, so i'll be on the lookout - last time i wore one of my blazing thrift store psychedelic shirts to guarantee that people would spot me, but i haven't thought about my wardrobe this time - i'll post a picture before i head out though just to be on the safe side...

[gatheringmoss]

Great post, and I must say I am obsessed with the Mos Burger website now. I click on each item and try try try to figure out exactly what each item is supposed to be. Me, easily amused?? Never! ;)

A happiest of happy anniversaries to you and Sato from Eric and I!

[psyched_out]

i stayed away from mos burger the first few times i visited because i didn't want to embrace the fast food culture, but now i realize what i was missing all along - and the pictures are only half of it - like this is a limited series of burgers where each branch will only make 30 of these a day...

and thanks for the well wishes!

congrats

[dashoka]

on your anniversary. here's to many more happy years.

your pictures remind me of the friends that have visited korea so far. all of them have a handy camera and we always end up taking a picture of the meal before partaking in it. i never thought korea cuisine was that fascinating (in all honesty a well done chinese meal is probably the prettiest since they value presentation just as much as the french).

mos burger! they are big enough that they have expanded to many parts of asia. i used to eat there semi-regularly when i lived in S'pore. it was the most expensive fast food place but also the best tasting and i've had that rice burger you had as well. tasty but kind of a mess to eat, no?

as much as i enjoy your posts about japan, every one of them makes me guilty for not posting about my korean experience thus far. i even have notes. urgh. alas, my apathy exceeds my guilt.

Re: congrats

[psyched_out]

yeah, some of the mos burger items were over $10, not exactly the way to go when you can spend about 3 bucks on a hearty soba lunch but all the same...

and seriously, you need to post that stuff, apathy be damned!

[henry_the_cow]

Scott, that was a very interesting post.

I notice you said that crab was unusual in Japan. I didn't realise that. On my one visit, my hosts (I don't know if you know Paul & Keiko via the APA?) took me to a crab restaurant, where they served baked crab, roasted crab, boiled crab, crab sashimi, crab roe, raw crab brains (ugh) and probably other crab dishes too, along with other things such as frozen salmon. It was good!

Congratulations on your wedding anniversary. We usually forget all about ours until a card arrives from a dutiful relative!

[psyched_out]

i'll have to ask for more details when i get home - i think crab is available, but its just that its a lot more expensive than america where we get things so cheaply - at least i seem to recall that being the discussion...

[inuitmonster]

Great post... I don't know why Bloglines is flagging it as new, but I'm not complaining. I am now gagging for Japanese food, despite not being that convinced by sashimi/sushi.

That giant miso soup, what's the difference between that and a big bowl of ramen or soba?

[psyched_out]

Maybe the old post came up since I just friended you and the huntingmonsters feed (i'd already had your other one) and its bringing up my old writings? Or maybe I'm being syndicated now as part of a "Best blogging moments of 2006". Yeah, that has to be the case